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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different weekly frequencies of pilates for chronic low back pain: randomized controlled trial

Published November 24, 2015 | By tony w

Physical Therapy

The influence of offset analgesia on the onset and offset of pain in patients with fibromyalgia

Published November 24, 2015 | By tony w

Pain

Productivity losses attributable to headache, and their attempted recovery, in a heavy-manufacturing workforce in Turkey: implications for employers and politicians

Published November 24, 2015 | By tony w

The Journal of Headache and Pain

Modifying beliefs about back pain: A pilot study among healthcare professionals

Published November 24, 2015 | By tony w

Patient Education and Counselling

Preoperative dexamethasone reduces acute but not sustained pain after lumbar disk surgery: A randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial

Published November 24, 2015 | By tony w

Pain

A phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, safety, tolerability, and efficacy study of Xtampza ER in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic low back pain

Published November 24, 2015 | By tony w

Pain

Tanezumab reduces pain in women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and patients with non-urological associated somatic syndromes

Published November 24, 2015 | By tony w

The Journal of Urology

Implementation of health information technology in routine care for fibromyalgia: pilot study

Published November 24, 2015 | By tony w

Pain Management Nursing

Maine proposes ban on junk food purchases with food stamps

Published November 23, 2015 | By tony w

By Dave Sherwood AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) – Maine’s top health official on Monday proposed banning the purchase of soda and candy under the federal aid program known as food stamps, describing the move as needed to counter an “alarming epidemic of obesity” among the state’s poor. In their formal request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which must approve any change in rules related to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, state officials said the shift would help control the rising costs of healthcare for overweight, low-income patients. A 2012 study by a University of Maine researcher put the annual medical costs of obesity in Maine at $452.7 million.

Should You Avoid Saturated Fats This Thanksgiving?

Published November 23, 2015 | By tony w

Several months ago, colleagues and I published a journal article on nutrition myths and dietary advice. The journal recently received a letter to the editor regarding our article; its author questioned our handling of saturated fats. We have already submitted a formal response to the journal. But given the glacial pace of academic publishing, it…