A new review of 30 placebo-controlled studies found that epidural steroid injections provided some short-term relief, but no more.
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Steroid Shots No Better for Back Pain Than Placebo
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Girls Are Born With Weaker Backbones Than Boys
Girls tend to be born with smaller and weaker backbones than boys, a new study has found.
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Well: Exploring Why Some People Get Fitter Than Others
A new study in rats adds to a growing body of data about how and why bodies respond so differently to exercise.
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Acetaminophen No Better Than Placebo for Back Pain
In a large trial, researchers discovered that pills like Tylenol and Anacin worked no better than a placebo, but could help with other pains.
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With this machine, Slinky hits the gym more than you do
With this machine, Slinky hits the gym more than you do
There's a new gizmo for your desktop: the Never Ending Slinky Machine (aka Project NESM). It's like a little treadmill for your Slinky. You might remember that Slinky was first caught exercising in this viral video from 2012. But now, London-based …
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Who's the hot mum on the treadmill?
The 29-year-old looked fit as a fiddle in this picture uploaded on Instagram on Wednesday morning. “#Multi-tasking, Priceless morning of entertainment watching mum on the treadmill/learning scripts #GettingBackIntoIt,” she wrote. Is the script reading …
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Hospitals Safer Than Homes for Births
A new analysis suggests that giving birth in a hospital is considerably safer than having a baby at home or in a birth center.
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Why sex is a better exercise and much fun than jogging
Why sex is a better exercise and much fun than jogging
Karelis and his colleagues recruited 21 young, heterosexual, committed couples from the local area and had them jog on treadmills for 30 minutes while researchers monitored their energy expenditure so they could compare it with the physical demands of …
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Made by Monkeys Fitness Formula Flaw Miscounts Calories
The local fitness center where I am a member leased new cardio fitness equipment from a company called Matrix. The treadmills appear to be well designed mechanically and have worked well. For my workout, I always use the manual mode. This allows me …
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News in Brief for the week of 2/24
Old treadmills out of the running in Burns Rec. Time has run out for the current treadmills at Burns Recreation Center (Burns Rec). During the week of April 22nd, all 12 treadmills will be replaced with more fit versions.
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Well: Food Allergies Less Deadly Than Accidents
A new study finds that people with food allergies have far less chance of dying from an allergic reaction than from an accident.
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Medicine Is More Than Carrots and Sticks
In today’s medical schools, words like “provider” and “consumer” are used as frequently as “healer” and “patient.” But no arsenal of incentives alone will ever produce the kind of compassion and attention to detail every patient wants and deserves.
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