The spinal cord is a cylindrical tube of nerves and other cells. It carries signals back and forth between the brain and the rest of the body. Learn more about its anatomy and functions.

Spinal cancer or tumors can form anywhere along the spinal column. The most common symptom of spinal cancer is back pain. Learn more here.

Spinal fusion surgery for scoliosis can reduce the curve of the spine and prevent its progression. Doctors only use it in severe cases. Learn more here.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about how the spinal column forms in developing vertebrates, according to a study published in Developmental Cell.

A new spinal column procedure is promising rapid results with less hospital time. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- At any given time, about one in four Americans is dealing with low back pain.

Spinal cord compression produces edema, inflammation, and mechanical compression, which causes direct neural injury to the cord, as well as vascular damage and impairment of oxygenation.

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The Stereogum writer is condensing his long-running column on songs that have topped the Billboard Hot 100 into a book focusing on 20 of the most critical No. 1s in the chart's history.

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Metastases to the spinal column are diagnosed in around 16% of all people with cancer and may cause pain, vertebral collapse and spinal cord or root compression. More than 4,000 people present ...

A retrospective chart review at the major provincial public hospital serving patients with spinal injuries/pathology. To determine the incidence of spinal tuberculosis (Tb) and establish the ...