When asked whether he would prohibit the use of aborted fetal tissue in NIH-funded research, Stanford University medical school professor and health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said he would ...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that affects the spine. If you’ve recently received a diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis, you’ll likely have a lot of questions for your doctor.

Congenital scoliosis is defined as either a failure of formation or a failure of segmentation of a portion of the spine. This results in mis-shapen or fused bones that can develop into a scoliosis.

A twin pregnancy is when there are two fetuses in the uterus at the same time. Twins can be identical, meaning they developed when a single fertilized egg split early in development, or fraternal, ...

1 Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China 2 Medical Department, Yunnan Fuwai Cardiovascular Disease Hospital, Kunming, China Objective: To investigate the ...

Dr. Gbolahan Okubadejo, spinal and orthopedic surgeon at The Institute for Comprehensive Spine Care: He prefers the Sealy Posturepedic Hybrid ($1,249 for a queen) because it provides his back with ...

In 2021, Matt was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and also has epilepsy, bradycardia (a slow heart rate), scoliosis and kyphosis, a condition in which there is an excessive forward rounding of the ...

Spinal curvature or scoliosis/kyphosis is a condition that can result from a variety of causes. In adulthood, spinal curvature usually results in degenerative changes of the spine, particularly in ...

This week we are going to talk about a grouping of conditions of the spine that includes scoliosis as well as kyphosis. Beginning with scoliosis we will subdivide this into 2 major categories ...