U.S. researchers have found that confusion caused by painkillers that look alike and have sound-alike names contributes to many pain med prescription errors in hospitals.
Back pain can be alleviated among people who spend a great deal of time sitting if these people get up from their chairs and walk every few hours, back pain experts say. Read More »
Results from a new study suggest that people who have chronic fatigue syndrome are helped the most when the standard treatment for the condition is coupled with exercise therapy or cognitive behavior therapy. Read More »
Researchers with the American Orthopaedic Society have found that weight loss surgery can help ease the amount of pain obese people with osteoarthritis of the knee experience. Read More »
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that such breakthrough treatments as the rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease drug Remicade and the fibromyalgia and pain med Lyrica were discovered wholly from research funded by U.S. tax dollars. Read More »
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