New Hampshire and Arkansas were found to have the highest rates of unnecessary spinal fusions and/or laminectomies and vertebroplasties, respectively, according ...

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, ...

Up to 70% of females see a healthcare provider about mastalgia (breast pain) at some point in their lives. While the pain is most commonly due to normal changes in the breasts during the menstrual ...

The terrible pain started a week earlier, and she had already been to the emergency room twice. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. “You need to go back to the hospital,” the visiting nurse declared shortly ...

Thankfully, there's a fast-acting option for muscle pain relief: topical analgesics. Topical analgesics, more commonly known as muscle pain relief creams, can quickly alleviate pain — albeit ...

While the cause of the pain can originate in the legs, it is more often associated with the lumbar spine. This includes the five vertebrae (bones that form the spinal column) situated between the ...

A herniated disc is bad enough, but when you factor in radiating pain, it’s hellish. Ferring Pharmaceuticals (Parsippany, New Jersey) and its clinical development partner, Seikagaku Corporation (Tokyo ...

but instead of enjoying the comfort and convenience of a one-stop shopping experience, I go to a place called Capital Cryo, looking to get some voluntary pain. Soon, the tall cryotherapy tank is ...

There is limited evidence for the use of MSCs for spinal cord injury (Consensus Point 28) and radicular pain (Consensus Point 31); while some studies suggest that these approaches can achieve pain ...