Apitegromab is an investigational treatment aimed at improving motor function for people living with spinal muscular atrophy. Scholar Rock said it has also submitted and received validation for its ...

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 ...

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 ...

the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows because of arthritis, bone spurs, or other problems.

Spinal cord injury leads to loss of innervation of skeletal muscle, decreased motor function, and significantly reduced load on skeletal muscle, resulting in atrophy. Factors such as braking, hormone ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a specific type of damage, called demyelination, to the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. MS is a neurological disease. It causes the immune system ...

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. It mainly affects facial and swallowing muscles and the muscles in the arms and legs.

Ontario is the latest province to change how it screens for cervical cancer. Starting March 3, healthcare providers will be replacing Pap smears with human paoillomavirus (HPV) testing. According to ...

Among the requirements, the final rule includes limits on added sugars, saturated fat and sodium for foods to be labeled as “healthy,” and “healthy” foods must contain a certain amount of ...

The word "myelopathy" means a problem with the spinal cord, which can lead to numbness, weakness, dysautonomia (group of conditions causing problems with involuntary movements), and more. There are ...