The U.S. Department of Justice has closed its probe of Medtronic's marketing of its Infuse bone growth product for spinal fusion surgery without filing charges, the company said.
Distracting the mind not only can take the focus off pain but can actually dampen the body's early physiological response to pain signals by way of endogenous opioids, a small study found.
Symptoms of acute and persistent low-back pain improved significantly in the first 6 weeks after treatment, but even at 1 year there was lingering chronic pain and disability, a major study by Australian and Brazilian researchers found.
GLASGOW -- A new monoclonal antibody that targets the interleukin (IL)-17 pathway appeared promising for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis in a proof-of-concept study presented here.
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