Depending on the location of your injury, you may have lost some or all feeling and muscle control in certain areas of your body. There are two types of spinal cord injuries: Incomplete spinal cord ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

When Adam Rodman was a second-year medical student in the 2000s, he visited the library for a patient whose illness had left ...

The conversation crackled with energy, Stu’s passion for movement and his deep understanding of how the body works, honed by training some of the fastest humans on the planet, was both inspiring and ...

In the weightless environment of space, bones and muscles weaken due to reduced gravity, which can lead to bone density loss ...

Medication options are available to help manage the cognitive and behavioral symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

The study, which was published in the journal Pharmacological Reports, analyzed the impact of four terpenes that are found in ...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink may be the latest headline-grabber, but brain-to-computer interface (BCI) technology has been advancing ...

Inflammation spikes throughout the body, possibly contributing to heart disease and other conditions. Bones thin by about 1.5 percent a month. Spinal discs ... to the human body,” said Emmanuel ...

The nervous system is a complex network of neurons and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body. Kefir, a probiotic-rich fermented milk ...

Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could ...

Christina Applegate got candid about her experience with multiple sclerosis as she opened up about her diagnosis in a new ...