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VIDEO: Obesity Linked With Left Atrium Enlargement, Hospitals Typically Do Not Explain Adverse Effects of Treatment to Patients, Back Pain Affecting US Soldiers
VIDEO: Obesity Linked With Left Atrium Enlargement, Hospitals Typically Do Not Explain Adverse Effects of Treatment to Patients, Back Pain Affecting US Soldiers (November 10, 2009 - Insidermedicine)  From Germany – According to research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, obesity greatly increases ones chances of having an enlarged left atrium.

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VIDEO: Vertebroplasty Does Not Appear To Offer Relief For Painful Osteoporotic Fractures
VIDEO: Vertebroplasty Does Not Appear To Offer Relief For Painful Osteoporotic Fractures (August 5, 2009 - Insidermedicine) Vertebroplasty does not appear to offer any relief for individuals suffering from painful osteoporotic fractures, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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If I Had - Low Back Pain - Allan Platt, PA-C, Emory School of Medicine
If I Had - Low Back Pain - Allan Platt, PA-C, Emory School of Medicine (December 9, 2008 - Insidermedicine) On a recent trip to Atlanta, we caught up with Alan Platt, a clinical instructor in the Department of Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine Physician Assistant program at the Emory School of Medicine.

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If I Had...Lower Back Pain - Professor Keith Dip-kei LUK, University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
If I Had...Lower Back Pain - Professor Keith Dip-kei LUK, University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine (November 21, 2008 - Insidermedicine) Welcome to Insidermedicine's If I Had, where we get a chance to ask an expert what they would do if they had a medical condition.

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Spinal Manipulation Not Necessary for Acute Back Pain
Spinal Manipulation Not Necessary for Acute Back Pain (November 9, 2007 - Insidermedicine) The use of anti-inflammatories and spinal manipulative therapy don’t help patients with acute low back pain recover more quickly, as previously thought, say experts in a report published in The Lancet.

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Acupuncture May Benefit Low Back Pain
Acupuncture May Benefit Low Back Pain (September 24, 2007 - Insidermedicine) Patients with low back pain may benefit more from acupuncture than conventional treatment, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

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Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis - Surgery versus Nonsurgical Treatment
Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis - Surgery versus Nonsurgical Treatment May 30, 2007 (Insidermedicine) People with lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis who are treated surgically experience substantially better pain relief and gain of function than those who are treated without surgery, according to a study published in the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Prolonged Conservative Treatment of Sciatica is as Beneficial as Surgery
Prolonged Conservative Treatment of Sciatica is as Beneficial as Surgery May 30, 2007 (Insidermedicine) A comparison of the one-year outcomes of surgery and a longer-than-usual conservative approach has shown that both options produce comparable pain relief.

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Week In Review
Week In Review In this Insidermedicine week in review we review recent research published in JAMA that links serious paralysis and respiratory failure to the injection of pure botulinum rather than botox.

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Surgery for Slipped DIsc
Surgery for Slipped DIsc Low back pain is one of the leading causes of work absence.

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