Aching back? Sitting up straight may be why
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NEW YORK  - "Sit up straight -- you'll hurt your back," Mom always said. It turns out Mom was wrong, according to a new study that found sitting in an upright 90-degree position places more strain on the back than sitting in a slightly reclined 135-degree position.
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Slumping in front of the television may damage key back muscles, say scientists.
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Since the &quot;Back to Sleep&quot; campaign to prevent SIDS, many babies have always slept on their backs -- but new research suggests that maybe they should be given a
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The abdominal or low back pain that many women experience during their monthly menstrual periods may partly be due to stress, new study findings suggest.
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When Dr. Julio Bonis awoke one Sunday  morning with a sore shoulder, he could not figure out what he  had done. It felt like a sports injury, but he had been a bit  of a couch potato lately.
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Acupuncture can be effective in treating   patients with low back pain and the benefits seem to improve   with time, according to research published on Friday.
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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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Chronic inflammation of the prostate can lead to constant pain that is hard to treat, but a new approach seems to hold out promise.
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NEW YORK  - If a woman is confined to bed  rest during pregnancy, there is a likelihood of significant  bone loss, the results of a new study indicate.
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NEW YORK  - Sleeping with a neck support pillow and doing neck exercises can help ease chronic neck pain, Canadian researchers report.
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On many online message boards and Internet chat rooms, anxious patients share details about the muscle pain and memory loss they have noticed since they started taking statins to lower their cholesterol. A new study suggests these people may be seeking validation for good reason: Some of their...
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NEW YORK  - People who lift boxes and packages all day need to take longer and more frequent breaks to avoid suffering a back injury, research suggests. This is especially true for people new to the job.
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Feel like a fish out of water? You may not be too far off.
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Trying to avoid vertigo, falls and other hazards of lost equilibrium.
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NEW YORK  - Since the "Back to Sleep"  campaign to prevent SIDS, many babies have always slept on  their backs -- but new research suggests that maybe they should  be given a chance to become acquainted with being face-down,  under careful observations.
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Researchers say they have found the most effective treatment for a bad back.
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People having full body scans to find potential health problems may wind up creating one, researchers suggest. Radiation from computed tomography, or CT, scans will result in a modest increase in the risk