Julie Coleman from Glasgow endured 10 years of pain misdiagnosed as sciatica, only to learn a spinal tumour was the cause. She’s now recovering and preparing to walk again ...

An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) can reveal spinal lesions. The spine has historically been challenging to image because of movement during the scan — breathing, cardiac movement ...

Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more.

Lumbar support in a mattress benefits everyone, not just those who suffer from back pain. The lumbar supports the bulk of your weight and helps you perform even the most basic movements.

What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...

A way of imaging the spinal cord at the neck and where it joins the brain, as well as the bony spine and surrounding tissues. There are no X-rays, and therefore no danger of irradiation. It uses a ...

This guideline covers spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC). NICE has produced visual summaries of the recommendations on: ensure clear care pathways for referral, diagnosis, ...

Your spinal cord needs a steady blood supply to function properly. This helps it send nerve impulses to the rest of your body. The impulses are like signals or messages that help you with vital ...

Spinal cord stimulation, a medical technology suggested to treat people with chronic back pain, does not provide long-term relief and may cause harm, according to a Cochrane Review released today ...

Chicago: DeepTek, a health tech startup in the radiology AI space, announced the global launch of DeepSpine, an AI-powered lumbar spine quantification and metrics tool designed to analyse MRI ...

Axial MRI of the Lumbar Spine - T2 weighted image at the L4 level. On this view centered over the L4-L5 disk, one can see well the cauda equina surrounded by CSF (note that CSF is bright on ...