Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill increasing legal age to buy tobacco to 21, other measures regulating e-cigarettes and workplace smoking
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016
No Statins Before Heart Surgery, Study Suggests
They don't prevent complications and may cause kidney damage, researchers report
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Many heart bypass patients don't take needed meds
Cardiologist says patients need to understand surgery is "a second chance, not a cure"
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The Gluten-Free Diet; A Practical Look – Celiac Disease in the News
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Liver Involvement in Celiac Disease – Celiac Disease in the News
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Obama says it could take "years" to replace Flint's water pipes
The president took a sip of filtered water from Flint at the end of a briefing on the city's water crisis
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Body of chimp attack victim rejecting face transplant
Charla Nash, who was gravely injured by a chimpanzee, is back in the hospital after a setback
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New lab technique gives peek at early human embryo
Scientists report growing human embryonic cells in lab for longest time yet
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The most deadly infectious disease in America today
This condition now kills more people in the U.S. than every other infectious disease combined
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Could Bacteria Help Slow Zika's Spread?
Infecting mosquitoes led to lower, inactive levels of virus in their bodies, saliva
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Many Heart Bypass Patients Don't Take Needed Meds
Cardiologist says they need to understand surgery not a 'cure' for their disease
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USDA Announces $15.6 Million in Grants to Strengthen Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $15.6 million in grants to increase prosperity in rural America through research, education, and extension programs focused on promoting rural community development, economic growth, and sustainability. These grants were made through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational program, administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
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Mind over back pain
To the surprise of doctors and patients alike, accumulating research suggests that most chronic back pain isn’t actually the result of illness or injury. Study after study indicates instead that back pain is very often caused by our thoughts, feelings, and resulting behaviors. And an exciting new study now demonstrates that treatments aimed at our beliefs and attitudes can really help.
When our back hurts, it’s only natural to assume that we’ve suffered an injury or have a disease. After all, most pain works this way. When we cut our finger, we see blood and feel pain. When our throat hurts, it’s usually because of an infection.
But back pain is different. There simply isn’t a close connection between the condition of the spine and whether or not people experience pain. Research has shown that a majority of people who have never had any significant back pain have the very same “abnormalities” (such as bulging or herniated spinal discs) that are frequently blamed for chronic back conditions. And then there are the millions of people with severe chronic back pain who show no structural abnormalities in their back at all.
On top of this, it turns out that people in developing countries, who do back-breaking labor and don’t have easy access to medical treatment, have much fewer incidents of chronic back pain than people in the developed world who sit in ergonomically designed chairs, sleep on fancy mattresses, and have ready access to spinal imaging, surgery, and medications.
Because there’s so little correlation between the condition of the spine and any given person’s experience with back pain, clinicians and researchers have begun looking instead at treatments that address the psychological and behavioral patterns that can lock people into years of suffering. And they’ve just demonstrated that two of these treatments work much better than traditional medical interventions alone.
What actually helps back pain
Last week, researchers at the University of Washington published a landmark study in The Journal of the American Medical Association that showed training people with chronic low back pain in either mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) works significantly better than medical care alone to reduce both their disability and pain-related suffering. The researchers randomly assigned 320 adults, ages 20 to 70, to either an eight-week class in one of these methods, or to “usual care.” The subjects who attended the classes saw significantly more improvement in their pain and disability than those receiving usual care — and this greater improvement was still evident a full year later, when the study ended.
Mindfulness training teaches us to be aware of, and accept, moment-to-moment physical sensations of discomfort, while letting go of our usual negative reactions. So instead of spending hours each day thinking about how much we hate our back pain, worrying about our prognosis, and seeking relief, we learn how to be with the pain — paying attention to how it actually feels at each moment and relaxing our tendency to tense up against it, while observing our worried or distressed thoughts and feelings coming and going.
CBT takes a somewhat different approach. It helps us learn to observe and identify our negative thoughts about our condition, and replace them with more realistic ones.
Both methods help us see the functioning of our minds more clearly, and the role that anxious, angry, and frustrated thoughts and feelings about our condition play in increasing our fear and stress.
And as it turns out, it is precisely this fear and stress that maintains most chronic back pain. This explains why events such as childhood physical and sexual abuse, painful losses, and job dissatisfaction have all been shown to be risk factors for the condition.
Take action for back pain relief
The excellent news is that for most of us, chronic back pain needn’t derail our lives. CBT is available at many pain clinics, as is mindfulness training.
You might also try on your own. You could explore CBT using the book on which the University of Washington class was based: The Pain Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Life. Alternatively, you can try mindfulness practice by following recorded instructions. While there are many resources for these, you can listen for free to some that I recorded at mindfulness-solution.com.
Additionally, for a comprehensive guide to using mindfulness along with rehabilitation to work through chronic back pain, you can consult a book I co-authored on the subject: Back Sense: A Revolutionary Guide to Halting the Cycle of Chronic Back Pain.
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University of Chicago seeks applicants for dentistry-focused social science Ph.D. program
The University of Chicago is accepting applications through Dec. 1 from dentists and dental students interested in earning a Ph.D. from a social science program.
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Fatty Foods, Drowsy Days
Study found men who preferred fat-filled fare were more likely to be habitually sleepy
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Medical Errors: A Hidden Killer
Study claims they're the 3rd leading cause of U.S. deaths, but CDC doesn't track such data
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Travel workout: Fitness tips for business travelers
If your job keeps you on the road, it can be tough to find time for exercise — but it's not a lost cause. Here's help.
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Birth control pill FAQ: Benefits, risks and choices
Get answers to frequently asked questions about birth control pills.
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Home Radon May Be Linked to Women's Blood Cancers
Study found no connection with men, further research is needed
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Medical errors 3rd leading cause of death, study finds
Researchers say more than 250,000 Americans die each year from "medical care gone awry"
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