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Your Backpack Stresses Your Back

This can cause your spine to compress unnaturally. People who carry heavy backpacks sometimes lean forward. Over time this can cause the shoulders to become rounded and the upper
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Can Steroid Injections Increase Arthritis?

An injection of a corticosteroid (sometimes combined with a local anesthetic) directly into an individual joint can reduce inflammation and pain due to arthritis. The effect may last for
What Does Consumer Reports Say About Chiropractic? post thumbnail

What Does Consumer Reports Say About Chiropractic?

If you want to start an argument, ask a bunch of people what works best for lower back pain. Just about everyone will have an opinion (since just about
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Do I Really Have High Blood Pressure?

High blood pressure has no symptoms: you don’t know if you have it. You must be tested to find out. It is often called the “silent killer” because it