This review aimed to summarize the recent advances and challenges in the field of regenerative therapies for lumbar disc degeneration. The current first-line treatment options for symptomatic lumbar ...

You may be able to prevent degenerative disc disease (DDD), or limit its effects, by making lifestyle changes to lower your weight, get more exercise, stop smoking, and more. Physical exercise is ...

This study has several limitations. First, patients with lumbar degenerative diseases often have severe IDD, making it easy to collect these disc tissues during surgery. However, for healthy patients ...

Affected dogs develop severe back pain, and possibly, difficulty walking. Dogs with a slipped disc that can't walk, or have difficulty walking ... Causes include trauma, overload (i.e. obesity) or age ...

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a gel inspired by cow slime for patients suffering from disk herniation. By ...

Most people develop dry degeneration, which is the less severe form. Wet macular degeneration can be more severe and lead to a faster decline in vision. Macular degeneration often causes a slow ...

Sedentary lifestyles involving extended hours of sitting, especially in a bad posture, put pressure on the spine, especially the lower back and can lead to degeneration over time ... it may indicate a ...

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a gel inspired by cow slime for patients suffering from disc herniation. By ...

Many aspects of the physiology of the intervertebral disc (IVD) show clear diurnal rhythms. However, it is unknown whether IVD tissue contains functional circadian clocks and if so, how their ...

Macular degeneration is a progressive disease that can lead to severe loss of central vision. People with this condition might see dark spots or crooked lines in the center of their eyes but still ...