by Sue Robbins | Apr 13, 2016 | Miscellaneous
Physician, and New York Times writer, Abigail Zuger, M.D. talks about her own personal journey with pain. My elbow is killing me. I mean that quite literally. Yes, it hurts, but it is also destroying me, the me as I was without a bad elbow, a happily balanced...
by Sue Robbins | Jan 28, 2016 | Miscellaneous
Lower back pain develops for lots of reasons, including genetics, lifestyle, ergonomics, sports injuries, snow shoveling, or just bad luck. Often, the underlying cause is unknown. For most people, a first episode of back pain will go away within a week or so. However,...
by Sue Robbins | Jan 24, 2016 | Migraine
“Women have been telling their doctors that their migraine headaches worsen around menopause and now we have proof they were right,” says Vincent Martin, MD, professor of internal medicine in the University of Cincinnati’s (UC) Division of General...
by Sue Robbins | Feb 9, 2015 | Headache Drugs
In a new study, researchers have identified physical and psychosocial triggers that can be modified to prevent acute episodes of low back pain. Some facts about low back pain: It affects over 8 in 10 people at some point in their lives, and many factors including...
by Sue Robbins | Dec 1, 2014 | Headache Drugs
An expert advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has decided not to recommend the agency issue a strong warning against the general use of steroid injections for back pain. The shots are commonly used to treat back pain, but they have never been...
