Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing ...

With advancements in medical treatments around the world, childbirth no longer has to mean enduring overwhelming pain, thanks to epidural analgesia. An epidural is a form of pain relief that ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...

When the lateral collateral ligament is completely torn, a surgical procedure is typically recommended to either repair or reconstruct the ligament. When the ligament is torn at the location of the ...

Jessie Owen sustained a spinal cord injury 12 years ago, when a tree fell on her family’s car while driving over Highway 2. She broke her neck. “When you hear that scary diagnosis ...

Background We compared the perioperative results and complications associated with PLIF and TLIF, and collected evidence for choosing the better fusion method. Methods A literature survey of the ...

Introduction: The brainstem vestibular nuclei neurons receive synaptic inputs from inner ear acceleration-sensing hair cells, cerebellar output neurons, and ascending signals from spinal ...

Guidance on the use of capecitabine and tegafur with uracil for metastatic colorectal cancer TA61 27 May 2003 27 May 2003 Guidance on the use of drugs for early thrombolysis in the treatment of acute ...

Slight reductions in flexion/extension and lateral bending were also observed. These reached statistical significance for flexion/extension after facetectomy and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion ...