Americans Spend More to Treat Spine Woes
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Although Americans are spending more money than ever to treat spine problems, their backs are not getting any better.
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Thereâsa new way to help ease the pain for some people who suffer with lower back problems. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first artificial spinal disc that may be able to ease the pain with fewer complications than present treatment.
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In the past four years, Americans have spent a growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, according to government figures and several independent studies.
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Patients with few options available at home in America say they are having some success with experimental treatments in China. People suffering from varied ailments such as spinal-cord injuries, Parkinson's or blindness turn to the internet to find stem-cell treatments. But Western doctors warn that medical tourists are serving as guinea pigs.
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WASHINGTON - The cost of treating heart and lung disease and mental disorders led the upward push in US health care spending, according to a study examining cost jumps by medical condition.
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A patient's own stem cells could soon be used to cure chronic back pain, say researchers.
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Americans are cramming their medicine chests ever fuller in the struggle to lower cholesterol, treat depression, reduce inflammation and ease other illnesses.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the first artificial spinal disc for use in patients suffering from persistent lower back pain.
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Many popular treatments for back and neck pain may be ineffective or overused.
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Health care costs were a bigger drain on American wallets this year than in 2000, with 14.3 million workers spending more than a quarter of their income on medical care, according to a study by Families USA.
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Health India &gt; London, Nov 20 : According to a report in the British Medical Journal, researchers claim to have found the most effective treatment for people suffering from a bad back in spine manipulation which involves chiropractic, osteopathy or
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More than a third of working-age people miss work because of chronic pain, resulting in $60 billion in lost productivity each year.
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Americans are cramming their medicine chests fuller in an effort to lower cholesterol, treat depression, reduce inflammation and ease illnesses.
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How to benefit from increased spending on preventative medicine.
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Johnson & Johnson's artificial  spinal disc won U.S. approval for relieving severe low back  pain, the company said on Tuesday.
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Scientists are hunting new ways to help millions of pain sufferers &#151; from addiction-resistant narcotics to using brain scanners for biofeedback &#151; amid a worrisome rise in abuse of today's top prescription painkillers.
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Americans of all ages must do more  to protect their bones now to protect themselves from fractures  and other related problems later in life, U.S. health officials  warned on Thursday.