For the last five and a half years, Emily Farmer has unknowingly lived with her skull not fully attached to her body. Now she ...

Support is growing for a rural Minnesota hockey teenager who broke his neck in a freak incident during a game in Canada last ...

Over the weekend, Jackson Drum was severely injured in a hockey game in Vancouver, Canada. The 17-year-old currently plays for Idaho’s Coeur D’Alene Hockey Academy. He used to play for the Alexandria ...

The building techniques for some of the finest instruments in the world have changed little in the decades or even centuries that've passed since their inception. And while many instrument makers ...

The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many ...

The top ring is located at the base of the skull. Starting with the second vertebra (C2), there is a pad of soft cartilage called an intervertebral disc that cushions between each vertebra. Facet ...

is the top vertebrae of the spine. It is made up of the atlas (C1) and the axis (C2). These vertebrae are atypical and are different in shape and function from the rest of the cervical vertebrae.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack its own tissues, especially the lining of joints, leading to joint damage and pain. When RA attacks the ...