How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? How vertebrates coordinate the eternal tug-o-war between involuntary reflexes and seamless voluntary movements ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

The brain and spinal cord are the central pillars of the human central nervous system (CNS), orchestrating everything from movement to sensation. Despite significant advances in neuroscience ...

When her then six-year-old son, Walker, was diagnosed with a brain tumor during a routine eye exam, New York City mom Tara ...

The main function of the spinal cord is to carry nerve signals between your brain and the rest of your body. This includes motor commands and sensory information. The spinal cord also helps coordinate ...

President of baseball operations David Stearns said Saturday that Blackburn has a spinal fluid leak in his back, Tim Britton of The Athletic reports. The Mets aren't sure exactly how Blackburn ...

New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn has been shut down from throwing after experiencing a spinal fluid leak in his back, according to Tim Britton of The Athletic. Although Blackburn's injury ...

Spinal meningitis is the inflammation of tissues, called the meninges, that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. It usually stems from an infection, leading to symptoms such as a stiff neck ...

In May of 2023, Aaron James, an electrical lineman, had the first partial face transplant to include an eye. A year after the procedure, there haven’t been signs of rejection, and there is blood ...

For Aaron James, it still hasn’t quite sunk in that he received the first successful whole-eye transplant in history ... if we figure out brain or spinal-cord regeneration,” he says.