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Nutritional Pearls: Is Drinking Milk Good For Bones?

Avoid Sedatives & Opioids for Treating Low Back Pain

FDA Approves Treximet for Acute Migraine Treatment in Pediatric Patients

Burst & Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation Show Promise in SCS

Eat Some Lettuce and See Me in the Morning: The Endless Search for Pain Relief

Sympathetic Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain & Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

Pain-Related Sleep Disturbance - A Prospective Study with Repeated Measures

Pregabalin in Subjects With Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Using an NSAID for Other Pain Conditions: A Double-Blind Crossover Study

Benzodiazepines May be Worse than Opioids: Negative Medication Effects in Severe Chronic Pain

Hormonal & Clinical Predictors for Post- Egg Retrieval Pain in Women Undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technology Procedures

Study: Peripheral Nerve Blocks Lower Opiod Use Post-TKA

Factors Elucidated for Good Outcomes From Nonoperative Treatment of Adult Spinal Deforminity

Time for a More Rational Cannabis Policy

Surgeries to Avoid: Knee Arthroscopy for Osteoarthritis

Surgeries to Avoid: Complex Spinal Fusion for Stenosis

More American Practicing Yoga, Meditation To Control Pain But Supplements Still Lead

Postoperative Benefits Seen with Preoperative IV Ibuprofen

FDA Releases Draft Documents on Compounding, Repackaging

Does a Real Anti-Aging Pill Already Exist?

NSAIDs Provide Acute Migraine Pain Relief

New Pharmacogenetic Options for Managing Pain with Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions

FDA Approves Zohydro ER With Abuse-Deterrent Properties

Study Finds Decreasing Number of Pill Mills and Drug Overdose Deaths in Florida

Preliminary Results of Patients Treated with Percutaneous Hydrodiscectomy for Radiculopathy Secondary to Herniated Nucleus Pulposus

For Low-Back Pain, Acetaminophen is No Better Than Placebo

Surgeries to Avoid: Complex Spinal Fusion for Stenosis

10 Things That Slow Your Metabolism

Study Finds Moderate Drinking May Not Harm Memory & Executive Function

New State Laws Aim to Avert Opioid Overdose

Drug Lessens Parkinson's Psychosis Symptoms Without Worsening Motor Symptoms

AMA Urges Comprehensive Approach as RX Drug Abuse Soars in States

FDA Proposing Tighter Restrictions on Hydrocodone Products

Testosterone Study Highlights Role of Estrogen in Male Hypogonadism

FDA Warns of Serious Rash Risk with Acetaminophen Pills

First Organ Grown From Stem Cells Alone: Report

Higher Blood Levels of Omega-3s Linked to Lower Mortality Risk

Risk of Cardiovascular Death Doubled in Women with High Calcuim Intake

Migraine With Aura May Raise Risk of Heart Trouble

Drug Overdose Deaths up to 11th Year, CDC says

Blinking Causes Brain to Go Off-Line

Surgical Errors Occur More Than 4,000 Times A Year in The US

Discovery Could Eventually Help Diagnose and Treat Chronic Pain

Surprisingly, only 3% of the US Population Report Having Ideal Heart Health

Gastrointestinal Cancers Likely Reduced by Consumption of Green Tea

Four CV Risk Factors Predict Most of Peripheral Artery Disease Risk in Men

High Statins Dose Best to Lower Cholesterol

New Back Pain Gene Identified

Popular Pain-Relieving Medicines Linked to Hearing Loss in Women

Methadone Cited in 30% of PainKiller Death:CDC

Quick, Simple Test Developed to Identify Patients who will not Respond to the Painkiller Tramadol

Psoriasis Boosts Crohn's Risk Fourfold

Prednisolone's Considerable Effect on Bells Palsy Symptoms

Aspirin-Clopidogrel No Better Than Aspirin Alone for Patients with Lacunar Stroke

Painkillers Now More Likely to Kill You Than a Car

Vitamin D Lowers Fracture Risk, but Its Effects on Cancer & CVD Aren't Clear

Mass. Doctor Charged with Running Percocet Mill

Company recalls extra-strength acetaminophen caplets

Resistant Hypertension: Four Pearls for Your Practice

Food That Fight Sickness

Study Suggests Physical Exercise Signigicantly Reduce IBS Symptoms

CDC Report: Almost 30% of US Adults do not Exercise

Moderate Aerobic Exercise may Delay Age-related Memory Decline

IBS Patients Knowingly Given Placebo Reported Relief

General Anesthesia is a Reversible Coma, Not Sleep, Researches Argue

Increase in Spine Surgery

HDL Cholesterol associated with Reduced Risk of Alzheimer's

Congress creates National Plan to Combat Alzheimer's

Aspirin may be Effective at Preventing Cancer Deaths

Deep Brain Stimulation aids those with rare headache condition

Evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain with cognitive behavioral therapy

A Systematic Review of Low Back Pain Cost of Illness Studies in the United Studies and Internationally

Opioid Facts

Medical Stories of 2007

Past-Related Gene

New Class of Drugs Nearing Approval to Relieve Opioid Bowel Dysfunction

Good News: Celebrex Found to Cut Risk of Colon Caner/Bad News: It still increases Cardiovascular Risk

Magnets showed No Benefits for Acute Pain in Tufts Study

IPPMC Political Action

Article about Interventioal Pain and Physical Medicine Clinic (IPPMC) featured in STANDING TALL, a newsletter on Back Care News for Healthy Living

Evidence for Motorized Lumbar Traction Devices

Abuse of Oxycodone and Hydrocodone Grew 2002-2004

MRI of the Lumbar Spine in People Without Back Pain

DEA Issues Policy Statement Allowing Prescriptions for 90-Day Supply of Schedule II Drugs "Where Medically Appropriate"

Qualitative Review of Chronic Lower Back Pain Clinical Studies Finds Minimally Invasive Procedure Spares Patients From Spine Surgery

The Top 10 Medical Stories of 2008

Chronic Pain Impairs Brain Function

Excess Fat Increases Risk for Migraine Headaches