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HEALTH December 20, 2022

Grant Wahl's sudden death from an aortic aneurysm: What to know about the condition

After sports journalist Grant Wahl passed away recently during the World Cup from a ruptured aortic aneurysm, here's what to know about the condition, about the heart and more; experts weigh in.

LIFESTYLE August 10, 2022

As kids prepare to head back to school, doctors reveal heavy backpacks have to go

As back-to-school time approaches for students — or has already begun, in many areas — doctors share tips for parents and kids about overweight backpacks and the damage they can do.

Back Pain February 13, 2022

Paralyzed men begin walking again after spinal cord implant: study

Researchers rapidly restored motor function in three men with complete paralysis using an epidural electrical stimulation system

Back Pain May 11, 2020

Doctors performing CT scan on man with back pain discover he has 3 kidneys: case report

A Brazilian man complaining of back pain discovered he had three kidneys after a CT scan.

Opioid Crisis June 3, 2019

Senate committee focuses on pain sufferers denied painkillers amid opioid crisis

When Senator Lamar Alexander, who chairs the upper chamber’s health committee, held a hearing about prescription opioids earlier this year, the focus was a critical side of the drug overdose debate that has been neglected – people who suffer chronic debilitating pain.

Painkillers April 11, 2019

Health officials warn against rapidly tapering down opioids for pain patients: ‘It’s a game-changer’

The U.S. federal health agencies behind efforts to address the nation's harrowing opioid epidemic took major steps this week to address a brewing public health crisis involving pain patients who have been wrongly cut off or abruptly tapered down from their prescription painkillers. 

Opioid Crisis March 27, 2019

Gov. Cuomo's proposed prescription opioid surcharge under fire, critics call it tax on pain

A proposal by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to impose a surcharge on the sale of prescription opioids is drawing fire from a coalition of doctors, pharmacists and patients who say it amounts to a tax on pain.

Back Pain January 17, 2019

Man was injecting self with semen in attempt to relieve back pain, case report says

A bizarre “at-home” remedy for back pain has landed a 33-year-old unidentified patient in the Irish Medical Journal after doctors discovered that he was injecting his own semen into his forearm.

NERVOUS SYSTEM HEALTH September 26, 2017

Walking and biking tied to lower risk of hospitalization with sciatica

(This August 3rd story has been refiled to add dropped "of" to headline) Reuters Health - Lifestyle factors like obesity and smoking are known to raise people's risk of developing sciatica, but a new study finds that regular walking and biking may have an opposite, and just as powerful effect.

US September 26, 2017

Opioid crisis: Trump's drug czar vows to take on doctors and dealers, help addicts

The Trump administration is ready for war, and the president's top general in this particular fight says there is no more time to waste.

Back Pain June 23, 2017

Downward dog, doctor's order: Yoga could ease back pain

To ease low back pain, you may want try a downward dog: A new study suggests that doing yoga may be as effective as physical therapy for reducing low back pain .