Spinal stenosis is usually a chronic condition, but treatments can help manage symptoms and prevent disability. Learn more.

Spinal cord compression is a debilitating condition that many patients with advanced cancer experience. Until now, patients often had to spend multiple days traveling back and forth to undergo ...

Among patients with compression fractures, outcomes of disability, back pain, and progression of anterior body compression were similar among those treated without a brace or with soft or rigid braces ...

THURSDAY, May 10, 2018 -- In a new study, a widely used form of spinal surgery was no more effective than placebo in treating spinal fracture pain for people with osteoporosis. Researchers and experts ...

Controlled clinical trial of interferon-gamma as postoperative surgical adjuvant therapy for colon cancer. Over a 5-year period (1989 to 1993), a total of 110 patients underwent surgery. Fifty-five ...

UCSF Medical Center has opened the new UCSF Spine Center, which brings together specialists with expertise in treating adult and pediatric spinal disorders. “One of the Center’s defining strengths is ...

Your spinal cord runs all the way down from the base of the brain to the lower back. The spinal canal, which consists of tissues, cartilage, and bone, covers the spinal cord and is tasked with ...

Kyphon Xpander™ II Inflatable Bone Tamp Is Latest Innovation in Minimally Invasive Treatment of Spinal Fractures MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced Food and Drug ...

If you experience weakness and a loss of fine motor function in your arms and hands after neck trauma, you may have a spinal cord injury called central cord syndrome. This type of injury can disrupt ...