4 days ago
Buffon fears his World Cup could be over
Centurion, South Africa, June 16 - Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon fears that back problems could bring a premature end to his World Cup participation.'I am very worried about my World Cup,' the player told Italian daily 'La Gazzetta dello Sport' Wednesday. Losing the Juventus goalkeeper would be a major blow for the defending champions. 'Buffon is a unique player' said the president of the It ... read more

Johannesburg | 5 days ago
Italy start title defence with a draw; Dutch, Japan win
Johannesburg, June 15 - Italy started their defence of the World Cup title with a 1-1 draw against Paraguay in rain-drenched Cape Town Monday while the Netherlands prevailed 2-0 over Denmark and Japan upset Cameroon 1-0.Paraguay defender Antolin Alcaraz opened the scoring with a header in the 39th minute, but Daniele De Rossi equalized in the 63rd by taking full advantage of Paraguay keeper Justo ... read more

Cape Town | 5 days ago
Reigning champs Italy held to a draw by Paraguay
Cape Town, June 15 - Reigning champions Italy took advantage of a goalkeeping blunder to come back for a 1-1 draw with Paraguay in Monday's opening Group F match in Cape Town.Paraguay defender Antolin Alcaraz opened the scoring with a header in the 39th minute, but Daniele De Rossi equalized in the 63rd by taking advantage of Paraguay keeper Justo Villar's failed clearance attempt to knot the game ... read more

1 year ago
New animal model to help diagnose and treat sciatica
Washington, April 30 - A new animal model developed by researchers for the painful nerve condition sciatica should help doctors diagnose and treat it, according to a new study. Its symptoms are numbness or pain from the lower back to the feet, radiating leg pain or difficulty in controlling the leg. It is often caused by compression, or pinching, of any of the five nerve roots that combine to ma ... read more

1 year ago
Secret of Sarkozy's stamina: alternative therapy
London, Jan 11 - The secret of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's boundless energy lies in an alternative therapist who massages his back and sends him 'positive energy waves', according to a new book on the man known as the 'hyper-president'. Sarkozy, who will be 54 later this month, has been treated by therapist Jean-Paul Moureau - known by his patients as 'Moureau the guru' - for 15 years wit ... read more

2 years ago
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell spine surgeon first to use AxiaLIF spine surgery in Manhattan
NEW YORK - -- Each year, 40 to 60 percent of American adults suffer from chronic back pain. More than one million spine surgery procedures are performed annually, with medical costs to treat back pain approaching $24 billion per year. With age and injury, discs located between the vertebrae in the spine might eventually wear-down -- a process termed degenerative disc disease. Due to the lack of ... read more

Philadelphia | 2 years ago
ACP and APS issue comprehensive guidelines for treating low-back pain
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2, 2007 - The American College of Physicians - and the American Pain Society - today released joint guidelines on diagnosing and treating low back pain.About one in four Americans reported having low back pain in the past three months and about l7.6 percent of all adults reported at least one episode of severe acute low back pain within the previous year, according to several st ... read more

Hanover | 3 years ago
Second SPORT study shows surgery advantage for spinal stenosis and slipped verte
Hanover, NH – In one of the three most common back conditions for which patients seek treatment, surgery proved to have substantially better results than non-surgical remedies, according to Dartmouth-led research published in the May 31 New England Journal of Medicine. The paper is the second in a series detailing the findings of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial -, a seven-year, $21 mill ... read more

3 years ago
Pet owners are sick more often and exercise less than other working-aged people
A common perception is that pet owner is a young person who is full of action, exercises a lot, and actively plays with a pet, particularly with a dog. The reality is different, however.The association of pet ownership and health of working aged Finns - was studied at the University of Turku as part of a large research project entitled Health and Social Support -. The findings were published in PL ... read more

3 years ago
Randomized study indicates that patients with herniated disk improved with or wi
Patients with lumbar disk herniation who had surgery or nonoperative treatments showed similar levels of improvement in the reduction of pain over a 2-year period, according to a randomized trial in the November 22/29 issue of JAMA. In all cases patients who had surgery did slightly better.Lumbar diskectomy - is the most common surgical procedure performed in the United States for patients having ... read more