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  "id": 16779355,
  "title": "Many nondrug and nonsurgical therapies for low back pain are more cost-effective than usual care",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/many-nondrug-and-nonsurgical-therapies-for-low-back-pain-are-more",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-27T18:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-nondrug-nonsurgical-therapies-pain-effective.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nondrug and nonsurgical treatments for low back pain, including psychological support, exercise and self-management strategies, are cost-effective interventions, according to a study published Oct. 27 in the journal PLOS Medicine by Manuela Loureiro Ferreira from the George Institute for Global Health, Australia, and colleagues.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}