When Maria Waters, a 58-year-old GP from Richmond, in Surrey, went for her hospital outpatient appointment last summer, she ...

Lumbar refers to the lower portion of your back, a term used because these joints are located behind each vertebra or spinal column ... lasts 10 to 30 minutes. Sedation is rarely used, so you ...

Somehow, she was a link to my old life, when I had my intuition, and decisions flowed naturally and easily from my mind. After deciding to proceed, I thought briefly about giving the patient a spinal ...

The use of powerful synthetic opioids, such as sufentanil and remifentanil, during surgery is linked to a subsequent poor 'pain experience'—a composite of emotional, cognitive, and physical ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl has shown no signs of a genetic disorder — known as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) — becoming the first person in the world to be treated for the disease while in the ...

cThe Dubowitz Neuromuscular Unit, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, ...

The child was conceived with a genetic condition known as spinal muscular atrophy, which affects motor neurons that control movement, and leads to progressive muscle weakening. About one in every ...

Six armed suspects were killed in a shootout with the police in Gcuwa, in the Eastern Cape, on Thursday afternoon. The shootout happened on the N2 near Ndabakazi village. News24 reliably understands ...

All subsequent effects refer to comparisons with sham procedures. For chronic axial spine pain, the following probably provide little to no difference in pain relief (moderate certainty evidence): ...

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On this episode, an infant with a harrowing diagnosis defies all odds after receiving a $2 million genetic treatment. Rebecca shares the story of her son, who was diagnosed at birth with spinal ...

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