Medscape

Obesity Linked to Lumbar Disc Degeneration

January 27, 2012 — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data show that obesity is associated with increased lumbar disc degeneration, according to a study published online January 30 in Arthritis & ...
Healio

Obesity found to be strong predictor of lumbar spine degeneration, low back pain

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed obesity was a strong predictor of both the incidence and worsening of lumbar spine ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Disc Degeneration More Likely in Overweight, Obese Adults

(HealthDay News) – Overweight and obese adults are significantly more likely to have lumbar disc degeneration compared with those who have a normal body mass index (BMI), according to a study ...
Nature

Spine OA and vertebral fracture are inversely related in elderly women with osteoporosis

Research indicates that osteoporosis and osteoarthritis (OA) are inversely related; however, limited evidence suggests that disc-space narrowing increases the risk of vertebral fracture in ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Disc Degeneration Tied to Severe Abdominal Aortic Calcification

(HealthDay News) — Greater abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) severity, faster AAC progression, and higher mortality are seen for older men with severe disc degeneration, according to a study ...
GEN

Whole-Exome Sequencing Identified a Novel IGFBP6 Variant in a Disc Degeneration Pedigree

Sun Fu First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University Wang Lei First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Medical University Disc Degeneration Is the Basis for Most Spinal Degeneration Disc ...