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 ...

May: Spinal cord stimulator use was expanded when National Surgical Center Stockton (Calif.) began offering HFX, high-frequency spinal cord stimulation procedures for the treatment of diabetic ...

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 is a specialised, international journal that has been publishing spinal cord related manuscripts since 1963. It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on ...

The suppression of pain, elimination of spasticity, and movement restoration by spinal cord stimulation (i.e. neuromodulation) represent other indirect means for the mobilization of the impaired. This ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

Medically reviewed by Eva Umoh Asomugha, M.D. Myelopathy refers to a cluster of symptoms that result from spinal cord compression. This can occur from trauma, inflammation, tumors, or the ...

Modulation of cortical areas with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to improve speech in aphasia ... and also an activation that travels towards the spinal cord (antidromic action ...

What Are the Treatments for Spinal Stenosis? Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the canal in your spinal column that affects mostly people age 50 and older. Nothing can cure it, but there are ...

No one knows how stem cells will be used in the future, but researchers hope they may be used to treat many conditions, including Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart failure, spinal cord damage ...

Lumbar spinal stenosis self-care strategies including regular exercise, posture changes, and adopting healthy habits can help relieve back pain caused by narrowing spaces in the spinal canal. Lumbar ...