Archive for the ‘Natural Pain Relief’ Category


Joint Replacement Sugeries on the Increase?

The number of joint replacement surgeries have been increasing in recent years and, according to projections done by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, are expected to continue to rise.  They predict an increase of 600% by the year 2030. Several factors are causing this trend.  The large baby boomer population is shifting into the [...]

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Another Painkiller Pulled from Market

It seems that serious, narcotic painkillers are really posing some serious health issues. Enough so that the FDA has even pulled some of them from the market due to various health issues that are coming to light from using them.  The latest painkiller drug to be pulled now is the common one that makes up [...]

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Can Back Surgery Be a Bad Idea?

I actually heard about this before reading it, years ago, because my dad has had really bad back issues for quite a few years now, and he was thinking about getting back surgery several years ago and mentioned that some people actually come out of back surgery worse off than they were before it. That’s [...]

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Fibromyalgia Linked to Higher Suicide Rates

Fibromyalgia, which is a disease that inflicts it’s sufferers with constant, chronic pain that is very difficult to target and relieve, has recently been linked to a higher than average suicide rate in it’s patients. Women tend to be the primary sex affected by the somewhat shadowy disease which has a variety of causes (or [...]

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Glucosamine Not Working for Back Pain?

I never knew that glucosamine, or glucosamine chondroitin, as it is also commonly known, which is sold as an OTC nutitional supplement, was really used for anything other than joint pain. It’s traditionally known as a good natural supplement to take if you have arthritis or any other types of joint pain, but apparently a [...]

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