Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

Spinal cord compression—also called cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM)— is caused by any condition that puts pressure on the spinal cord. Symptoms may develop suddenly or gradually and may include ...

The key is to expand your spine’s range of motion, which will prevent future pain — and may even improve your swing. For most people, daily life doesn’t require moving your spine through its ...

There could be new hope on the horizon for women fighting cervical cancer. Researchers investigated a new approach to treating the disease in a study funded by Cancer Research UK. In a phase 3 ...

Share on Pinterest Results from a phase 3 clinical trial show promise for a new standard of care for treating people with advanced cervical cancer. AzmanL/Getty Images A phase 3 clinical trial ...

If you have a lot of neck pain and can’t figure out why, rather than continually trying to get a diagnosis for a cervical spine problem you may want to shift your focus to a ... Let’s deconstruct this ...

How do we interpret these results when making treatment decisions? INTERLACE addresses the relatively lower risk locally advanced cervical cancer group when compared to KEYNOTE-A18 (no patients with ...

THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In some good news for women battling locally advanced cervical cancer, new research shows that adding six weeks of chemotherapy to standard treatment ...

Adding a six-week course of chemotherapy to the standard course of treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer resulted in a significant increase in survival rates, a new study shows.

Giving people with cervical cancer a short course of chemotherapy before radiation therapy dramatically improves survival according to the results of a new clinical trial. The data published in ...

A new cervical cancer treatment cuts the risk of death by 40% according to a large-scale study. Researchers at UCL and its associated hospital, University College London Hospital, spent 10 years ...