(HealthDay News) — Greater abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) severity, faster AAC progression, and higher mortality are seen for older men with severe disc degeneration, according to a study ...

Senior woman with lower back pain Severe vitamin D deficiency was linked to lumbar degenerative disease and low back pain in postmenopausal women. Severe vitamin D deficiency was found to be ...

Chronic back pain affects upwards of 15 million adults in the US, racking up billions in healthcare costs and lost work days. Degeneration of the discs that cushion and support vertebrae, a common ...

New study identifies vitamin D deficiency, as well as smoking, high body mass index, and osteoporosis, as key causes of increased degeneration and pain and documents the high prevalence of vitamin D ...

“We confirmed that, overall, the presence of endplate lesions was associated with frequent back pain. Particularly, large endplate lesions were associated with both occasional and frequent back pain,” ...

June 14 (UPI) --A new study has found a link between the loss of estrogen in menopause and a risk for disc degeneration and lower back pain. Research from China shows that menopause is associated with ...

The degeneration of cervical discs commonly follows a contiguous pattern, rather than a pattern of skipped level disc degeneration, based on results of a recently presented cross-sectional imaging ...

In the last decade, interventions involving orthobiologics, like platelet rich plasma (PRP), have been providing relief and new hope for tissue and joint damage. Many patients with conditions like ...

"Oh, my aching back!" It's not an uncommon complaint heard from both men and women as they age and experience lumbar disc degeneration. Now a new study out of China suggests that menopause is ...

Lumbar disc degeneration and resulting lower back pain become greater concerns with age and disproportionately affect women more than men, likely as a result of decreasing estrogen levels during ...

Chronic back pain affects upwards of 15 million adults in the US, racking up billions in healthcare costs and lost work days. Degeneration of the discs that cushion and support vertebrae, a common ...