When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury is interrupted, resulting in paralysis. Because the brain ...

Patients implanted with a spinal cord simulation system reported less severe pain from baseline to follow up. Treatment also improved sensory nerve function and thermoregulation in extremities.

"I spoke to one of his family members and he damaged his neck somehow and it’s affecting his spinal cord and some of the things that operate your speech and your legs." Terry added that the ...

In most vertebrates, painful sensations are known to arise from the nervous system, which includes the brain, an intricate network of nerves and the spinal cord. While the brain's contribution to ...

Here are the key findings from a HIQA review into the use of unapproved springs in a series of spinal surgeries by one surgeon at Children's Health Ireland Temple Street. The Health Information ...

In September 2023, it emerged publicly that non-EU approved (non-CE marked) metal springs had been surgically implanted into a number of children who underwent spinal surgery at Children's Health ...

Those were the words of Ombudsman for Children Niall Muldoon following the publication of a 2017 report which criticised “unacceptable” delays in providing spinal surgery to these children.

Steel springs implanted in children during spinal surgery were made from a metal known to corrode and were not evaluated due to gaps in hospital procedures, health regulator Hiqa has found.

Responsibility for the use of unauthorised springs in children’s spinal surgeries lies with the surgeon involved “in the first instance”, the Taoiseach has insisted. Micheál Martin said it ...

At the conference, a Korean brand called Primoris was selling sheet masks and micro-needling serums derived from human umbilical cord stem cells harvested from births. The material contains 1,470 ...

Latest figures from Children’s Health Ireland show there are 241 kids still waiting for spinal surgeriesCredit: Getty Images - Getty The investigation was sparked in 2023 after it emerged that r ...