Surgical options aim to remove the pressure of the nerve root and may vary depending on the cause of radiculopathy and location in the spine (cervical vs. lumbar). Common surgical procedures are ...

Symptoms of soft tissue injuries in the neck and shoulders include: Cervical radiculopathy, or a “pinched nerve,” is the ...

Nerves such as the phrenic nerves are made up of axon fibers, which convey information to and from the brain. Nervous tissue ...

Weakness and limitation of active motion may occur with rotator cuff disease and mimic cervical radiculopathy. Occasionally, peripheral nerve injury and neurologic diseases cause weakness of ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

[24,28] However, anterior cervical plating was not used in these ... while 16% presented with a combination of myelopathy and radiculopathy. While not a prospective randomized trial, the absence ...

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has awarded total damages of $3,325,588 to a man who suffered serious injuries due to a ...

Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) is a brand-name injection prescribed to treat cervical dystonia in adults. This movement disorder causes involuntary muscle spasms in the neck. Botox is a biologic that ...

(Photo by American Cancer Society/Getty Images) Women will soon be able to use an easy, self-administered test to screen for cervical cancer. The FDA in May approved Roche Diagnostics’ human ...

The human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine is cutting cases of cervical cancer by nearly 90%, the first real-world data shows. Cancer Research UK described the findings as "historic", and said it ...