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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:13:17 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Early Retirement Due to Back Pain</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>People who retire early due to back problems face long-term financial disadvantage.</description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Revised International Standards for Classification of Spinal Cord Injury</title>
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        <category>Spinal Cord Injury - SCI</category>
        <description>Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine publishes 2011 standards that guide consistent classification of spinal cord injuries in care and research.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:34:30 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Spinal X-rays Found to be Safe</title>
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        <description>Feared spinal X-ray found to be safe, study shows - Spinal angiography also rules out misdiagnosis of inflammation, transverse myelitis.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:14:06 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Life-Enhancing Resources for People with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders</title>
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        <category>Spinal Cord Injury - SCI</category>
        <description>United Spinal Launches New Beginning Program: Life-Enhancing Resources for People with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:29:35 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Bioengineered Spinal Disc Implants</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>In the battle to relieve neck and back aches, Cornell researchers create bioengineered spinal disc implants.</description>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:57:53 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Positive Effects on Intervertebral Discs from Exercise</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>Exercise produces positive effects on the intervertebral discs.</description>
        <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:08:32 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Artificial Disc an Alternative to Fusion for 2-level Disc Disease</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>Article in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery will be subject of educational video.</description>
        <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 17:07:51 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Paraplegic Man Stands and Moves His legs Voluntarily</title>
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        <category>Spinal Cord Injury - SCI</category>
        <description>Paraplegic man stands, steps with assistance and moves his legs voluntarily - Breakthrough reason for cautious hope among those with spinal cord injuries.</description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:47:31 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Factors Affecting Risk of Disability from Back Pain</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>Some Risks Could Be Addressed Early in Working Life, Study Suggests.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 12:25:03 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Injection for Chronic Back Pain</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>Implant jab could solve the misery of back pain - University of Manchester scientists have developed a biomaterial implant which could finally bring treatment, in the form of a jab, for chronic back pain.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 12:03:03 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Hope in New Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries</title>
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        <category>Spinal Cord Injury - SCI</category>
        <description>Rutgers researchers have developed an innovative new treatment that could help minimize nerve damage in spinal cord injuries, promote tissue healing and minimize pain.</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 11:43:37 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Modern Surgery for Scoliosis Has Good Long-term Outcome</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>Teenagers who undergo spine fusion for scoliosis using the newest surgical techniques can expect to be doing well 10 years after surgery, according to a Hospital for Special Surgery study published online ahead of print in the [TK issue] of the journal Spine.</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:20:27 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>National Spinal Cord Injury Association and United Spinal Association to Merge</title>
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        <category>Spinal Cord Injury - SCI</category>
        <description>United Spinal Association and National Spinal Cord Injury Association will Merge to Better Serve People with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders (SCI/D).</description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:57:57 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Spinal Neuromodulation Device Delivers Pain Relief to Low Back Pain Patients</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>Novel Spinal Neuromodulation Device Delivers Significant Pain Relief to Low Back Pain Patients.</description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:19:14 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Early Documentation for Degenerative Disc Disease Recommended</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>Allsup Recommends Early Documentation For Those With Degenerative Disc Disease.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:17:13 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Spinal Injury Information and Claims Advice</title>
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        <category>Spinal Cord Injury - SCI</category>
        <description>Spinal injuries are often permanent, life-altering and have a devastating impact on the life of the victim as well as those close to him or her. Trauma to the spine may cause injury to the spinal cord, vertebrae (the bones around the spinal cord) or both.</description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:57:17 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Herniated And Degenerated Disc - New Treatment Now Available</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>A relatively new treatment is available for difficult back pain, low back pain and neck pain in Atlanta.</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:44:13 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Sugar Residues in Spinal Cord Regulate Growth and Survival of Nerve Cells</title>
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        <category>Spinal Cord Injury - SCI</category>
        <description>Sugar residues regulate growth and survival of nerve cells - RUB researchers examine interaction of cells and extracellular matrix.</description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:18:25 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>Huge Step Forward in Treating Children with Spina Bifida by Fetal Surgery</title>
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        <category>Spina Bifida Facts &amp; Information</category>
        <description>Performing delicate surgery in the womb, months before birth, can substantially improve outcomes for children with a common, disabling birth defect of the spine.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:14:20 EST</pubDate>
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        <title>NuQu™ Injectable Therapy for Degenerative Disc Disease</title>
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        <category>Back Pain &amp; Disk Treatment</category>
        <description>ISTO Technologies Awarded Key Patent for NuQu™ Injectable Therapy for Degenerative Disc Disease.</description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:53:07 EST</pubDate>
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