A study published in Neurology looks at how age may affect recovery for people with spinal cord injuries. "With population ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Compared with delayed surgery, early surgery of motor-incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries may ...

Older adults recover nerve function after spinal cord injury just as well as younger patients, but they fall behind when it ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

Researchers particularly found a noticeable reduction in function recovery among people older than 70. Seniors with a spinal ...

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

By mid-October, Oliver was talking, laughing, smiling, moving his fingers and toes and starting to breathe on his own, thanks to miracle surgeries performed at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer ...

After a life-altering accident, Christopher Reeve and his wife, Dana Reeve, went on to do incredible work improving the lives of others with spinal cord injuries — which is now documented in the new ...

If you experience weakness and a loss of fine motor function in your arms and hands after neck trauma, you may have a spinal cord injury called central cord syndrome. This type of injury can disrupt ...

LONG BEACH — The death of a 73-year-old man who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury during an April robbery is now being ...