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The FDA has approved a biologic bone graft for use in the cervical spine. The i-Factor peptide-enhanced bone graft from Cerapedics Inc., of Westminster, Colo., a private orthobiologics company, got ...

Your spinal cord runs all the way down from the base of the brain to the lower back. The spinal canal, which consists of tissues, cartilage, and bone, covers the spinal cord and is tasked with ...

The neck consists of seven small bones known as cervical vertebrae. These bones sit between the base of the skull and the top of the shoulders. A broken cervical vertebra is commonly known as a broken ...

Cervical myelopathy and cervical radiculopathy are neurologic conditions. They both originate in the neck and cause a loss of function. Cervical myelopathy is caused by compression of the spinal cord ...

While bone spurs alone aren’t typically painful, these growths in your neck can become symptomatic as they press down on nerve endings in your spine and cause pain or discomfort when you move your ...

Medically reviewed by Scott Zashin, MD Key Takeaways Neck arthritis is common and affects more than 85% of people over the age of 60.Symptoms of neck arthritis include neck pain, stiffness, tingling, ...

Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MDCervical cancer symptoms are often absent in the early stages and may only become ...

LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a global medical device company focused on musculoskeletal products and therapies, today announced U.S. Food and Drug ...

Though both giraffes and humans have the same number of individual neck bones (known as vertebrae), the two species also have size and structural differences. Just like humans, giraffes are said to ...