Author Override Richard Staehler, MD Bottom Ad Date Override January 29, 2010 Figures Fig 1: Spine (larger view) Left Ad Right Ad top_ad read more Social Bookmarking

January 29, 2010 by: Sylvia Marten Preparing for [url:165,type=|term|,content=|back surgery|] and post-op recovery is a stressful process. Aside from the pre-operative appointments and mental preparation is the task of organizing the logistics of your recovery. Who is going to transport me to and from the hospital? Who is going to cook dinner? How am I going to get around the house? The list of questions goes on. In an effort to try and ease[...]

Heavier backpacks cause greater disc compression and increased spinal curvature in children who may consequently experience and report more lower back pain to their parents, according to a recent study in the journal Spine. In the first study to use imaging techniques to examine the effects of backpacks on the spinal anatomy of children, researchers conducted MRI scans on the lumbar spines of 8 children (average age 11 years) as they wore an empty[...]

Thousands of pregnant women face are being given misleading screening results for Down’s syndrome by hospitals using outdated methods. Here is a full list of the tests used by hospitals in England. Social Bookmarking

Pensioners are set to be offered a vaccine to protect against shingles. Social Bookmarking

Honoured to be a surgeon to the Queen for more than 18 years, Marcus Setchell carried out countless operations of which he could be proud, including helping to deliver the Countess of Wessex’s two babies. Now, however, the gynaecologist faces a much less welcome appointment. Social Bookmarking

Thousands of pregnant women are being given misleading screening results for Down’s syndrome by hospitals using outdated methods. Social Bookmarking

A pro-life campaigner has launched a test case against the BBC by refusing to pay her licence fee because of what she sees as the corporation’s support for abortion. Social Bookmarking

Record numbers of operations to reduce ‘man boobs’. Social Bookmarking

Tobacco firms are set to be forced to sell cigarettes in plain, unbranded packets as the next step in the war on smoking. Social Bookmarking