Healthcare News
Neck pain at work may stem from poor sleep, stress and high workload not just bad posture, AI study shows
Artificial intelligence could predict an individual office worker's risk of musculoskeletal injury in specific body parts, a study by QUT health and data scientists has found. The researchers looked at body-region-specific risk profiles and found that individual, physical and psychosocial factors contributed different weights to injury risk.
Source: Medical Xpress
How long can I take ibuprofen for low back pain?
Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) generally suitable for short-term relief of low back pain. A person must not exceed 1,200 mg of ibuprofen per day for over-the-counter use unless a doctor advises it.
Source: Medical News Today
One injection reversed osteoarthritis in weeks
A Colorado research team has created experimental osteoarthritis treatments that appear to regenerate damaged joints rather than just relieve pain. In animal studies, a single injection restored arthritic joints to a healthy state within weeks, while a second therapy repaired cartilage and bone defects by harnessing the body’s own healing cells.
Source: ScienceDaily
Physicians have a new option for minimally invasive TLIF, PLIF procedures
Life Spine Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its VersaLift Expandable Interbody System, a Micro Invasive solution designed for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) procedures, the company announced.
Source: Medical Economics
A conscious choice: Local and spinal anesthesia emerge as safer alternatives in spine surgery
General anesthesia, once the default choice in spine surgeries, is increasingly giving way to local and spinal anesthesia as the preferred option for eligible patients.
Source: Medical Xpress
