Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians’ offices due to back problems in 2006. While countless adults experience back pain and stiffness, many suffer from serious spine and back conditions – including injury, herniated discs and the deterioration of the vertebrae.

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Breakthroughs In Treatment Of Spine And Back Conditions (Medical News Today)

Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians’ offices due to back problems in 2006.

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2010 AAOS meeting highlights advancements in back and spine treatment options (News-Medical-Net)

Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians’ offices due to back problems in 2006. While countless adults experience back pain and stiffness, many suffer from serious spine and back conditions –including injury, herniated discs and the deterioration of the vertebrae.

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2010 AAOS meeting highlights advancements in back and spine treatment options

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) — In the coming weeks, millions of American children will dust off their bats and gloves and head out to the baseball field.

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Youth Baseball Injuries Becoming More Common (HealthDay)

Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians’ offices due to back problems in 2006. While countless adults experience back pain and stiffness, many suffer from serious spine and back conditions -including injury, herniated discs and the deterioration of the vertebrae. Three new studies presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) detail advances in back care and treatment options for specific back and spine conditions.

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Advances in back care and treatment options for slipped disc, spine surgery and vertebral fractures

AP – Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good.

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Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests (AP)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) — Early signs of glaucoma can be detected in the brain, according to a new study that may trigger a major change in how the disease is treated.

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Glaucoma Begins in Mid-Brain, Not in Eye, Research Shows (HealthDay)

HealthDay – MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) — Too many primary care doctors are making inappropriate patients referrals for CT and MRI scans, according to a new study.

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Primary Care Doctors Ordering Unnecessary Scans (HealthDay)

Reuters – People with chronic low-back pain can benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, a new British report shows.

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Talk therapy reduces back pain (Reuters)

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) — People suffering from chronic lower back pain may find relief through cognitive behavioral therapy, a short-term treatment aimed at challenging and reframing negative beliefs.

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Chronic Back Pain Soothed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (HealthDay)