In addition, the reporter was able to watch neurosurgeons Mohamed A.M. Labib and Alhusain Nagm demonstrate the procedure on a cadaver ... strangling Flores’s spinal cord near the base of ...

Just before the medical staff wheeled Karla Flores into the operating room so that surgeons could work inside her head for ...

Child’s Pose, also known as balasana, is a beginner yoga pose that stretches the muscles of the low back, as well as the inner thighs. Most people spend too much time sitting which can lead to tension ...

More information: Michael P. Kilgard et al, Closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation aids recovery from spinal cord injury, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09028-5 Journal information: Nature ...

Pairing targeted vagus nerve stimulation with physical therapy seems to help people who are partially paralysed from spinal cord injuries regain the ability to perform some everyday activities ...

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, Suffolk ...

Terrilyn Griffiths, 44, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, exhibited early signs of cauda equina syndrome (CES, a dangerous form of spinal nerve damage) in January 2024 when an MRI revealed slipped discs in ...

In this study, published in the prestigious journal Nature on May 21, individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury safely received a combination of stimulation of a nerve in the neck with ...

In March, Jin underwent the implantation surgery for a “closed-loop spinal nerve interface” at The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine. During the surgery ...

These facet joints are separate from the discs and keep the vertebrae from bending or twisting excessively, which could damage the spinal cord and the vital network of nerves that runs through the ...

Flores does have some nerve damage due to the tumor’s proximity to the brain stem, which has caused some issues with movement of her left eye. "Learning about the spinal and brain tumors was ...

Clinical trials of a new, minimally invasive treatment for degenerated spinal discs have produced ... and epidural steroid injections or nerve blocks. Moderate degeneration of up to two lumbar ...