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  Patient Spending for Spinal Care in U.S. Has Nearly Doubled Over Past Decade

  September 5, 2012 — Expenditures for treatment of back and neck problems in the U.S. have nearly doubled since the late 1990s -- mainly from increased spending for care provided by medical specialists, according to a ... > full story
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  Looking One Cell at a Time in the Brain to Better Understand Pain, Learning, Memory

  August 21, 2012 — Scientists are developing profiles of the contents of individual brain cells in a search for the root causes of chronic pain, memory loss and other maladies that affect millions of people. They have ... > full story
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  Sociologist Examines the Challenges of Women in Professional Football

  August 19, 2012 — Women playing full-contact tackle football face challenges beyond the playing field —- yet there’s little research about this niche in ... > full story
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  Yoga: A Cost-Effective Treatment for Back Pain Sufferers?

  August 16, 2012 — Specialized group yoga classes could provide a cost-effective way of treating patients with chronic or recurrent low back pain, according to the UK’s largest ever study of the benefits of ... > full story
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  Recurring Shoulder Instability Injuries Likely Among Young Athletes Playing Contact Sports

  August 1, 2012 — Summer is a peak season for many sports, and with that comes sport-related injuries. Among those injuries is shoulder joint ... > full story
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  Nerve Transfer Surgery Success

  August 1, 2012 — Because many physicians are unaware of nerve transfer surgery, some patients suffer long-term impairment from nerve injuries that could have been ... > full story
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  Pre-Season Fitness Makes No Difference to Risk of Injury, but Type of Sport and Gender Does, Study Suggests

  July 23, 2012 — A new study into varsity athletics found that women had a shorter time to injury than men and that certain sports, such as volleyball, also had a significantly shorter time to injury than others, ... > full story
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  Premature Infants Do Feel Pain from Procedures: Physiological Markers for Neonate Pain Identified

  July 2, 2012 — There was a time when a belief was widely held that premature neonates did not perceive pain. That, of course, has been refuted but measurements of neonate pain tend to rely on inexact measures, such ... > full story
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  Why Chronic Pain Is All in Your Head: Early Brain Changes Predict Which Patients Develop Chronic Pain

  July 1, 2012 — Why do some people with similar injuries end up with chronic pain while others recover and are pain free? The first longitudinal brain imaging study to track participants with a new back injury shows ... > full story
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  New Surgery May Reverse Hand Paralysis

  June 15, 2012 — A reconstructive neurosurgeon has pioneered a novel technique to restore hand function in patients with spinal cord injury. In a delicate four-hour procedure, he splices together tiny nerve endings, ... > full story

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