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Up to half a million patients with chronic low back pain may be suffering from an infection that can be treated with antibiotics.
If proved true, the revolutionary theory about the cause of one of the commonest and most debilitating ailments should win its discoverer the Nobel Prize, one surgeon said today.
However, the paper describing the research based on just 162 patients was turned down by the leading medical journals such as the Lancet and BMJ. It was published today in the European Spine Journal.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-could-be-cured-with-antibiotics-8606340.html
If proved true, the revolutionary theory about the cause of one of the commonest and most debilitating ailments should win its discoverer the Nobel Prize, one surgeon said today.
However, the paper describing the research based on just 162 patients was turned down by the leading medical journals such as the Lancet and BMJ. It was published today in the European Spine Journal.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-could-be-cured-with-antibiotics-8606340.html