Japanese AI helps identify causes of chronic lower back pain
Human pose estimation and abductive reasoning technologies have been used to estimate automatically the cause of pain and offer users a  suitable exercise program.   (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - March 28, 2024 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

COVID-Cautious Americans Feel Abandoned
For all of 2020, Alex, a 28-year-old living in New York, followed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) COVID-19 guidance “religiously.” Then, in 2021, something began to shift. That spring, the CDC said it was okay for vaccinated people to ditch their masks in most places. But people were clearly still getting sick—including Alex, who got COVID-19 for the first time in late 2021 and later developed Long COVID symptoms. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “There was this reckoning moment where it was like, ‘Maybe the CDC is not being totally honest with...
Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Nightshade Vegetables Aren ’ t Actually Bad for You
If you’ve ever gone down the rabbit hole of health and wellness trends online, you’ve likely stumbled upon the so-called shadowy side of nightshades—vegetables that include tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and peppers. What’s made them suddenly newsworthy is that they’ve been singled out by self-proclaimed wellness experts and celebrity dieters as culprits behind a range of health issues, from arthritis to autoimmune disease flare-ups and indigestion. While there’s little scientific evidence for these claims, some people report feeling better after cutting nightshades from their diets. ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire Sibonney Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

St. Louis Cardinals News: Infielder's Odd Dietary Change Helped Cure Severe Back Pain
The St. Louis Cardinals have been bit hard by the injury bug this spring but their second baseman, Nolan Gorman, has great news thanks to a quirky discovery with his favorite snack. Gorman loves his popcorn and dedicated his offseason to being healthier. He learned that switching popcorn brands…#stlouiscardinals #nolangorman #gorman #johndenton #springtraining #nolanarrenado #paulgoldschmidt #stlouis #southpaws #olivermarmol (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How to Manage Anxiety and Depression When You Have Kidney Cancer
When Katie Coleman was diagnosed at age 29 with a softball-sized tumor on her right kidney and a host of smaller growths in her liver, she was stunned. That astonishment quickly gave way to feelings of hopelessness. “I felt like my entire world was being pulled out from under me,” Coleman, now 32, says. “I went into a very dark spiral.” Though her surgeon removed all the tumors, it wasn’t clear what her long- or even short- term prognosis was. What she found on the internet just freaked her out more. “One night I spiraled so deep I didn’t know whether life was worth living anymo...
Source: TIME: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Linda Carroll Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Nerve Treatment Could Help Ease Diabetic Neuropathy
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 -- A surgical treatment used to treat conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome and back sciatica might also help relieve the pain of patients with diabetic neuropathy, a new study finds.Surgical nerve decompression... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

I Used ChatGPT as My Personal Trainer. It Didn ’ t Go Well
I love running. I will happily jog for hours (and often do, during marathons). But ask me to perform a push-up, and I might cry. I truly detest strength training. Unfortunately for me, it’s extremely good for you—and for runners who want to get faster. So I decided to add in two strength-training sessions per week in preparation for running the Boston Marathon this spring.  [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] I wanted exercises designed to improve my pace, but didn’t want to spend money on a personal trainer. Unsure of how to start, I turned to ChatGPT. The chatbot did not give me...
Source: TIME: Health - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer Heimlich Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Revolutionizing Chronic Back Pain
Groundbreaking neurostimulation technology offers hope and healing for chronic back pain (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Greg Licholai, MD, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news

The Health Benefits of Wearing Shoes in the House
Every day, people with foot pain hobble into Dr. Priya Parthasarathy’s podiatry office, and she asks them the same three questions: “What do you do for work? Where do you work? And what do you put on your feet when you’re working?” More often than not, they work from home, barefoot. Over the past few years, there’s been a “significant increase” in people experiencing foot pain, says Parthasarathy, a podiatrist with Foot and Ankle Specialists of Mid-Atlantic in Silver Spring, Md. A rise in remote work is partly to blame, she believes. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]...
Source: TIME: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

New Study Finds No Brain Injuries Among ‘ Havana Syndrome ’ Patients
WASHINGTON — An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome, ” researchers reported Monday. The National Institutes of Health’s nearly five-year study offers no explanation for symptoms including headaches, balance problems and difficulties with thinking and sleep that were first reported in Cuba in 2016 and later by hundreds of American personnel in multiple countries. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] But it did contradict some earlier finding...
Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lauran Neergaard/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

What does the budget really mean for you?
by Anna Birley from UNISON’s policy unit While goings on in Westminster can feel a long way from normal day-to-day life, the decisions made at the budget by the chancellor have a huge impact on everybody’s work, household finances and the public services we all rely on. This week’s budget was no different, so let’s break down what the budget means for you and the services you rely on, along with some helpful myth-busting on the way. What’s happening with my taxes? The biggest headline, which was trailed days before the formal announcement, was the 2p cut in National Insurance. At first glance, this se...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - March 7, 2024 Category: Food Science Authors: Martin Cullen Tags: Article News budget General election 2024 national insurance Tax Source Type: news

‘I feel like myself again’: UCLA clinical trial offers hope for lymphoma patients
In June 2018, actor Hirotaka Matsunaga was supposed to be two weeks away from opening night of “The Swords of Sorrow: BURAI II,” a play set in 1800s Japan. The 39-year-old had been cast as the lead. It was the big break he had been working toward since he moved to the U.S. from Japan more than 20 years ago to pursue his dreams.But his cancer diagnosis and an unsuccessful course of chemotherapy had shut down the play.“Around November 2017, I had acute pain in my stomach for weeks, and it got so bad that it became difficult to eat,” Matsunaga said.After a particularly agonizing dinner, he checked himself into a hosp...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 5, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Doctor reveals four easy at-home exercises to banish back pain
Carrying out these exercises can help you "manage pain and speed up your recovery". (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Yoga Can Effectively Treat Chronic Low Back Pain
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 -- Tele-yoga asana might have a positive impact on pain intensity in women with chronic low back pain (LBP), according to a study published online Feb. 21 in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research. Nicola Marotta, M.D.,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Long COVID Doesn ’ t Always Look Like You Think It Does
In the spring of 2023, after her third case of COVID-19, Jennifer Robertson started to feel strange. Her heart raced all day long and she could barely sleep at night. She had dizzy spells. She felt pins and needles in her arm, she says, a “buzzing feeling” in her foot, and pain in her legs and lymph nodes. She broke out in a rash. She smelled “phantom” cigarette smoke, even when none was in the air. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Robertson, 48, had a feeling COVID-19 might have somehow been the trigger. She knew about Long COVID, the name for chronic symptoms following an infection...
Source: TIME: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news