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A new study suggests that not only are low vitamin D levels common among people about to undergo spinal surgery, but also having low levels of this vitamin that helps with calcium absorption could hinder patients’ recoveries after surgery. Researchers, who presented their findings November 3, 2011 at the 26th Annual Meeting of the [...] Readers Digest Magazine reported August 17, 2011 on four over-prescribed treatments and tests. The first listed was imaging for lower-back pain. [...] When physical therapy and drugs fail to relieve back or neck pain, patients often turn to spinal fusion surgery as a last resort. However, two new studies show that, especially when several discs are involved, artificial disc replacement may give better long-term results at lower cost, according to a March 18, 2011 press release by Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. [...] |
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