Short cuts Five million people suffer back pain

Five million people suffer back pain in the UK, costing the NHS £193m a year to treat, members of theEuropean Parliament heard at a launch by the European Federation of Pain Societies last week. The Federation has drawn up guidelines for effective pain management and wants more statistics on chronic ...

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