chronic lower back pain

Teladoc adds back health tool for members

By Laura Lovett 03:07 pm January 17, 2019

This morning telemedicine provider Teladoc Health announced the launch of its new back pain treatment program, Teladoc Back Care. The service will let users access digital videos and exercise programs, which target lower back pain. In order to create the program, the telemedicine company teamed up with Telespine, a digital health company specifically focused on back health. This new program...

Study: Interactive, tailored web content may improve patient health, knowledge

By Aditi Pai 09:12 am March 5, 2015

Offering interactive web-based content that is personalized for a patient may increase the patient's knowledge of their condition and reduce their incidence of negative effects, according to a study conducted by researchers in the Department of Medical Psychology at Germany-based University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. The study, a randomized control trial of 561 people with either type 2...