'Back-Breaking' Work Beliefs Contribute To Health Workers' Pain Whether from heaving, twisting, bending or bad lifting postures, it's well known that caring for the sick or elderly can lead to back pain. This often results in time off work or dropping out of caring professions altogether. Now Danish research published in the online open access journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders suggests that the fear of getting back pain from care work is predictive of actually developing it.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMRI Abundance May Lead To Excess In Back Surgeries, Stanford Study Shows Patients reporting new low-back pain are more likely to undergo surgery if treated in an area with a higher-than-average concentration of magnetic resonance imaging machines, according to research from the Stanford University School of Medicine. This may be bad news for patients, since previous studies have found that increased surgery rates don't improve patient outcomes.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSaint John's Spine Surgeon Uses ILIF Procedure To Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Only 37, Janie Lee had endured excruciating back pain for 20 years. She couldn't stay in one position for more than five minutes, and walking hunched over was the only way she could get around. Her
search for help took her to several doctors and an emergency room, but it wasn't until she found Hyun Bae, M.D., a renowned spine specialist at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica that she received the diagnosis and care that would return her life to her.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPhilips Heartstart Fr2+ Automated External Defibrillators - Recall Nationwide recall due to reports of a memory chip failure which could render the AED inoperable and prevent it from delivering therapy when indicated.
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