Back Pain Treatments Outpace Solutions in US
A large AP report shows rising spine surgeries and injections despite limited evidence of benefit. Experts urge cautious care, emphasize exercise and rehab, and warn against needless scans and procedures. Swenson's case highlights a move toward non surgical recovery.
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Keith Swenson
Swenson
Howard Lake
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Charles Rosen
University of California, Irvine
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Dave Carpenter
Physicians Neck & Back Clinics
Minneapolis
Deyo
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Association For Medical Ethics
Historical overuse of medical practices across decades
The article reviews past overuse of medical tests and products from 1930s to 1960s including shoe fluoroscopy, unproven drugs, and bloodletting. It notes risks, bans such as Pennsylvania ending shoe fluoroscopes in 1957, and the later discovery of harm from Phenacetin and Marmola. It cites FDA historian John Swann and mentions George Washington’s fatal bloodletting.
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New York
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Jacalyn Duffin
Queens University
Kingston
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Duffin
Pennsylvania
John Swann
Food and Drug Administration
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