Learning you have a life-changing condition is likely alarming no matter what. But if you have axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a chronic form of arthritis that dramatically increases your risk of ...

Scientists report results from a promising new approach to treat the rare neurodegenerative disorder. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder set in motion before ...

When a disc is damaged, it can bulge beyond its normal boundaries and irritate nearby spinal nerves. In more severe cases, the annulus fibrosis can weaken or tear, allowing the nucleus material to ...

can gradually reawaken functionally silent motor neurons in the spinal cord and improve leg muscle strength and walking in adults with SMA. The findings were reported by University of Pittsburgh ...

Axial Seamount is the most active submarine volcano in the northeast Pacific. It's known to have erupted in 1998, 2011, and most recently in 2015. The good news is, as it's more than a mile ...

Stryker has agreed to sell its U.S. spinal implants business to Viscogliosi Brothers to create a newly formed company called VB Spine. The medical technology company said Tuesday the New York City ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Engineered extracellular vesicles play an increasingly important role in the treatment ...

MRI technique ... Magnetic resonance findings in scuba diving-related spinal cord decompression sickness. MAGMA. 1987; 5:111-5. Sagittal (A) and axial (B) FSE T2-weighted MR images.

In both diseases, the spinal cord ... the cervical cord volume as a whole per patient. The presence of pain, pain severity, and clinical disability was evaluated and tested for associations with SC ...

The quantitative maps generated included diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters; fractional anisotropy (FA), axial ... spinal cord stimulator cycled between settings 1–4 within the respective ...