Transforaminal steroid injection for lumbar radicular pain proves superior to placebo
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:31:49 -0700
( Wiley-Blackwell ) A recent study from Australian researchers determined that transforaminal injection of steroids was a viable alternative to surgery for lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation. Full details of the study appear in the August issue of Pain Medicine, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the Faculty of Pain Medicine of ...
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Adolescent vision screenings may miss farsightedness and astigmatism
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:21:33 -0700
Among adolescents, visual acuity tests appear to reliably detect vision problems caused by nearsightedness but not farsightedness or astigmatism, according to a new study.
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Rocks on Mars may provide link to evidence of living organisms roughly 4 billion years ago
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:27:16 -0700
( Elsevier ) A new article in press of the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters unveils groundbreaking research on the hydrothermal formation of clay-carbonate rocks in the Nili Fossae region of Mars. The findings may provide a link to evidence of living organisms on Mars, roughly 4 billion years ago in the Noachian period.
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