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What is spinal cord stimulation? The truth about the back pain treatment

Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the ...
The Conversation

Is spinal cord stimulation safe? Does it work? Here’s what you need to know if you have back pain

Christopher Maher holds a research fellowship funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Caitlin Jones does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...
WAFB

YOUR HEALTH: Spinal stimulator stops diabetic nerve pain

BALTIMORE, Md. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Thirty-seven million Americans have diabetes, a condition where your body doesn’t make insulin or doesn’t use it well ...
The Conversation

Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm

Ian Harris receives funding from research organisations unrelated to spinal cord stimulators. He was interviewed for the Four Corners episode referred to. Adrian C Traeger receives research funding ...
FierceBiotech

FDA approves Abbott's slimmed-down spinal cord stimulator that can get by on 5 recharges a year

Just a few months after upgrading its portfolio of recharge-free spinal cord stimulators with FDA approval for a new version of the technology, Abbott has done the same for its line of rechargeable ...