Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull. Doctors weighed whether they should attempt a ...

This progress stems from the changes we implemented last year to improve in two key areas; firstly, the management and prioritization of our human resources ... the spinal cord, enter SafeOp ...

The 7T-SC-qMRI project is motivated by multi-center implementation and is part of the Traveling Human Spine (THS) study across Magnetom, Terra, and TerraX systems. It supports reproducible, ...

Clinical trials of a new, minimally invasive treatment for degenerated spinal discs have produced impressive results, significantly reducing back pain severity and improving function. It could mean ...

In a first-of-its-kind procedure, clinicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore removed a rare spinal tumor through a patient’s eye socket.  The patient, Karla Flores of ...

A multicenter study finds that an AI tool can significantly improve the detection of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) ...

In January 2024, David decided to have the node removed for peace of mind; as is typical, the tissue was sent to pathology, which returned a diagnosis of throat cancer. “The worst part about the whole ...

Apr. 3, 2025 — Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study has found. This stops pain signals before they get to the brain.

The convergent inputs to the central projection of the trigeminovascular system, the trigeminal nucleus caudalis and the C1 and C2 regions of the spinal cord, collectively known as the ...