Identification Of Genes Linked To Spinal Disc Degeneration Lumbar disc degeneration is an uncomfortable condition that affects millions of people, but two University of Alberta researchers have identified some of the genes that are causing problems. Michele Crites-Battie and Tapio Videman, in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, have discovered eight genes that are directly related to disc degeneration. "We found more genes associated with disc degeneration than was discovered in 30 prior studies," said Videman.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNottingham Spine Research Awarded International Prize A study aimed at overcoming problems with treatments for a common cause of back pain has picked up one of the most prestigious prizes in spinal research. The research paper produced by the team of surgeons, engineers and physicists at The University of Nottingham has scooped two out of three categories of the annual ISSLS Prize for Lumbar Spine Research.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGuideline For Treating Chronic Non-Cancer Pain With Opioid Medications A national panel of pain management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive, evidence-based clinical practice guideline to assist clinicians in prescribing potent opioid pain medications for patients with chronic non-cancer pain. The long-awaited guideline appears in the current issue of The Journal of Pain, http://www.jpain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comVegetable Juice May Help People With Metabolic Syndrome Lose Weight Drinking at least one glass of low sodium vegetable juice daily may help overweight people with metabolic syndrome achieve better weight loss results. A study, conducted at the Baylor College of Medicine and presented at this week's Experimental Biology Meeting, found that participants who drank at least 8-ounces of low sodium vegetable juice as part of a calorie-controlled DASH
diet lost four pounds over 12 weeks, while those who followed the same
diet but drank no juice lost one pound.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPostmenopausal Women's Loss Of Sexual Desire Affects Health, Quality Of Life Women with low levels of sexual desire, often as a result of menopause, are more likely to be depressed and to suffer physical symptoms such as back pain and memory problems than women who report higher levels of desire, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals.
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