Unlike a traditional X-ray, which produces a static image, vertebral motion analysis (VMA) provides doctors with a view of ...

Currently, there is no consensus on the most effective medical therapy for posterior circulation ischemia. To date, there have been no randomized trials studying the use of different antiplatelet ...

Spine checks will be added to routine bone scans on the NHS to find hidden fractures. The measure could help osteoporosis ...

NICE advises adding quick spine checks to routine bone scans to detect hidden vertebral fractures earlier in individuals with ...

NICE is recommending that quick spine checks are added to routine bone scans to help spot hidden fractures earlier and prevent serious complications. Around 70% of spine fractures caused by ...

The study included children and adolescents, and it found decreased vertebral height and depth among both groups of patients compared with healthy controls. Young patients with spinal muscular atrophy ...

Vertebral fractures are the most common fracture among the elderly, have a detrimental effect on patients' quality of life, and increase the risk of future fractures. Yet, two-thirds of vertebral ...

Intravenous zoledronate (Reclast) administered once every 5 years reduced the incidence of morphometric vertebral fractures ...

CEREBROVASCULAR disease ranked third, after heart disease and cancer, as a cause of death in the United States in 1959. Almost 37,000 of these deaths occurred in persons between thirty-eight and sixty ...

Odds of vertebral compression fractures or surgical intervention were significantly lower among GLP-1 RA users.

A first-of-its-kind FDA approval represents a major win for Zimmer Biomet and, most importantly, the field of scoliosis treatment. Called The Tether – Vertebral Body Tethering System, the device is ...