Hirayama disease is a rare neurological disorder primarily affecting young males. This condition poses diagnostic challenges ...

Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five-fold ...

Disc replacement technology is evolving, and Todd Lanman, MD, said he’s interested in developments that affect the longevity ...

A posture expert has revealed the 'worst' sleep position to adopt if you want to take care of your spine - and it's bad news ...

Rabies is one of the oldest communicable diseases known to humans and is almost always fatal, with very few cases of ...

A bulging disc in the neck occurs when the gel-like center of a spinal disc protrudes into the spinal cord. This can cause pain in the neck, shoulders, arms, and back. Certain exercises or ...

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 ...

That’s because early Monday morning, Mir revealed on Instagram that he recently “underwent an emergency spinal fusion and laminectomy of (his) entire thoracic spine.” According to Johns Hopkins ...

This is called a cervical myelopathy and surgery is recommended. Often, a procedure is performed to close the space that’s left when the disc is removed and restore the spine to its original length.