More than 200,000 Medicare patients with back pain underwent $2 billion worth of unnecessary surgeries, including spinal fusion and/or laminectomy or vertebroplasty, over a recent 3-year period, ...

Back pain may disrupt daily living by making it difficult to enjoy hobbies or simply carry out simple chores Rest or treatment may help with some back discomfort but if the pain persists or becomes wo ...

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Spinal duct stenosis' is a disease that causes back pain due to narrowing of the spinal canal, neuromuscular canal, or vertebral space in the center of the spine, which is the space where nerves pass ...

PITTSBURGH — It’s time to fall back. On Nov. 3 ... If you feel any of these symptoms for longer than two weeks, Roecklein added, that’s the time you should seek medical help.

Pain from lumbar spinal stenosis often starts in the back. Once the nerves are compressed, you can experience burning pain that radiates down your leg, sometimes affecting the calf. Other symptoms can ...

Radiologists were able to reach "nearly perfect" diagnoses for lumbar spine MRIs if they get patent-reported symptom information, according to an Oct. 29 study in Radiology. Four things to know: 1.

After reading the publications 7 papers fulfilled the inclusion criteria, and 60 papers were excluded because they did not report on any quantitative radiological sign of lumbar spinal stenosis.

For patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction, current guidelines recommend routine clinical surveillance every 6 to 12 months. Data from ...

Spinal muscle atrophy symptoms vary, and may be mild or disabling, but involve a weakness of the muscles that control movement. Involuntary muscles, such as those in the heart, blood vessels and ...

In a recent interview, Miriam looked back on the moment she noticed ... in one or both legs' is among the most common symptoms of spinal stenosis. This can make walking or moving around incredibly ...