The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other ...

Meet suzetrigine, a non-opioid that promises to avoid addiction risk. But some experts say it can't replace opioids ...

The Cleveland Clinic describes the vital role of a healthy placenta. It's a temporary organ that forms in the uterus, or womb ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...

A team of Australian-led international researchers studying thousands of eyes have found that retinal thickness could be an early indicator of ...

Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow ...

Spina bifida, called myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse properly during the early stages of pregnancy. The birth defect can lead to a range of lifelong cognitive, mobility, ...

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Typically, scientists study how the brain communicates with adipose tissue through the sympathetic ... tail-like extension called the axon. The spinal cord has some cell clusters called the ...

N.D., family is accusing Mayo Clinic and two surgeons of permanently paralyzing their teenager from the waist down by failing to protect her spinal cord during a series of corrective back surgeries.

During the post-mortem, his brain and part of his spinal cord were removed and sent to the Kaiser Wilhelm ... When he was captured he had been wounded by a rifle bullet in the left knee and back.