If you have suffered a back injury or complained of chronic back pain to your doctor, you may have been scheduled to undergo MRI imaging of your back. MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, was pioneered in the 1970s and offers an unparalleled opportunity to peer into the deepest portions of the human body.
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Neck pain can be a serious condition, more than people might think. The poor neck posture can create multiple conditions and potentially become serious over time. This causes not only neck pain, but upper back pain, and headache as well. However, the good news is that treatment can be very simple.
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Lower back pain is a truly awful condition. Fortunately, it can be managed and resolved. Lose the back pain with these lower back pain management and lower back pain relief tips.
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As a person who has lived with an aching back I’m always looking for useful information. Recently I came across a report by The Mayo Clinic a report on back pain and it’s causes. According to this report four out of five adults will experience back problems sometime in their lives.
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There is an ongoing debate among medical professionals. The debate is centered around the question: “Is there too much back surgery being performed?” More to the point: How effective is the surgery. According to a report in USA Today many are questioning how many unnecessary back operations are being conducted in this country.
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An observer feels more empathy for someone in pain when that person is in the same social group, according to new research in the July 1 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that perceiving others in pain activates a part of the brain associated with empathy and emotion more if the observer and the observed are the same race. The findings may show that unconscious prejudices against outside groups exist at a basic level.
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A minimally invasive procedure to treat tendonitis in the rotator cuff of the shoulder provides immediate symptom relief to the patient, according to a study published in the July issue of Radiology. The study found that ultrasound-guided nonsurgical therapy significantly reduces pain from calcific tendonitis of the rotator cuff and restores lasting mobility after treatment.
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An unusual study at the Department of Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital examined for the first time whether the incision technique used in major abdominal surgery had an effect on the results. Neither physician nor patient knew what kind of incision had been made. The study of 200 patients showed that pain perception and the healing process were unrelated to the technique used to open the abdominal cavity.
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AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive results from the second Phase 2 clinical study evaluating the safety and efficacy of its ARX-01 Sufentanil NanoTabs(TM) for the management of acute post-operative pain in patients requiring opioid analgesia during hospitalization.
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AlphaRx Inc. (OTCBB: ALRX) and Gaia BioPharma Limited reported positive pre-clinical results on GAI-122 injectable nanoemulsion in multiple in vitro and in vivo studies of memory impairment after prolonged anesthesia. Delirium is a common mental disorder with serious adverse outcomes in post-operative hospitalized patients.
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