Amid surgical advances and increased challenges in spine practices, surgeons discuss the future of the landscape. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the ...

Here’s how it happens, and how to reduce your risk. A healthy spine has an elongated s-shape, so a curve in the upper spine is completely normal. But when that curve becomes exaggerated and ...

Everyone’s spine has normal curves from front to back, says Rodriguez-Olaverri. When you look at someone’s back from behind, most spines also appear straight from side to side. People with ...

A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo is using mathematical models to help determine the best strategies for saving coral reefs from climate change. As havens of biodiversity ...

While still considered “straight size,”—meaning, in part, that they can find their size at many retailers and brands—many curve models are unable to fit into sample sizes while not ...

Though scoliosis braces typically treat spine curvature in younger people, adults can also wear them. Depending on factors, such as a person’s age and the degree of the curve in their spine ...

It causes the bones of the spine to twist or rotate so that the spine curves sideways. Scoliosis curves most commonly occur in the thoracic spine, but can also occur in the lumbar spine. Occasionally, ...

Intrathecal administration is an important mode for delivering biological agents targeting central nervous system (CNS) diseases. However, current clinical practices lack a sound theorical basis for a ...