Understanding which procedures most benefit from a second opinion helps patients make informed decisions about their care.

The term scoliosis comes from the Greek word skolios, meaning curved or crooked, aptly describing the medical condition in which the spine curves sideways, often in an S or C shape.

Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have uncovered an unexpected role for the molecule netrin1 in organizing the developing spinal ...

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, ...

Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute's International Center for Spinal Cord Injury (ICSCI) have made a remarkable ...

Back pain may disrupt daily living by making it difficult to enjoy hobbies or simply carry out simple chores Rest or treatment may help with some back discomfort but if the pain persists or becomes wo ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...

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 ...

Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes has opened up about her struggle with spinal stenosis – and a doctor has shared one sign you may be suffering from the same condition ...

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 ...