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A recent study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health found that adults who initially visit a chiropractor to receive spinal manipulation for low back pain caused by disc herniation or radiculopathy (i.e., sciatica) are less likely to undergo discectomy (i.e., disc surgery) over the subsequent two years. This study was recently published in the …
Emory University (US) researchers reduce discogenic low back pain via a single injection of stem cells into degenerative discs. Discogenic low back pain, a painful degenerative disc, is the most common cause of chronic low back pain. W. Jeremy Beckworth, from Emory University (Georgia, USA), and colleagues completed a 100-patient, phase II, international clinical trial …
Postmenopausal women who work tend be in better health than their unemployed counterparts. Previous studies suggest that people who work tend to do financially better and are more physically active, and that may influence their risk of Metabolic Syndrome – a condition that is characterized by central obesity, hypertension, and associated with increased risk of …