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Better Options For Alleviating Back Pain | Life and Pain
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Better Options For Alleviating Back Pain. On August 9th, 2011 No Comments. Back pain and disorders. Have a lot to do with walking upright.According to the New England Journal of Medicine, disc problems were thought to be neoplasms or tumors up until around 1934 and were usually only discovered as the cause of the weakness and paralysis suffered by the patient at autopsy. An estimated 400,000 Americans, most over the age of 60, suffer from lumbar stenosis. One of the usual causes of low back pain. Is usua...
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Archive for the ‘News’ Category. Regular Excercise Helps Reducing Diabetic Nerve Pain. February 6th, 2013. Read More ». Gene Causing Women’s Back Pain Discovered. January 25th, 2013. Read More ». Chronic Pain Costs Americans $635 Billion. January 21st, 2013. Chronic pain costs Americans up to $635 billion a year in additional health care coverage and lost productivity, according to a comprehensive new study. The economic burden of chronic pain in the U.S. now exceeds that of cancer, heart dis...A life-th...
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Archive for the ‘Articles’ Category. Chronic Pain Costs Americans $635 Billion. January 21st, 2013. Chronic pain costs Americans up to $635 billion a year in additional health care coverage and lost productivity, according to a comprehensive new study. The economic burden of chronic pain in the U.S. now exceeds that of cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Researchers at John Hopkins University analyzed data on over 20,000 adult patients in […]. Read More ». Car Accident Injuries, Pain and Insurance. A spr...
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Gene Causing Women’s Back Pain Discovered | Life and Pain
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Gene Causing Women’s Back Pain Discovered. On January 25th, 2013 No Comments. The researchers have achieved a milestone with the discovery of a link between a gene and a form of lower back pain that affects over a third of middle aged women. Published in the journal. Annals of Rheumatic Disease. British scientists identified the PARK2 gene as a possible cause for degeneration of the inter-vertebral discs in the spine, a common cause of lower back pain. We have identified a gene called. We have performed,...
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Chronic Pain Costs Americans $635 Billion | Life and Pain
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Chronic Pain Costs Americans $635 Billion. On January 21st, 2013 No Comments. Chronic pain costs Americans up to $635 billion a year in additional health care coverage and lost productivity, according to a comprehensive new study. The economic burden of chronic pain in the U.S. now exceeds that of cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Researchers say adults with pain also reported missing more days from work than people without pain. They noted that pain impacted three components of productivity: work ...
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Good Genuine Laughter Helps Combat Pain | Life and Pain
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Good Genuine Laughter Helps Combat Pain. On September 15th, 2011 No Comments. Good genuine laughter not only makes you feel better but alsohelps in combats pain. While a polite titter may keep others happy, it does nothing to raise levels of feel-good endorphins, say the Oxford University scientists. The results, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, revealed that those who watched comedy in a group laughed the most and had a heightened pain tolerance. This rush of endorphins is al...
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Regular Excercise Helps Reducing Diabetic Nerve Pain | Life and Pain
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Regular Excercise Helps Reducing Diabetic Nerve Pain. On February 6th, 2013 No Comments. Regular exercise reduces the development of painful diabetic neuropathy in animals apparently related to increased expression of a protective substance called “heat shock protein” 72 (Hsp72), reports an experimental study in the February issue of Anesthesia and Analgesia. Official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). Within two weeks, the diabetic rats that did not exercise showed signs of...
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Stretching and Yoga Effectively Treat Chronic Lower Back Pain | Life and Pain
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Stretching and Yoga Effectively Treat Chronic Lower Back Pain. On October 25th, 2011 Comments Off. Chronic low back pain. Is a common problem lacking highly effective treatment options. Small trials suggest that yoga may have benefits for this condition. The trial was designed to determine whether yoga. Is more effective than conventional stretching exercises. Or a self-care book for primary care patients with chronic low back pain. Chronic lower back pain. Than with stretching,. 91 patients) or a self-c...
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Healthy Tips | Life and Pain
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Archive for the ‘Healthy Tips’ Category. Good Genuine Laughter Helps Combat Pain. September 15th, 2011. Good genuine laughter not only makes you feel better but alsohelps in combats pain. While a polite titter may keep others happy, it does nothing to raise levels of feel-good endorphins, say the Oxford University scientists. Professor Robin Dunbar, one of Britain’s leading evolutionary biologists, recorded the amount of laughter produced when his subjects watched comedy videos […]. Read More ». As a wom...
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Car Accident Injuries, Pain and Insurance | Life and Pain
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Car Accident Injuries, Pain and Insurance. On January 13th, 2013 2 Comments. A life-threatening situation, such as a car accident or a very stressful situation, can lead to persistent pain. Severity of pain experience after an automobile accident may depend on your genes. Scientists from the University of North Carolina found that inherited genetic variations affected participants’ response to pain intensity, both immediately following the accident and six weeks later. Neck injuries like whiplash or disk...
