My mother recently had emergency surgery (two days after planned hip-replacement surgery) to repair an ulcer that had left a hole the size of a half-dollar in her stomach. She had been taking Mobic prior to her hip surgery. Please alert your readers to the dangers of NSAIDs.
It has been estimated that more than 100,000 […]
Regarding the Oct. 21 article, OHIP Running Without An Audit System, perhaps OHIP would not be so overrun with billings for pain relief blocks if they had had the foresight to keep chiropractic as a covered treatment.
People with chronic back pain, and there are thousands, have no affordable way to control this pain without coverage […]
Tennis elbow sufferers eager to retake the court, return to the computer or get back to hammering nails have long looked to cortisone injections to bring relief. Australian researchers have found the relief to be real, but short-lived.
That blow to die-hard serve-and-volleyers comes from a study published in the Sept. 27 edition of the British […]
The Digital Divide Network is the Internet’s largest community for educators, activists, policy makers and concerned citizens working to bridge the digital divide. At DDN, you can build your own online community, publish a blog, share documents and discussions with colleagues, and post news, events and articles. You can also find the archived discussion lists […]
Two classes of drugs commonly used to treat osteoarthritis—non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and COX-2 inhibitors (a newer generation of NSAIDs)—present similar, increased risks of heart attacks while offering about the same level of pain relief, according to a new report by the Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality […]
An international multicentre study presented at the annual meeting of the European Federation of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Chapters (EFIC) shows that neurostimulation in combination with conventional medical management is significantly more effective than conventional medical management alone for patients suffering from persistent leg and back pain despite anatomically successful […]