Medication Compliance In African Americans Boosted By Gifts, Affirmations Study highlights: Phone calls and low-cost gifts to African Americans with hypertension increased how frequently they correctly took their medication. Taking medication consistently and correctly is a major issue in all patient populations and especially African Americans, researchers said.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPhysical Therapy Is Effective For Management Of Low-Back Pain A new review article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons should help convince many patients with low back pain to consider physical therapy as a first line of treatment for their condition, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLive Webcast Of A Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy To Correct Severe Lower Back Pain Sergio Gonzalez-Arias, M.D., chief of neurological surgery and medical director of Baptist Hospital's Neuroscience Center, will perform a minimally invasive lumbar discectomy on Wednesday, January 28, at 4 p.m. The webcast will be moderated by Dr. Sean Kenniff, former healthcare reporter for WFOR-CBS Channel 4. Viewers can also choose to watch the procedure in Spanish.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAlarming Amounts Of Hipbone Strength Lost By Astronauts On International Space Station Astronauts spending months in space lose significant bone strength, making them increasingly at risk for fractures later in life. UC Irvine and UC San Francisco led a study evaluating 13 astronauts who spent four to six months on the International Space Station and found that, on average, astronauts' hipbone strength decreased 14 percent. Three astronauts experienced losses of 20 percent to 30 percent, rates comparable to those seen in older women with osteoporosis.
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