Chronic low back pain: - Considering this is a major health concern among many of us, it is not surprising E-news readers have quite a lot to say about chronic low back pain....

Back pain: the dangers of surgery - More westerners than ever suffer from low back pain, but conventional treatments-surgery, injections, anaesthesia-often make the problem worse. - At some point in our lives, 80 per cent of all of us living in the West will suffer from disabling low back pain. Every year, 12 million Americans mak...

Medical fascism - Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine devoted a good portion of an issue to chiropractic. The first study, which purported to examine whether...

Back pain: - Surgery doesn't help, but let's keep on doing it - One popular catchphrase that is often aimed at doctors in general, and at consultants in particular, is: 'If you have a hammer, everything looks like...

Steroid asthma treatment may be wrong - The idea of what asthma is and how it should be treated could be due for a rethink, if the findings of a new research study are to be believed. ...

Exercise gets back pain patients up and running - Patients with low back pain do better with an exercise programme than they do with their GP's advice, according to new research. ...

Back pain: no chosen treatment - Chiropractors are a popular choice for Americans suffering low back pain. But at least one study indicates that they are the most expensive option, be...

Steroids - The sleaziest of drugs - Doctors tell you that steroids only cause side effects after many years. But new research shows that permanent damage is immediate and devastating. He...