Cancers that spread to the spine move to the bone marrow of the vertebral column by way of blood vessels. Spinal cord compression can also occur through direct tumor extension, which is frequently ...

Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull. Doctors weighed whether they should attempt a ...

A herniated disc occurs when the soft, jelly-like material in the center of a disc in your spine leaks out and presses on a nearby nerve ... Your spinal cord runs down from your neck to your lower ...

Standing upright doesn’t seem like a task we should have to consciously put effort toward. The ability to keep the body ...

A new study indicates that the ... Feb. 5, 2025 — Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA ...

In a first-of-its-kind clinical study, scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas and Baylor University Medical Center have shown that patients with treatment-resistant PTSD were symptom-free up ...

University of Manchester scientists have successfully pioneered a way to create functioning human spinal disks, aiming to ...

insel.ch Objectives Anatomical identification of the corticospinal tract (CT) and the dorsal column (DC) of the exposed spinal cord is difficult when anatomical landmarks are distorted by tumour ...

It can and does affect both sexes and all races. Vertebral fractures, also known as spinal compression fractures, occur when bones in the spine weaken and collapse. They are the most common type of ...