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How Chronic Inflammation Accelerates Aging — And 6 Ways to Slow It Down

Most of my career has been spent treating disease—tumors, mostly one patient at a time. However, it was only recently that I began targeting something...

Common Medications Probably Make Back Pain Worse

New research provides evidence that common drugs used to treat back pain may be leading to more chronic pain.

The Elderly, the Disabled, and Others Are Prisoners of Brutal, Inadequate Walkers

Walkers are a staple of life and independence until it is time to use them to get off sidewalks or go up and down stairs. Here they fail miserably.

When Your Back Hurts, Sometimes It’s Better Not Knowing Exactly Why

Yet, there is the human desire to KNOW what is going on inside our bodies. There are also costs to knowing that you have a disc protrusion, or osteoarthritis, or degenerative disc disease.