Cervical spondylosis, also referred to as the ‘arthritis of the neck’, has become a common health issue, owing to sedentary lifestyles and the constant use of mobile phones. In conversation with HT ...

Achondroplasia requires lifelong monitoring by multiple specialists to detect and address complications that vary by age, from narrowing at the base of the skull in infants to spinal canal narrowing ...

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Low back pain is one of the most common causes of health care visits and has the highest global prevalence of all musculoskeletal ...

About 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime The average age at diagnosis is 67 Less than 1% of the 3.5 million men living with prostate cancer are expected to die from it ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed the most advanced organoid model for human spinal cord injury to date. In a new study, the research team used lab-grown human spinal cord ...

Spinal cord injuries cause permanent paralysis in part because inflammation, cell death, and glial scarring block nerve regeneration, and there has been no reliable human tissue model to test ...

Pancreatic cancer treatment relies on surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, with surgery for non-metastatic, technically resectable tumors. Advances in chemotherapy, neoadjuvant approaches, and ...

When the flu strikes, it can feel relentless: rising fever, hacking cough, stuffy nose and sore throat. For many people, relief can come in the form of Tamiflu, a prescription antiviral medication ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed a new imaging approach to more accurately assess blood flow in the spinal cord, a method that could be used to better inform treatment for ...

It could be a huge gamechanger for people living with a spinal cord injury, as an experimental drug is being tested right now in Chicago at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab is showing promising results.