These tumors may originate in the spinal cord itself (intramedullary), in the protective membranes surrounding it (intradural extramedullary), or in the surrounding vertebrae (extradural).

A surgical team at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) extracted the tumors, which had wrapped around the spinal cord, through the patient’s eye socket. This was the first time ...

Doctors told a U.K. woman she’s at risk of developing a rare spinal condition due to a yoga pose she did years ago, according to news agency SWNS. Terrilyn Griffiths, 44, from Lowestoft ...

where a thin needle is inserted between the bones in the lower spine. Patients often report they find it painful, and it can cause unintended complications requiring hospitalisation or time off ...

In a new clinical study, researchers from the Texas Biomedical Device Center (TxBDC) at The University of Texas at Dallas demonstrated unprecedented rates of recovery for spinal cord injuries.

There probably isn't a woman alive who doesn't feel a wave of terror when their doctor mentions the word tumor. But when it's a fibroid tumor, experts say there is ...

For a limited group of cancer patients who have solid tumors in the stomach, rectum, esophagus and other organs, an immunotherapy trial offered stunning results. By Gina Kolata When a person ...

It also focused on a very select type of patient whose tumors had a "mismatch repair defect," a genetic problem that prevents cells from fixing DNA damage and makes it more likely they would ...

Sciatica is a common type of pain that affects your sciatic nerve, which extends from your lower back through your hips and butt down the back of each leg. Sciatica usually affects only one side ...

Turns out Flores had a rare cancerous bone tumor in her spine called a chordoma. “The tumor was wrapped around the patient’s spine and spinal cord and had invaded the vertebrae in her neck, just below ...