January 9, 2024 New year, new routine: A guide to basic stretching for better overall health During an appearance on "Fox & Friends" in 2022, StretchLab flexologist Patrick Fernandez demonstrated several smart stretches to keep the body in good health, fit and limber.
July 5, 2023 What is scoliosis? Causes and symptoms of the spinal condition, treatment plans and more Scoliosis can be treated a variety of ways depending on the severity of the condition. Most scoliosis cases are seen in children and the cause is unknown.
March 28, 2023 Life-changing cold therapy helps Pennsylvania mom with awful back pain: 'Could pick up my daughter' again Dannie DeNovo, a 44-year-old mother from Pennsylvania, was living in excruciating pain from a ruptured disc — until she discovered the benefits of ice baths.
February 26, 2023 For acute lower back pain, these are the best medications, new study finds A recent study published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research pinpointed the three best medications for acute lower back pain, characterized as pain lasting 12 weeks or less.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
