Chronic back pain may have met its match with hormone treatment, scientists say

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Dr. Daniel Amen, a California-based psychiatrist and founder of Amen Clinics, shares how changing the brain can help defeat chronic pain in his new book, ‘Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain.’ A hormone traditionally used to treat bone loss may hold the key to stopping chronic back pain at its source, according to a new study. Chronic back pain is often linked to the deterioration of spinal discs and vertebral end plates, which are the thin layers of tissue separating the discs from the vertebrae, according to medical sources. When these break down, they become porous, allowing nerves that aren’t usually impacted to enter the spinal center, leading to frequent discomfort. GREATER WEIGHT LOSS PROMISED BY HIGHER-DOSE WEGOVY SHOT, NOW APPROVED BY FDA Research led by Dr. Janet L. Crane at Johns Hopkins University found the parathyroid hormone (PTH) could