Scientists have created a lifelike model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a type of motor neuron disease, using cells ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) has long been considered a localized condition, yet mounting evidence suggests that it exerts widespread effects on the central ...

Onward Medical has received FDA approval to begin a pivotal study of its Arc-IM system, an implantable neurostimulation therapy designed to treat blood pressure instability after spinal cord injury, ...

The First Human Spinal Cord Repair using The Patient Own Cells The surgery is expected to soon take place in Israel, in which ...

Long dismissed as impossible, nerve regrowth is offering new hope for healing injuries and treating neurodegeneration ...

A newly identified group of spinal cord nerve cells could hold the key to improving breathing in people with spinal cord injuries or certain neurological diseases, according to research published in ...

Life Regenerative spinal cord injury therapy repairs tissue and reverses paralysis The U.S. has approximately 18,000 new cases of acute spinal cord injury each year.

Spinal cord damage—whether from traumatic injury or conditions such as spina bifida—can have a profound impact on bladder function. This can result in neurogenic bladder, a problem in which ...

The spinal cord regulates many essential human functions, including autonomic processes like bladder, bowel, and sexual function.

South Florida patients suffering from chronic pain are finding relief through spinal cord stimulation, a therapy that uses targeted electrical signals to block pain from reaching the brain. The ...

A dozen lawsuits have been filed over spinal cord stimulators, which are medical devices surgically implanted to reduce chronic back pain. The suits name device manufacturers, such as Abbott and ...

About one in four people have to go back to have corrective surgery after their implant, new research shows.