Basivertebral nerve ablation provides early, sustained chronic low back pain relief

Chronic low back pain significantly affects quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Back pain makes it difficult to ...
The Daily Star

Paralysed patients able to walk following epidural stimulation

Two recent separate studies report successes with epidural electrical stimulation in helping paralysed patients regain the ability to walk.
Medscape

Orthostatic Headache in Woman With Intracranial Hypotension

A 50-year-old woman with persistent orthostatic headache is repeatedly misdiagnosed until imaging identifies spontaneous ...
Interesting Engineering

‘World’s first’ surgical humanoid robot brings high precision in spine procedures

LEM Surgical showcases its Dynamis surgical humanoid at CES 2026, showing AI-driven, multi-arm precision for spine and ...
BMJ Case Reports

Operative management of an extensive spinal epidural abscess

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a serious infection of the central nervous system that typically presents with midline back pain, fever and neurological deficits. We report a rare case of an ...
eLife

PKD2L1 channels segregated to the apical compartment are the exclusive dual-mode pH sensor in cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons

This is an important study on the sensory roles of Cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons (CBF-cn) in mammals. The authors identify PKD2L1 as the predominant pH-sensing channel CBF-cn and show how the ...
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Doctor Gets Brutally Honest About LeBron James' Sciatica Injury, Lakers Return

The Los Angeles Lakers have a LeBron James problem. For the first time in his career, the 21-time All-NBA superstar power forward missed his team's season opener last month. James hasn't been ...
Medscape

These Markers May Predict Risk for Bone Loss in SLE

Researchers analysed data of a subcohort of patients from a prospective observational study to identify factors associated with BMD and the risk for osteoporosis. They included 110 patients with SLE ...
Track & Field News

Training Neurophysiology for Big Throws

April Smith is a USATF Central California Instructor and U.S. Olympic Development Coach. She has served on several USA National teams, including the World Outdoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary in ...
American College of Cardiology

CORDIOPREV and PREDIMED-Plus: Role of Gut Microbiome; Nutrition and Physical Activity in Prevention

Ten bacterial taxa, contributing to an intestinal microbiota profile, were associated with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CHD), according ...
Frontiers

Mitigate lumbar crash injury of reclined occupants with assisted repositioning device

1 School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 2 State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Green Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China In autonomous vehicles, ...
IEEE

Lumbar Spine Degenerative Classification

Abstract: In the year 2020, the World Health Organization reported that lower back pain constituted the primary cause of disability on a global scale, impacting 619 million individuals. Magnetic ...