A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

Chiropractors offer non-invasive care, but transparency and education are key. One expert explains risks and benefits of ...

Spinal cord stimulation can reduce pain and restore nerve function among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Spinal stenosis means a narrowing of the spinal canal – a space within the spine which protects the spinal cord and nerve roots. Lumbar refers to segment of your spine that contains the five spinal ...

While any slight protrusion of a disc is classified as a herniation, the most problematic ones are larger and more prominent over the passageway of a spinal nerve (called the nerve “root”). Cervical ...

The brain is protected by the skull. The spinal cord is a long bundle of nerves down the middle of the spine. It starts at the base of the brain and goes down to the small of the back. Messages ...

Objective: Spinal meningeal cysts (SMCs) are currently classified into three types: extradural cysts without nerve root fibers (Type I), extradural cysts with nerve root fibers (Type II), and ...

The accessory nerve starts in the brain and separates into spinal and cranial parts. The hypoglossal nerve is a motor nerve that supplies the tongue muscles. It originates in the medulla.

Your spinal cord runs downward through a canal in the center of these bones. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body. This is for ...

The fragments of disk material can then press on the nerve roots located just behind the disk space ... This procedure uses dye injected into the spinal canal to make the structure clearly visible on ...