The newborn had a birth defect that left a gap in his lower spine, through which tissue pushed out and formed a giant, red, ...

The thoracic spine is part of your spinal column and is composed of 12 bones that are stacked one upon another. The thoracic spine is located between your cervical and lumbar spines, and it serves as ...

McKenzie, a Certified Sleep Science Coach and proclaimed mattress expert, has been writing sleep content in the wellness space for over four years. After earning her certification from the Spencer ...

Spinal tumors in children are very rare. They can be malignant (cancerous) or benign (non cancerous). As spine tumors grow, they can put pressure on the spinal cord, resulting in neurologic symptoms.

Various methods for spinal stabilization are in common use ... Other conditions identified by pre-operative CT and MRI include subarachnoid diverticulum and intervertebral disc protrusion. One dog had ...

After testing over 100 mattresses and evaluating each bed across key factors like support, firmness level and durability, we found the nine best mattresses for back pain. To ensure our list is as ...

Using neural stem cells could help treat spinal injuries once thought to be untreatable -- a new phase 1 trial has determined this approach is safe. A Phase I clinical trial led by researchers at ...

In this study, we combined live-cell microscopy of eGPF-labeled neurons in organotypic entorhinal-hippocampal tissue cultures with computational modeling to investigate the response of ...

Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old engineer, stands accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Behind the crime lies a history of chronic back pain, a life shaped by physical and emotional ...

Chronic back pain is a common and sometimes debilitating health condition with many possible causes. It was recently reported that Luigi Mangione—the man charged with fatally shooting ...

But Martin said he suffered from ongoing pain linked to a back issue, describing it as a “misaligned vertebrae that would pinch” his spinal cord. A spokesperson for Martin added to the Times that ...