Pills instead of surgery?

It is not every day you find something as beautiful as research that can change your perception of the world. The image is CC from photophilde.

It is not common to find something as research that can change your perception of the world – it’s a beauty. The image is CC from photophilde.

I recently stumbled upon one of the most interesting articles in a while. Albert et al. questioned the long-standing theory behind low back pain by doing a double-blind randomized clinical controlled trial. They randomized patients to antibiotics or placebo for 100 days and found an impressive effect on pain and other outcomes in the treatment group. Continue reading