You know how bothersome a bout of constipation can be: the painful pressure or cramping in your abdomen, a distended belly, feelings of fullness. But if you've ever experienced lower back discomfort ...

One day, everything is fine. The next day, you wake up to a radiating pain in your spine every time you cough, sneeze or twist your back. What gives? If this story sounds familiar, you may have a ...

An 82-year-old woman in China was hospitalized after swallowing eight live frogs as a folk remedy for back pain, leading to a severe parasitic infection.

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The natural history of any disorder represents what happens when it is left untreated. For example, does it worsen and spread, or does it tend to be self-limiting and dissipate with time? Certain ...

When you're dealing with pain, your initial instinct might be to grab an over-the-counter medication. However, a growing body ...

There are many cultures associated with an "alternative" approach to medicine that harnesses supposed cures that can be traced back thousands of years.

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In a major new study, the therapy, which involves inserting hair-fine needles painlessly into the skin at specific points, was trialled in older adults with long-term lower back problems. Those given ...

Make that 100 percent true "in essence." "My point is I don't want to be caught in what is true, what isn't true, what is opinion, what is an idea," Trudeau, whose self-published "Natural Cures `They' ...

The St. Louis Cardinals have been bit hard by the injury bug this spring but their second baseman, Nolan Gorman, has great news thanks to a quirky discovery with his favorite snack. Loading twitter ...