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New guidelines outline how to handle back pain

If you have an achy back, you’ve got company. As many as 80 percent of adults will have back pain. Berta Axelrad, 76, has lived with chronic low back pain for most of her life. “The pain is just so, well, it’s terrible!” she said. She swears by exercise, yoga and walking. “It minimizes the...

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The drugs don't work, say back pain researchers

Commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, used to treat back pain provide little benefit, but cause side effects, according to new research from The George Institute for Global Health. The findings of the systematic review, published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, reveal only one in six patients treated with the pills, also...

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