http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. FIK, Tecnalia and BTS launch a belt to prevent lower back pain problems and provide rehabilitation at home and at work. The Lumbia device can be used for patient´s assessment, and for therapy during postural reeducation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-belt-pain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:49:33 EST news285922166 A new study suggests that the type of bio-cellular grafts increasingly used by surgeons to repair damaged tissue may be useful for treating low-back pain (LBP). However, not all sufferers responded equally to the novel therapy. Results reported today at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine ranged from complete pain relief to no improvement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-experimental-bone-marrow-grafts-low-back-pain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:56:40 EST news284918194 (HealthDay)—Following lumbar laminectomy, loss of strength and shear stiffness (SS) can be predicted in the human lumbar spinal segment using measurable parameters, according to a study published in the December issue of the European Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-post-laminectomy-spine-strength.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:40:02 EST news277660124 (HealthDay)—For patients with acute or chronic low back pain (LBP), predictors have been identified for clinically relevant improvements in LBP, pain down the leg (LP), and disability at three months, according to research published in the November issue of The Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-spanish-registry-ids-predictors-pain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:30:01 EST news275228975 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at King's College London have for the first time identified a gene linked to age-related degeneration of the intervertebral discs in the spine, a common cause of lower back pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-gene-linked-age-related-degeneration-intervertebral.html Genetics Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:17:00 EST news267693361 (HealthDay) -- Contiguous, multilevel disc degeneration (CMDD) is associated with increased likelihood of low back pain (LBP) and pain severity compared with skipped level disc degeneration (SLDD), according to a study published in the April 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-pattern-disc-degeneration-impacts-pain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:30:02 EST news253423141 A minimally invasive treatment may target hunger at its source, another uses X-ray visible embolic beads to block arteries to the stomach and suppress hunger and a third explores the use of stem cells to repair vertebral disc degeneration. Initial results from all these studies were reported at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 37th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco, Calif. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-pain-gain-weight-loss-disc.html Other Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:30:19 EST news251973012 One of the largest studies to investigate lumbar spine disc degeneration found that adults who are overweight or obese were significantly more likely to have disc degeneration than those with a normal body mass index (BMI). Assessments using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) show elevated BMI is associated with an increased number of levels of degenerated disks and greater severity of disc degeneration, including narrowing of the disc space. Details of this study now appear in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-lumbar-disc-degeneration-overweight-obese.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:00:21 EST news247118189