Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2006;54(12):3859-3867. Degenerative disc disease is one of today's most common and costly medical conditions. Marked by the gradual erosion of cartilage between the ...

It was most common at the L5/S1 level, and, of the abnormal group, 36% (n = 11) showed the most degenerative change. Disc height reduction was also found to be most common at the L5/S1 level. However, ...

Research shows that 90% of individuals will experience some form of back pain in their lives, and among these, many could prevent chronic pain through preventive spine care. Clinically, spine health ...

The 45-year-old, who has a degenerative spine condition, said the pet helps calm his anxiety, which has worsened since he stopped taking the strong opioid painkiller Tramadol. But the criminology ...

With wet AMD, abnormal blood vessels grow under the macula. The wet form of age-related macular degeneration can start suddenly. You won’t feel pain, but you might notice vision problems.

Macular degeneration is the most common cause of age-related vision loss in older adults. In a healthy eye, light travels through the pupil and hits the retina, the inner back layer of your eye.

The spine's critical functionalities include movement, stability, and protection of the spinal cord while common spinal conditions such as herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, spinal ...

Current treatments sometimes fail to help people with "wet" age-related macular degeneration-- and researchers now think they know why. Wet AMD is caused by an overgrowth of blood vessels in the ...

Type II IVDD is characterized by a slower degeneration of the outer layer of the intervertebral disc and is typically chronic and progressive ... neck or back pain to paralysis and incontinence. In ...

An error in protein conformation can lead to disease. What are the genetic and molecular causes for incorrectly formed proteins? molecules. In 1917 the German chemist ...

He has expertise in the care of neck and back problems, including disc herniations, spinal stenosis, and degenerative conditions of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. His philosophy is grounded ...