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Found 9 result(s) FROM 1963 pages containing the term 'overuse'.
Tuesday Jun 02, 2009
Imaging Overused for Low Back Pain in Elderly
X-rays or advanced imaging scans to detect the source of low back pain are overused for certain elderly patients, mainly those treated in large practices that offer patient satisfaction-based financial incentives...
Thursday Apr 02, 2009
Back Pain: Too Little Exercise, Too Much Imaging
Patients with low back pain are using too many ineffective treatments and too few of those proven effective...
Tuesday Mar 31, 2009
As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise
Cumulative radiation exposure from CT scans can raise cancer risk by up to 12%...
Thursday Jan 17, 2008
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Growing use of CT scans is causing concern about radiation exposure...
Monday Aug 27, 2007
Harkness Dance Medicine Head Urges Clinicians to Prepare for the "High School Musical 2" Generation
Musicals are back, dance classes are filled, clinicians are facing more dancers or former dancers with musculoskeletal problems, and dance medicine experts are urging clinicians to heed the beat of dancing feet...
Monday Jul 23, 2007
Is "Tech Neck" the Latest Casualty From Excessive Blackberry Use?
Rheumatologists and orthopaedists may be seeing an influx of patients complaining of neck pain caused by tilting their heads to use cell phones, BlackBerry devices, iPods, or handheld games.
Tuesday Jul 25, 2006
Nuvo's Pennsaid® NDA Resubmission for the Treatment of Osteoporosis Accepted for Review by US FDA
Nuvo Research Inc announced that it has resubmitted its New Drug Application (NDA) for Pennsaid® (1.5% w/w diclofenac sodium solution), a topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) used for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee to the US FDA.
Wednesday Jun 14, 2006
MRI Reveals Little in Low Back Pain
Routine use of MRI in early episodes of low back pain is probably a mistake... Carragee E. Presented at: American Pain Society 25th Annual Meeting; May 3–6, 2006; San Antonio, Tex.
Monday Feb 07, 2005
"Blackberry Thumb" Emerging as Common Ergonomic Complaint
Reports suggest that rheumatologists may see an increase in cases of de Quervain's tenosynovitis as a result of overzealous blackberry use...
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