Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

Ordinarily, you might not think too much about your spinal cord, since it’s protected by your spinal canal. But imagine what might happen if your spinal canal began to narrow around your spinal cord.

Touch—the first sense to develop in the womb—is fundamental to our bodily experience and our everyday lives. Yet, as the least studied of the five senses, it remains somewhat mysterious at the ...

Now, China has made history by bringing this technology to the public. Last week, China’s National Medical Products ...

What is the anatomy of the spinal cord? The human spinal cord is a cylindrical structure of nerve tissue that is protected by the spinal column and composed of uniformly organized white and grey ...

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) refers to spinal cord compression from arthritis in the neck and is the leading cause of spinal cord dysfunction in older adults. CSM is a chronic, progressive ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

Researchers at Brown University have demonstrated that targeted electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can restore both ...

Tri-Service General Hospital (TSGH) yesterday reported the nation’s first case of diaphragm pacing system (DPS) implantation in a woman with a high cervical spinal cord injury, saying that the ...

Before his disease took his voice, he could type a message as fast as anyone. Now, with electrodes no larger than a grain of ...