There is some percussion tenderness over his lumbar spine. His pain increases when he is asked to cough. A digital rectal examination reveals good sphincter tone. His mental status is normal ...

Yet over the month-long pilot study, “they were getting better and better.” Spinal muscle atrophy or SMA is a genetic disease that gradually destroys motor neurons, nerve cells in the spinal cord that ...

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Stryker is selling off its spine implant business—starting with a plan to spin off its U.S. operations before moving on to divest its international enterprises in the months to come. The ...

Myelinated neurons transmit electrical signals more quickly than the unmyelinated nerves in the body ... impulses away from the central nervous system (made up of the brain and spinal cord) and ...

Stryker has agreed to sell its U.S. spinal implants business to Viscogliosi Brothers to create a newly formed company called VB Spine. The medical technology company said Tuesday the New York City ...

Guillain-Barré Syndrome is a rare nerve disorder. It is not a communicable disease. Why is it spreading like a viral outbreak? After a raft of viruses that sent waves of fear in the last few years, ...

“I lost feeling in my arms, compression of my spine and it took a few weeks to come back and a few months to get fully back to where I was. I’m back to full strength with hard work and determination ...

Have you experienced pain or tingling in your hands or feet? Those are signs of possible neuropathy, “a general term for nerve dysfunction in your limbs,” says Eva Feldman, MD, PhD ...