Spinal cord injuries caused by external trauma, such as traffic accidents or falls, often lead to the permanent loss of motor and sensory functions. This is because the spinal cord—the central pathway ...

An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for those afflicted, no FDA-approved therapy is currently available. Scientists ...

The procedure jams signals to the brain so that the patient does not perceive intense pain. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Researchers have built a realistic human mini spinal cord in the lab and used it to simulate traumatic injury. The model reproduced key damage seen in real spinal cord injuries, including inflammation ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ray Avila lay on the operating table with a messy, fist-size hole in his back, as Dr. Giancarlo Barolat burned flesh, sliced fat and peeled cartilage to make ...

Anorectal day surgery has gained significant importance in contemporary medicine, owing to its convenience and cost-effectiveness, and the demands for rapid recovery. Spinal anesthesia (SA) is widely ...

A case report of a female patient who sustained injury to the thoracic spinal cord as a direct result of thoracolumbar selective nerve root block. An 82-year-old retired nurse (who had sustained ...

(Reuters Health) - Access to pain relief during childbirth in the U.S. may vary depending on where women live, a study suggests. Researchers who analyzed more than 2.6 million deliveries in 2015 found ...

Spinal stenosis is a condition that affects the spinal cord. Traditional and newer treatment options can include acupotomy, decompression surgery, stem cell therapy, physical therapy, medications, ...

When one trains to become a physician, there is a first time for everything - the first scary day in anatomy lab, the first physical exam, the first IV. My most memorable first was the time I poked a ...