Degenerative ... disc disease is extremely rare. Intrigued by this fact and how it might apply to humans, researchers in Toronto, Canada, decided to conduct a gene expression study on ...

[4] The disc is removed ... pressure from the spinal nerves and to realign and stabilize the spinal segment. Bony material (either autograft or allograft) is placed into the intervertebral space ...

During the change of seasons when the daily temperature difference between day and night increases, it is easy to be exposed ...

Posterior annular tears, ruptures in the spine's intervertebral discs, commonly arise from aging or external stressors. These ...

Every time you bend your neck and for every inch you bend, it can double or triple the load on the cervical spine. The nerves ...

In a paper published in JOR Spine, researchers looked at patients with and without lumbar degenerative ... body over another due to intervertebral disk or facet joint degeneration—and can ...

This often common condition involves slippage of one vertebral body over another due to intervertebral disc or facet joint ... 12 of whom did not have lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis and ...

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Along with general stiffness (particularly after rest), slowing on walks, and sometimes a reluctance to jump up or climb ...

(Reuters) - Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen, who is overseeing coalition talks following the country's recent election, will undergo spinal surgery, his office said on Saturday. The ...