Slow Economy Creates Market for Free Grand Canyon Tours to Havasu Falls Grand Canyon tour company is giving away free all-inclusive trips to Havasu Falls in the western Grand Canyon (PRWeb Apr 1, 2009)
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Source: www.prweb.comPain Meds Are Most Common Cause Of Death After Spinal Fusion Surgery: Middle-Aged Men With Disk Degeneration At Highest Risk Pain medications are involved in more than 20 percent of deaths occurring in the years after spinal fusion surgery for low back pain, reports a study in the April 1 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health,
pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.
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.comExercise Underutilized For Chronic Back And Neck Pain Exercise is commonly used to improve physical function, decrease symptoms and minimize disability caused by chronic low back or neck pain. Numerous randomized trials and clinical practice guidelines have supported this practice, and studies suggest that individually tailored, supervised exercise programs are associated with the best outcomes.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabopharm Reports Results For Phase III Study On Twice-daily Tramadol-acetaminophen Formulation Labopharm Inc. (TSX: DDS; NASDAQ: DDSS) announced the results of its recently completed North American Phase III clinical trial for its twice-daily formulation of tramadol and acetaminophen (study 06CCL3-001). Study 06CCL3-001 was a multi-centre, randomized, double-blind, parallel-arm study that compared the efficacy and safety of Labopharm's twice-daily tramadol-acetaminophen formulation to placebo in the treatment of moderate to severe acute low back pain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLatest Research Findings At The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Leading orthopedic surgeons and other clinicians from Rush University Medical Center are presenting new basic and clinical research findings at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., on February 25-28. Highlights from some of the educational sessions led by orthopedic experts from Rush as well as some of the podium and poster presentations to be made by physicians from Rush include: Dr.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLumbar Fusion Has Long-Term Benefits Lumbar fusion is becoming an increasingly common treatment for low-back pain, but its long-term effects are relatively unknown. A doctoral thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet now shows that the long-term effects are superior to those of physiotherapy. Chronic low-back pain is treated increasingly often with lumbar fusion, by which several lower back vertebrae are fused in a way that has little impact on the back's overall mobility.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference, Brussels, Belgium, May 7-9, 2009 A coalition of leading European breast cancer organizations has come together to launch an important new type of scientific conference, which aims to ensure breast cancer patients benefit as quickly as possible from cutting-edge research.
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