There is increasing interest in the “economics of happiness”, reflected by the number of
articles that are appearing in mainstream economics journals that consider subjective well-being …

… Dolan asked respondents to trade off severity of the initial condition, with the size of health
… Dolan P. The measurement of individual utility and social welfare. J Health Econ 1998; 17(1)…

Current trends in spine research are reviewed in order to suggest future opportunities for
biomechanics. Recent studies show that psychosocial factors influence back pain behaviour …

Objectives. It has become increasingly common for preference-based measures of health-related
quality of life to be used in the evaluation of different health-care interventions. For one …

… reported significantly lower rates of problems with mobility (P<0.05), usual activities (P<0.05),
pain/discomfort (P<0.01), and anxiety/depression (P<0.01) than did those who had …

We investigated the distribution of compressive ‘stress’ within cadaver intervertebral discs,
using a pressure transducer mounted in a 1.3 mm diameter needle. The needle was pulled …

Induction of phase 2 enzymes, which neutralize reactive electrophiles and act as indirect
antioxidants, appears to be an effective means for achieving protection against a variety of …

The ability to influence behaviour is central to many of the key policy challenges in areas such
as health, finance and climate change. The usual route to behaviour change in economics …

… It also increased the small stress peaks in the anterior anulus from 0.08 to 0.20 MPa (P =
0.015). Stress peaks in the posterior anulus increased from 1.31 to 1.45 MPa, but this failed to …

Gastric infection with Helicobacter pylori is a cosmopolitan problem, and is especially
common in developing regions where there is also a high prevalence of gastric cancer. These …