A new study published in Science China Life Sciences reports that Buyang Huanwu Decoction, a traditional Chinese medicine ...

Preexisting spinal damage and higher levels of inflammatory activity at baseline were linked with radiographic progression in axial spondyloarthritis treated with biologic disease-modifying ...

Syndesmophytes developed in nearly 1 in 5 patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) during long-term observation, with the incidence declining in recent decades. Higher erythrocyte sedimentation rate ...

New research from the University of Kentucky has earned a spot on the cover of the Journal of Neuroscience, highlighting a major challenge in spinal cord injury recovery. Andrew Stewart, Ph.D., ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can lead to spinal complications such as spinal fusion and spinal stenosis. Medication and physical therapy are often enough to manage pain, but some people may need ...

Spinal cord injury remains one of the most challenging neurological conditions to treat, largely because damage continues to worsen long after the initial trauma. Secondary injury processes—driven by ...

MRI scans are not recommended as part of routine care in spondyloarthritis, but are often performed anyway. For patients who may benefit from such scans, it's unclear whether including the spine as ...

The autoimmune condition multiple sclerosis (MS) is caused by immune cells attacking the myelin sheath that coats neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Myelin helps conduct brain signals, and in MS, ...