When bone spurs occur in the vertebra of the neck, which is the cervical spine, they are known as cervical osteophytes. These bony growths aren’t painful.

Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis receiving romosozumab for 12 months had larger improvements in bone mineral density and bone strength at the lumbar spine compared with those receiving ...

"Since my surfing injury back in the day my L5 has been killing me," Schumer wrote on Friday, explaining why she had the ...

As bones weaken with age, the culprits may be the aging cells within. A new review uncovers how cellular changes—like ...

Per Mayo Clinic, a laminectomy is a surgery that removes the back arch of a spinal bone, which covers the spinal canal. The ...

Bone Tuberculosis ‌Bone tuberculosis affects your skeletal system, which consists of bones and joints. The most common type is spinal tuberculosis.

Improving bone density before spinal fusion or surgery to repair a deformity lowers the rate of complications, according to Mayo Clinic studies published in Spine and the Journal of Neurosurgery.

Using bone-like “organoids” made from vertebral stem cells, researchers showed that the known tendency of tumors to spread to the spine—more than to long bones such as leg bones—is due ...

From their dataset, they found that increases in lumbar spine bone mineral density persist even after discontinuation of hormone therapy. The lumbar spine consists of the five bones, or vertebrae ...

(HealthDay News) — Following chronic, traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), some bone biomarkers undergo noticeable changes, according to a study published in the July 1 issue of The Spine Journal.