Researchers find stroke damages blood–spinal cord barrier
A team of researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) investigating the short- and long-term effects of ischaemic stroke...
Read MoreRisk of blindness from spine surgery down significantly
The risk of blindness caused by spinal fusion has dropped almost three-fold since the late 1990s in the USA, according...
Read MoreFreemasons donate £65,000 to help fund spinal cord injury research
The Freemasons Masonic Charitable Foundation has awarded £65,000 to the INSPIRE Foundation to fund research that aims to improve the...
Read MoreUK’s first ever NHS Charity crowdfunding platform launched
One of the nation’s leading centres of clinical excellence is redefining how to raise charitable donations to help patients through...
Read MoreFive-year study reveals patients operated on at night twice as likely to die as patients who have daytime operations
New research presented at this year's World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Hong Kong in September shows that patients who...
Read MoreVertebroplasty helps reduce acute pain among patients with spinal fractures
Vertebroplasty is a safe and effective procedure to reduce acute pain and disability in patients who have experienced spinal fractures...
Read MoreDesign Council sparks inventors’ imaginations
Having scoured hundreds of entries to its leading product innovation fund and accelerator programme, on 20 September, Design Council will...
Read MoreFirst treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy to be submitted for FDA approval based on positive results in clinical trial
A major milestone was reached when nusinersen, an investigational treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), was shown to significantly improve...
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