Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients often rely on their loved ones as caregivers for help with daily tasks. Caring for a loved ...

Elle Yona went from performing as a competitive high school dancer and learning to drive, to being paralyzed from the neck down.

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

Spinal cord stimulators have grown in popularity over the past several years as patients see benefits in the less-invasive ...

Spinal stenosis surgery helps to reopen your spinal canal, the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows ...

Researchers at Keio University have begun using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat and maybe even cure severe ...

Domestic researchers in a world first have identified the causes of congenital spina bifida, a birth defect that causes ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a specific type of damage, called demyelination, to the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. MS is a neurological disease. It causes the immune system ...

Medicare Advantage provider Seoul Medical Group and others are settling allegations of submitting false spinal diagnostic ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first ...

What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...