Medicare Drops TENS Coverage for Low Back Pain
A federal agency has issued a final ruling that Medicare will no longer cover transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for chronic low back pain. The…
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Proposed Medicare Cutoff of TENS Coverage Draws Congressional Interest
A powerful California Congressman has injected himself into the debate over a non-narcotic pain relief treatment that has been used for over three decades to…
Survey Finds Many Suffering Needlessly from Neuropathic Pain
A national survey of peripheral neuropathy patients found that over half took at least two years before they received the right diagnosis from their doctors.…
TENS Advocate Shocked by Medicare Decision to Drop Coverage
One of the leading advocates of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for chronic pain says he is “shocked and saddened” by a federal agency’s ruling that…
New Study on Best Ways to Relieve Pain During Childbirth
Pregnant women in labor have a whole range of choices when it comes to pain management; from epidurals and opioids to massage and hypnosis. Which…