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Health Minutes - 23 June 2008
A Dutch trial of people with back pain radiating down one leg found that surgery helped speed recovery at first, but made little difference six months later.
Health Minutes - 09 July 2007
Long-term use of heartburn medications could increase your chance of hip fractures, say researchers.
Health: The Pulse - 14 June 2007
Sports-mad kids who play sport and train constantly are vulnerable to overuse injury, say paediatricians.
Health Minutes - 08 May 2007
What's the best treatment for tennis elbow? A trial in Brisbane compared physiotherapy with steroid injections and with waiting and seeing.
Health Minutes - 08 May 2007
Boosting the calcium intake of children with supplements doesn't make much difference to the density of children's bones, say researchers at the University of Tasmania.
Health Minutes - 01 May 2007
Around 30 per cent of car accidents result in a whiplash injury to the neck. Australian researchers have found the factors that predict how serious it will be.
Health Minutes - 07 December 2006
What's the best treatment for tennis elbow? A trial in Brisbane compared physiotherapy with steroid injections and with waiting and seeing.
Health Minutes - 07 December 2006
Boosting the calcium intake of children with supplements doesn't make much difference to the density of children's bones, say researchers at the University of Tasmania.
Health Minutes - 21 November 2006
Around 30 per cent of car accidents result in a whiplash injury to the neck. Australian researchers have found the factors that predict how serious it will be.
Health Minutes - 01 June 2005
One way of treating osteoporosis is vitamin D and calcium supplements. But there have been a couple of studies questioning whether they work.
Health Minutes - 01 June 2005
Spinal fusion - which bolts the spinal bones or vertebrae together to stop them moving - is a controversial treatment for chronic back pain.
Health Minutes - 31 March 2005
Some doctors frown upon the practice of injecting steroids into arthritic knees. However, research from New Zealand suggests their use could improve the patient's lot.
Health Minutes - 21 October 2004
A trial of physiotherapy for people with mild to moderate low back pain has found that over a year, it was no better than simple advice from a physio.
Health Minutes - 18 August 2004
Occasionally in adolescents, what might seem to be a straightforward hamstring injury could be more complicated and involve pulling off a weakened section of the pelvic bone which hasn't fully developed yet.
Health Minutes - 21 April 2004
You often hear of people who are about to undergo a hip or knee replacement being sent to a physiotherapist for special exercises to prepare them for the surgery. This treatment isn't cheap, it takes time and effort, and the question is - is it worth it?
Health Minutes - 09 March 2004
Some people experience recurrent neck pain - what's called a chronic pain syndrome, which means long standing pain for no obvious reason. A comprehensive rehabilitation programme can significantly reduce pain and disability.
Health Minutes - 26 November 2003
The days of lying on rock hard mattresses for bad backs look as though they're over. In a randomised trial a group of Spanish researchers handed out firm or medium firm mattresses to people with low back pain and assessed them after three months. Their findings showed that everyone had an improvement in pain and disability, but the medium mattresses performed significantly better, especially for daytime back pain.
Health Minutes - 18 August 2003
A 20 year survey of all horse related spinal injuries in NSW reveals that there were very few spinal injuries in riders belonging to organised riding organisations like pony clubs. The major risk for spinal injury from horse riding is in non-organised and occupational riding.
Health Minutes - 01 May 2003
A Dutch study shows that manual therapy involving various ways of loosening up neck muscles without using manipulation is an effective treatment for neck pain.
Health Minutes - 05 March 2003
Late onset curvature of the spine in adolescent girls doesn't always need treatment, since there's no evidence it causes death or disability.
Health Minutes - 23 October 2002
What's the best way to treat ankle injuries?
Health Minutes - 22 August 2002
Is it possible to be blind when there's nothing wrong with your eyes or the seeing part of your brain?
Health Minutes - 06 August 2002
There's been some success with a graded 12-week exercise program for people with fibromyalgia. Those on the program did better than those on a simple relaxation program, and the benefit lasted for at least a year.
Health Minutes - 18 June 2002
New antibiotics called the fluoroquinolones seem to increase the chances of a ruptured Achilles tendon. The overall risk is low, but increases if you're over 60 or on steroids.
Health Minutes - 30 April 2002
Health professionals may have it wrong when it comes to people with painful tendons. It is usually treated as an inflammation problem, but there's no evidence that that's what it is — and anti-inflammatories don't usually help.
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