Well: Back Pain Remains Overtreated

Friday, August 2, 2013 - 13:40 in Health & Medicine

Conservative management is often recommended for back pain, but doctors are performing more CT and M.R.I. scans, prescribing more opiates and referring more patients to specialists, which may lead to expensive and ineffective surgeries.

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