Massage therapy helps ease chronic low back pain and improve function, according to a randomized controlled trial that the Annals of Internal Medicine will publish in its July 5 issue. The first study to compare structural and relaxation (Swedish) massage, the trial found that...
Endo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ENDP) announced topline results from a phase 2 study comparing the novel investigational drug axomadol against placebo in the treatment of patients with moderate to severe chronic low back pain. The results indicate that axomadol did not meet...
Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) has significant but very small benefits for patients with chronic low back pain, according to a special review article in the June 1 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer...
A physician panel in the primary care specialty of internal medicine has identified common clinical activities where changes in practice could lead to higher quality care and better use of finite clinical resources. The study identifying the Top 5 list of internal medicine...
Bayer AG has introduced a reformulated aspirin that works twice as fast as existing ones, using what it called Pro-Release technology which reduces the aspirin particles into micro-particles. The micro-particles are about one tenth of the typical particle sizes, hence they...
University of Manchester scientists have developed a biomaterial implant which could finally bring treatment, in the form of a jab, for chronic back pain. Chronic lower back pain is a major problem for society behind only headaches as the most common neurological ailment and is...
Read more...A recent team grant by the Canadian Institute for Health Research is providing an innovative approach to researching patient safety for those who provide and receive spinal-manipulative therapy. The $2-million grant over five years brings together health researchers...