Golfer Tiger Woods, 49, underwent successful lumbar disc replacement surgery in New York to treat a collapsed disc in his ...

A groundbreaking new study is underway that could help football players and other athletes who may be more at risk for concussions. University of California, San Francisco researchers are studying the ...

An experimental gene therapy has slowed the progression of Huntington’s disease by 75 percent, according to results reported by the biotechnology company uniQure this week. Huntington’s is an ...

Your waistline isn’t the only part of your body that could be putting your health at risk. A growing body of research suggests that neck size may also serve as an early warning sign, indicating a ...

Background Asthma has been associated with the development and progression of various cardiovascular diseases but its relationship with degenerative valvular heart disease (VHD) remains unclear. This ...

Single-level cervical degenerative disc disease saw better outcomes when addressed with disc replacement instead of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, according to a meta-analysis of randomized ...

Findings from an interim analysis showed CELZ-201-DDT statistically significantly reduced pain and improved mobility in patients with chronic lower back pain. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Accumulating evidence indicates that degenerative valvular heart disease (VHD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) share overlapping risk factors and intersecting inflammatory processes; however, their ...

Although 67% of participants treated with SB-01 achieved the primary endpoint at 6 months, the difference when compared with sham treatment was not statistically significant. Topeline data were ...

The gunman who opened fire in midtown Manhattan on Monday, killing four people before turning the gun on himself, left a note mentioning “CTE” several times, officials familiar with the investigation ...

What is degenerative disc disease? Degenerative disc disease is the progressive deterioration of the discs between the vertebrae in the spine, as well as arthritis in the spine’s facet joints. An ...

Older spine surgeons treated more complex cases than younger peers and achieved similar patient functional outcomes but still received lower patient satisfaction scores in a new study. In a ...