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Why NJ Residents Consider Spinal Decompression Therapy for Back Pain

Spinal Decompression Therapy is a proven treatment for the relief of lower back pain. With an up to 92% success rate, thousands of patients have experienced dramatic pain relief and healing. READ»

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Rebooting Terminator: McG on Making 'Salvation' More Than Spectacle

We live in an age where you can get a replacement hip, a mechanical heart, or drugs that regulate your brain chemistry. Director McG aims to move the Terminator franchise beyond pure movie-making spectacle by asking deeper questions ...READ»

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Treating NJ Athletes with Spinal Decompression Therapy

Spinal decompression therapy is used to help NJ athletes suffering from pain associated with herniated discs. Dr. Peter Ferraro, a Bergen County Chiropractor was one of the first to offer spinal decompression in NJ.READ»

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Treating Slipped Discs with Spinal Decompression Therapy

NJ Chiropractor uses spinal decompression therapy to treat slipped discs, or bulging discs as they are most commonly known.READ»

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Dr Andrew Chase and Dr Robert Chavez

When are Veneers Appropriate? Bonding often serves as an inexpensive and effective restoration for small chips and cracks in the teeth. Such minor problems may be functionally and cosmetically repaired with a composite ...READ»

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Dr Jeff Lucido Podiatrist

Dr Jeff Lucido - Dr Jeffrey V Lucido Podiatrist Doctors of podiatric medicine are health care professionals trained for both palliative and surgical care of the foot and ankle. They also are fully qualified to recommend selection ...READ»

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Tooth Care

Early detection and prevention are important when it comes to taking care of your teeth and mouth. Poor oral hygiene can lead to gingival inflammation, eventual bone loss, and possibly tooth loss if not treated in a timely ...READ»

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Who requests orthopedic shoes?

Who requests orthopedic shoes? An unbroken bunch of people! If you undergo from heel bother, Achilles ligament hurting, heel spurs, drag in the ball of your base, plantar fasciitis, calluses, corns, bunions, hammertoe, scrabble toe or ...READ»

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HealthSaaS.net preparing for first clinical trial

HealthSaaS.net research coordinators are preparing for our first clinical trial. Trial participants will be going through lower back spinal fusion performed by three different surgeons. We will be collecting data on ...READ»

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Artificial Knees, Made to Order

ConforMIS, which creates custom knees using rapid prototyping, just raised $50 million in venture financing.READ»

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Robotic Game Controller Adjusts Itself, Frags Carpal-Tunnel

The device automatically adjusts itself, so that you never linger in one position long enough to develop repetitive stress.READ»

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An Artificial Knee, for Just $20

High-tech prosthetics can easily cost $50,000. They're a luxury usually afforded only to Westerners. But an engineer at Stanford has just unveiled an artificial knee that costs a mere $20. Last year, Joel Sadler was presented ...READ»

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Product Liability Litigation - Actonel

Amazingly, Actonel and similar drugs, are still on the market for treating postmenopausal osteoporosis (bone loss).READ»

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How to Get A Six Pack in a Week

How to Get A Six Pack in a WeekDo Crunches. Lie on the floor (with or without a mat) and cross your arms in front of your chest. Bend your knees up as far as they go. (Do not place both hands behind your head. Placing both hands ...READ»

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How to get rid of lower back pain

How to get rid of lower back pain 1. Find out what is causing the pain. Pain is your body's way of telling you something is wrong. Go to a physical therapist, doctor or chiropractor and explain the pain. 2. Realize that some lower ...READ»

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Health Screening Tests That Everyone Needs

For the following diseases, the United States Preventive Services Task Force states that there are effective screening tests and that people should get them. Cervical cancer: The task force strongly recommends screening for ...READ»

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The Most Valuable Player in Sports Is…This Doctor

Fast Company profiles Dr. James Andrews, who is creating champions,minting fortunes, and changing the business of sports.READ»

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High Profile Sports Patients of Dr. James Andrew

The good doctor has treated dozens of sports champions, record winners and star athletes. Here we present a few key cases of his careerREAD»

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Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports

Andrews has treated thousands of athletes in his 35-year career. How many of the 62 Hall of Famers, all-stars, and up-and-comers did you recognize on pages 104 -- 105?READ»

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IV. Workplace Injuries in the Dotcom Environment

Serial typists and renegade programmers face some of the most grueling workplace health risks in the new economy. Sitting blurry-eyed and slump-backed in front of a computer screen all day is no longer the cushy gig reserved for ...READ»

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What's Selling in America: part 4 of 5.

"We Decided to Merchandise Raised Toilet Seats in the Same Way You'd Merchandise Lamp Fixtures at Pottery Barn." Can Take Good Care Make Hip Replacements Hip? "What a drag it is, getting old," whined Mick Jagger in 1966. What a drag, ...READ»

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What's Selling in America

If you want to convince customers to open their wallets, you've got to open your mind to new ways of connecting with them. That's why we set out on a nationwide shopping spree in search of the fearless companies and breakthrough ideas that are reinventing retail. Here's what we found.READ»

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Take the Hurt Out of Work

Working at your computer is hard on your brain. It shouldn't be hard on your body.READ»

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Texters Anonymous

The Priory, a Betty Ford-like clinic in the UK has started treating obsessive SMS message senders. The first recorded SMS addict almost went bankrupt because of his 200-message-a-day habit, and some compulsive texters send SMS ...READ»