Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that destroys the nerves necessary for movement. About 30,000 people in the ...

An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for those afflicted in such cases, no FDA-approved therapy is currently available ...

At the heart of the issue is the decision of a surgeon – not named in the report – to use an unapproved metal spring implant in operations on three children as part of their spinal surgery.

His bird’s-eye views — the drone can legally fly to just below 400 feet — are stunning, and in skilled hands like McDonough’s, can zoom in for sharper detail or pan out for a broader view.

Growing up, journalist Michael Visontay knew that his Hungarian-born father had survived Auschwitz (while losing his own mother there), and that the family had ultimately emigrated to Australia ...

An upper gastrointestinal series, barium-enema films, a gall-bladder series, skull films and posteroanterior and lateral ... Spinal puncture, regarded as hazardous and in view of the localized ...

Each week, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans writes about what he's watching. Read last week's column here. It's the first question anyone asks me when they find out what I do for a living: What are you ...

A hard-won Senate confirmation was not enough to keep the aroma of scandal away from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for long. As labels like “Signalgate” or ...

Ten years ago, the city of Virginia Beach made a bold and visionary investment in creativity, culture and economic development. In April 2015, City Council established the ViBe Creative District ...

The country's volcanology agency reported seven eruptions on Thursday, with the most powerful ejecting a giant column of ash 8,000m (5 miles) into the air. Authorities imposed a 7km (4.3 miles ...

Scoliosis is a lateral (or sideways ... Adults with scoliosis and spinal stenosis often also require a decompression procedure in which the roof of the vertebral column is removed at the affected area ...