To date, there are no regenerative stem cell products commercially available to treat diseases in utero. In-utero treatment ...

Bella Breslow's spinal surgery for scoliosis was so successful that not only is she back playing softball, she's added volleyball and basketball too.

There is a new hope for people with spinal cord injuries. Doctors are using an experimental, easy to deliver drug, with surprising results. A Chicago are a patient who got the drug says it’s nothing ...

Introduction: Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is a group of neurological symptoms due to increased tension along the spinal cord. Surgical untethering has been the conventional treatment to relieve the ...

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 ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There was an increased risk for psychiatric conditions in patients with TSCI. Researchers said the findings ...

What Is Spina Bifida Occulta? Spina bifida occulta is when a baby's backbone (spine) does not fully form during pregnancy. The baby is born with a small gap in the bones of the spine. Usually, it ...

“I never imagined we would endure so much,” the girls' mother, Ashlee Higginbotham, tells PEOPLE Parents of six children in West Virginia were shocked to learn that four of their daughters had been ...

A spinal cord injury might be only the beginning of a person's health woes, according to a new study. People who've suffered spinal cord injuries are more likely to develop an array of chronic health ...

A West Virginian family lived through a medical nightmare after four sisters were diagnosed with the same rare brain condition that can cause paralysis. Parents of six, Paul and Ashlee Higginbotham, ...