A mother and son flew 9,000 miles to seek care for his spinal condition after they'd exhausted options in their home country.

New Hampshire and Arkansas were found to have the highest rates of unnecessary spinal fusions and/or laminectomies and vertebroplasties, respectively, according ...

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, ...

Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns talked to a neurosurgeon at UPMC about the connection between the brain and spinal cord and when ...

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

Nixon's Jimena Ibarra was diagnosed with spondylosis and spondylolisthesis, affecting her ability to play, but she still made it out on the volleyball court.

It will benefit two North Bay residents, who, like Pforsich, have suffered spinal cord injuries. “When I first brought up the idea, he hesitated,” D’Ancona, 24, said. “He said ...

Inceptiv is a small device, implanted in the lower torso with leads to the spinal cord, that provides responsive counter-stimulation to relieve chronic pain. The device was approved by the FDA in ...

Jackie Apostel, 29, shared a photo of the wound, taken shortly after she underwent surgery for an undisclosed spinal issue, with Instagram followers on Sunday. In an earlier post, the Brazilian ...

Dr. Jeremy Denning, a neurosurgeon and spine specialist, explains that back braces reduce pain by minimizing pressure on the spine, allowing you to complete daily tasks and activities like ...

New research shows that stimulation of the lumbosacral vertebrae region significantly elevated low blood pressure, unlike cervical or upper thoracic stimulation. Kessler Foundation researchers ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...