The study was recently published in eLife. An key health worry as we age is osteoporosis, a condition where bones lose bone density and become porous and weaker. Fractures are more likely as a result of the illness, particularly to the wrists, hips, and spinal vertebrae. Osteoporosis often affects older women and is brought on by […]
Do you have chronic lower back pain? RESOLVE could help
But new research suggests the solution for the world’s leading cause of disability may lie in fixing how the brain and the body communicate. Are you among the hundreds of millions of people worldwide with low back pain? If so, you may be familiar with standard treatments like surgery, shots, medications, and spinal manipulations. Setting […]
Gene Therapy heals spinal cord injuries effectively and without side effects
An international team of researchers led by scientists at the San Diego School of Medicine reported that a gene therapy that inhibits targeted nerve cell signaling effectively reduced neuropathic pain in mice with spinal cord or peripheral nerve injuries with no detectable side effects. The results, which were published in the online edition of Molecular […]
