Chronic Back Pain Shrinks Brain
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Chronic back pain can shrink the gray matter in your brain by as much as 11 percent in one year, the same amount of brain density that&#39;s lost in 10 to 20 years of normal aging, says a Northwestern University study.
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The same structure of the brain that makes people fearful is also critical in helping overcome fears, researchers have found in a study that may help guide new treatments of some mental illnesses.
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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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GILBERT, W.Va. -- When his craving for painkillers got to be too much, Steve Dotson lay down and let his wife drive a car over his leg. It hurt, but he could dismiss the pain with thoughts of the medicated bliss that would follow. Soon, he lost his house, the state took his children away and he w...
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Many popular treatments for back and neck pain may be ineffective or overused.
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NEW YORK  - People who suffer from chronic pain may find their memory taxed by everyday "multitasking," a new study suggests.
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The progress of Parkinson's disease (PD), or any brain-wasting disease, is painful to watch in oneself or in a loved one.
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A form of MRI is used to fight pain, and maybe even the cravings of addiction.
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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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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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Rosemary Wilson, a 53-year-old Connecticut homemaker, has spent the past 20-odd years trying to fix whatever it is that's wrong with her back. She's seen neurologists, an orthopedic surgeon, an osteopath and a physical therapist. She has also sought help from chiropractors, a massage therapist an...
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Women who are consistently overweight or obese during adulthood may be at increased risk for a decrease in the volume of certain areas of their brain -- according to a study from Sweden
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(HealthDay News) -- Chronic pain persists for longer than six months. Besides pain medications, the American Academy of Family Physicians offers this list of additional treatment options:   Physical therapy, including stretching and strengthening exercises. Low-impact exercise, including swimming, biking and walking. Occupational therapy to learn how to change daily activities to avoid making pain worse. Behavioral therapy, such as yoga and meditation, to increase relaxation and decrease stress. ...
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Spinal disc fusion surgery to treat  low-back pain is not very likely to be better than other, more  conservative options such as physical therapy over the long  term, most members of a panel of U.S. medical experts told  Medicare officials on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Many people with the chronic   pain disorder fibromyalgia have also suffered from depression,   anxiety or other psychiatric conditions at some point in their   lives -- suggesting, researchers say, that the disorders have   some common causes.
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Brain scans reveal how the brain gets 'tired and over-emotional' when someone is deprived of sleep.
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People with bipolar disorder suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, UK researchers find.