Nerve cells in the spinal cord activate involuntary, autonomic reflexes often referred to as “fight or flight” responses in response to stressful or dangerous stimuli. These protective responses cause ...

A 2-year-old girl from Calhoun remains hospitalized after a routine case of the flu developed into a rare neurological ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – In response to stressful or dangerous stimuli, nerve cells in the spinal cord activate involuntary, autonomic reflexes often referred to as “fight or flight” responses. These ...

Spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis are among the most serious complications of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic disorder that affects about one in 3,000 people.

When Maranda Nyborg started feeling under the weather, she didn't think anything of it. It was October, and she usually caught something as the seasons changed. Nyborg, a Division I student athlete at ...

Lown researchers found that U.S. hospitals performed more than 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries ...

A new study from orthopedic researchers at The University of Toledo has found lumbar spinal fusion procedures are far more likely to fail in individuals with diabetes. "We've known for a long time ...

Sara Lopez is expected to be transferred to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in the coming days to continue her recovery from ...

A new study identifies a druggable cellular target that, if controlled properly, could prevent or lessen autonomic dysfunction and improve quality of life for people with spinal cord injury. In ...