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Expanded labeling applies to MR condition leads, allowing for higher quality scan images for patients with chronic pain.

A 25-year-old British woman is at risk of facing permanent disability and paralysis, due to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a rare condition affecting the connective tissues that make her joints unstable and prone to dislocation, as well as craniocervical instability - a condition in which the area where her skull and spine meet become dangerously unstable. Completely bedridden due to ice-skating at the age of 14, Emily Balfour now seeks to get alright with the help of expensive stem cell therapy. Read ...

Surprising data in a 5-year retrospective analysis after degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis surgery go against previous findings.

Low bone density, particularly at the femoral neck, may raise dementia risk in older adults, possibly through the little-known bone-brain axis.

It has become increasingly difficult for doctors to boost their earnings by dropping insurance contracts.

Two conservative approaches, one involving physical therapy and one involving postural therapy, are effective for acute and subacute spine pain, results from the SPINE CARE trial show.

A new unifying theory posits that IBS may result from our bodys failure to manage gravity on multiple levels. If proved correct, it could alter prevention and treatment.

Children with atopic dermatitis may be more likely to have broken bones, researchers in Korea report.

Researchers say that screening and more aggressive monitoring may be warranted in light of new data.

Among women with postsurgical hypoparathyroidism, areal bone mineral density was higher, and there was no increase in fracture rate nor risk in a small cross-sectional study.