Epidural steroid shots for back pain had mixed results, an AAN review showed. The treatment demonstrated promising short-term benefits for radiculopathy patients. In other situations, benefits were ...

Hainesport, N.J.-based North American Spine and Pain has incorporated advanced injection-based therapies and image-guided diagnostics into its approach for back pain management. The initiative, ...

Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps ...

We appreciate the constructive remarks by Chung-Wei Christine Lin and colleagues regarding our systematic review and resulting recommendations.1 Our systematic review and meta-analysis were explicitly ...

A new review of studies found that aerobic exercise reduced pain and improved quality of life for people with knee osteoarthritis. Yoga, tai chi, strength training, and a mix of those exercises were ...

A 61-year-old man in California is lucky to be alive after a combination of herbal supplements he was taking for joint pain ended up utterly wrecking his body, landing him in intensive care and in a ...

A new study finds poorer nations will bear the brunt of rising deadly heat days, despite contributing least to global emissions. The world is on track to add nearly two months of dangerous superhot ...

At first glance, Alvan Whittaker appears to be perfectly healthy, but he lives with a hidden disability that causes him constant pain. Adult-onset Still's Disease is a rare form of inflammatory ...

Dolly Parton grew up in a family of 12 children. While she spent a great deal of time helping her mother raise her younger siblings, she also dreamed of becoming a star. Parton admitted that her ...

Cheryl Williams considers herself one of the lucky ones. For three decades, Williams rode to and from her public service job without issue. But when she was posted to Bangkok, she joined a cycling ...

Chest pain can signify a wide array of illnesses or conditions, and may even be harmless a lot of the time. However, it can also be a symptom of one of the most common cancers diagnosed in women in ...