SAN FRANCISCO – The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 18 found no abuse of discretion in a group disability insurer’s decision to terminate benefits to a claimant with sleep apnea and chronic back pain (Mark A. Eppler v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co., No. 08-16986, 9th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 27888).
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Intussusception can often be a difficult diagnosis as many children do not present with the typical findings of abdominal pain, vomiting, and hematochezia. The authors report the case of a young child who presented with back pain as the only symptom of intussusception. We encourage pediatricians to consider this diagnosis in any child with episodes of intermittent abdominal or back pain. (Source: Clinical Pediatrics)
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Promising studies were reported at the 25th congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in MS (ECTRIMS), held on 9-12 September 2009 in Düsseldorf, Germany, while data on a new treatment for chronic low back pain was presented at the 6th Triennial congress of the European Federation of Chapters (EFIC) of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), held on 9-12 September 2009 in Lisbon, Portugal. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Future Prescriber)
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— Overview covers definition, risks, results of this test used to evaluate back pain.
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(Source: Emergency Medicine Journal)
Tags: consumption, medicine, back pain, emergency medicine journalDec 24
To most of us the holiday season is all about tradition, fun, and family, but if we’re not careful, the holidays can also be a pain in the neck-literally-says the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Typical holiday activities, such as shopping “till you drop,” lifting heavy boxes and presents, and countless hours of cooking and baking, can cause muscles to work harder than usual, many times resulting in neck, shoulder, and back pain… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Injuries can counter the beneficial effects of sports participation at a young age if a child or adolescent is unable to continue to participate because of residual effects of injury. This paper reviews current knowledge in the field of long-term health outcomes of youth sports injuries to evaluate the evidence regarding children dropping out of sport due to injury, physeal injuries and growth disturbance, studies of injuries affecting the spine and knee of young and former athletes and surgical outcome of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in children. Studies of dropping out of sport due to injury are limited primarily to gymnasts and implicate such injuries as ACL rupture and osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow joint in the early retirement of young athletes. Although mo…
Tags: long term health, sports participation, youth sports injuries, former athletes, anterior cruciate ligamentDec 24
The contemporary society is highly health-living conscious. The problem of back pain is that it’s one of those conditions that you cannot ignore.
Tags: expert advice, back pain, pain problems, contemporary society, HealthDec 24
Millions of people suffer from neck and back pain each year. Whether it is the result of a car accident or just old age, people with chronic back pain can barely function in their daily duties. If you are one of the millions who fit this category, and inversion table may be of interest to you.
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Back pain is one of the most debilitating conditions you can endure. Most people who suffer from back and neck pain can rarely function doing the things you and I take for granted. The treatments for back and neck pain usually range from chiropractic care, medication and potentially surgery and rehabilitation.
Tags: back and neck pain, gravity, medication, inversion table, rehabilitation
