The development of promising new treatments for spinal cord injuries in humans depends on animal models--various ways of creating experimental injuries in animals and assessing their response to treatments.
At a time of intensive worldwide efforts to combat the use of performance-enhancing drugs, the July/August special issue of the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine provides a detailed update for the medical specialists who bear the greatest responsibility for the health and performance of athletes--sports physicians.
Data from a nationwide network of HIV clinics suggest that current highly active antiretroviral therapy has reduced the amount of time HIV-positive patients spend in the hospital.
A nonsurgical procedure called "intradiscal electrothermal therapy" provides lasting improvement for patients with chronic disc-related back pain that does not respond to conventional treatments.
The few scientifically controlled studies performed to date show no advantage of surgery over nonsurgical treatment for patients with symptoms caused by degeneration of the vertebrae in the neck (cervical spondylosis).
Even patients who were born without a sense of smell--a rare condition called congenital hyposmia--show activity in the areas of the brain responsible for smell.
Fourth- and fifth-grade children attending a back education program have better back care habits one year later, along with lower rates of back and neck pain.
Among patients with spinal problems, those who smoke have more severe symptoms and poorer physical and mental health--including a higher rate of depression.
Carrying backpacks--typically weighing 20 pounds or more--is an important contributor to back pain in schoolchildren.
The risk of disc degeneration in the lower back is not necessary related to back pain, nor to the occupational risk factors--such as heavy lifting--traditionally associated with back pain.
For women with benign tumors of the uterus known as fibroids, a nonsurgical procedure to block off the blood vessels supplying the tumors has become a valuable alternative to hysterectomy.
A mass-media public education campaign is effective in correcting common misconceptions about back pain and its treatment, among doctors as well as the public, according to a Australian study.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announced that its new journal, Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, has been accepted for inclusion in Index Medicus/MEDLINE on its first submission.
Few of the steroid-containing dietary supplements sold over-the-counter as athletic performance-enhancers actually contain the ingredients and amounts listed on their labels.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announced that it has licensed access to LWWoncology.com, its Internet community for oncology professionals, to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announced that it has licensed access to LWWoncology.com, its Internet community for oncology professionals, to the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University.
At least some of the benefits of alternative medicine treatments for low back pain may be related to the patient's expectation that the treatment will work.
Even though x-rays usually aren't needed to diagnose the cause of low back pain, most patients rate them as "very important."
A study of how the severed spinal cord heals in rats shows a direct relationship between re-establishment of specific connections between the brain and spinal cord and recovery of hind-leg function.
Back surgery provides better long-term outcomes than nonsurgical treatment for patients with moderate to severe sciatica caused by a herniated disk in the lower back.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins has launched comprehensive new content and features at LWWoncology.com, its leading Internet community for oncology professionals.
Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins today announced the launch of LWW's Organism Central, a new CD-ROM product that provides health professionals with a single source for full information on familiar and unfamiliar organisms.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announces the launch of an Internet site for healthcare practitioners in internal and family medicine, featuring the full text of the 30th Edition of the best-selling Washington Manual.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announced the debut of Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, a new journal designed to help keep practicing allergist/immunologists stay current with the burgeoning research in their field.
Back pain and other spinal disorders are very common, but can pose challenging treatment problems. Part of the problem is the difficulty of determining the true effectiveness of treatments, especially in areas affecting the patientÃs daily activities. (Spine, 12-15-00)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announced publication today of the Y2K Survival Guide: A Step-By-Step Workbook for Physicians, which offers medical care providers a strategy for protecting patients against the adverse effects of possible breakdowns in the delivery of health care.
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