chronic-pain
4 stories tagged "chronic-pain"
The Nerve Chip You Inject Through a Needle Hasn't Eased Anyone's Pain Yet
Built with no battery and no wires and placed through a needle, the seed-sized chip could avoid some of the hardware failures behind today's spinal cord stimulator recalls. Nobody has yet shown it relieves pain in people.
Autoimmune & InflammationA Few Degrees of Foot Angle Beat a Convincing Fake for Arthritic Knees
Personalized foot-angle retraining cut knee arthritis pain 1.2 points more than a sham program over a year, and an MRI marker of cartilage health held up better. Taxpayers paid for it, and there is nothing to refill.
Brain & AgingGroup Mindfulness Beat Standard Back-Pain Care for a Full Year, No Prescription Required
Boston researchers taught 451 patients to work with their pain instead of medicating it, and the gains outlasted the program. The university's press release skipped the part where the edge over usual care fell short of the bar the team set for itself.
InvestigationsThe Hernia FAQ That Forgets to Mention the Implant
A polished hernia FAQ walks patients through recovery time, return-to-work, and lifestyle. It skips the question with 26,153 pending lawsuits behind it, and the no-mesh option the international guideline still keeps on the table.