Even though guidelines for clinical management of patients with low back pain (LBP) encourage health care practitioners to advise patients to remain active and return to work, most practitioners feel that work factors can cause or aggravate LBP and often recommend a 'short break from work' to allow healing... […]

Guidelines for clinical management of patients with low back pain (LBP) encourage health care practitioners to advise staying active and returning to work. Despite this, most practitioners believe work factors can cause or exacerbate LBP, and a recommendation for a "short break from work" to allow healing is common... […]

(MedPage Today) -- Occluding the proximal carotid artery with a balloon may confer better protection against cerebral embolization than a filter device during carotid stenting, a randomized trial found. […]

(MedPage Today) -- A polymer-free drug-eluting stent appeared better at preventing late lumen loss than the paclitaxel-eluting stent Taxus, researchers found. […]

(MedPage Today) -- Unhealthy narcissism in college-age men may chronically activate the body's key stress response system, putting them at risk for cardiovascular and endocrine problems, according to a recent study. […]

Women who took pomegranate seed oil pills to relieve symptoms of the menopause, such as hot flashes, were found to receive no significantly better benefits than those who were given a placebo pill which contained sunflower oil, researchers from the Medical University of Vienna wrote in the journal Menopause... […]

Traditional Chinese medicine has long been used to ease pain, treat disease, boost fertility, and prevent miscarriage. Known in the Western medical community by its acronym TCM, these traditional remedies include herbal preparations and acupuncture... […]

In order to find out the effect of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture in treating migraines, a team of investigators carried out a randomized controlled human trial. 480 individuals at 9 hospitals in China who experienced migraines for over one year, with two or three migraines in the 3 months prior to the investigation, were enrolled to participate […]

Creamy polenta with roasted red pepper coulis — one of many healthy recipes from Mayo Clinic. […]

Lima bean ragout with tomatoes and thyme — one of many healthy recipes from Mayo Clinic. […]

Cranberry-walnut oatmeal — one of many healthy recipes from Mayo Clinic. […]