In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a team led by a University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) neurosurgeon has successfully removed a rare cancerous tumor wrapped around the spine and spinal cord of a ...

Diamond DeShields has the best comeback story no one knew about — until now. When DeShields won the WNBA title with the Chicago Sky in Oct 2021, no one outside her immediate circle knew that just 21 ...

An adult male chimpanzee is recovering well after undergoing ground-breaking spinal surgery to remove a tumor. Mwelu, 34, a resident at Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee, is 10 days into his recovery ...

Spinal fusion has long been “the gold standard” in spine surgery, but motion-preserving techniques have become more attractive to physicians and patients in recent years. Spine surgeons discuss how ...

Before a collision with a player while playing overseas in Italy in December 2019, I’d never had a single back issue. But on the next play, as I landed on the court after jumping for a rebound, I felt ...

Spinal cord tumors are growths that develop in the spinal canal. These growths can originate from either the spinal cord itself or the bones that surround the spinal cord. Spinal cord tumors make up ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville said one of its chimpanzees is recovering well after he underwent historic spinal surgery to remove a tumor. The zoo said 34-year-old Mwelu has had no setbacks, and ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A warning came Thursday from two brothers. They are now telling everyone that if something is wrong in a person’s body, don’t delay medical care. The brothers are now back to ...