More than 200,000 Medicare patients with back pain underwent $2 billion worth of unnecessary surgeries, including spinal fusion and/or laminectomy or vertebroplasty, over a recent 3-year period, ...

Breaking out the tissues? It's that time of year! But what kind of sickness do your symptoms point to? As the weather changes, we can start feeling under the weather too — but while each illness ...

Pain from lumbar spinal stenosis often starts in the back. Once the nerves are compressed, you can experience burning pain that radiates down your leg, sometimes affecting the calf. Other symptoms can ...

For patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction, current guidelines recommend routine clinical surveillance every 6 to 12 months. Data from ...

Spinal muscle atrophy symptoms vary, and may be mild or disabling, but involve a weakness of the muscles that control movement. Involuntary muscles, such as those in the heart, blood vessels and ...

The NHS explains that 'pain, numbness, weakness and a tingling sensation in one or both legs' is among the most common symptoms of spinal stenosis. This can make walking or moving around ...

A spinal abscess may cause local or radiating back pain, fever, and neurological symptoms. Early diagnosis and treatment are vital for improving a person’s outlook. A spinal cord abscess ...

Realizing a Phase I human clinical trial commencing to test the efficacy and safety of the transplantation of olfactory cell nerve bridges to treat chronic spinal cord injury. Since the passing of ...

An aortic stenosis murmur is an unusual sound the heart makes due to a narrowing of the aortic heart valve. The narrowed heart valve restricts blood flow from the heart, which can create a murmur.

Australian researchers are about to launch a human trial to treat spinal cord injury by transplanting cells from the noses of paralysed patients into the damaged area. Griffith University ...