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 your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to stabilize and protect it. But over time, too much scarring can prevent nerves ...

Frequent Urinary Tract Infections are common in the spinal cord injury population with an average incidence of 2-3 episodes per patient per year. Urinary tract infections are the most common cause of ...

Here's what you can do to mitigate the risk. As we celebrate World Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day today, here is a brief history of the day for you. Read on to know what all it stands for.

After a devastating spinal cord injury, mice’s nerve cells balloon up in size. Some of these neurons stay swollen longer than expected and begin to die, a study published September 25 in Science ...

Your urine color can sometimes be a surprise, whether it's bright yellow or even red or violet. Here's what you need to know ...

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Thus various tools such as bladder diary (frequency/volume charts), quality of life (QoL ... neurologic diseases such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, cerebrovascular disease or prior ...