Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

Back decompression aims to relieve back pain by taking pressure off compressed spinal discs. There are surgical and nonsurgical methods of back decompression. Nonsurgical therapy includes spinal ...

Returning to work after major spine surgery, Fox Southeast Texas news anchor Erika Harris is sharing details of a recovery ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

Back pain and slipped discs are increasingly affecting working professionals and younger adults across India, emerging as one ...

Carson Daly is on the mend after undergoing an Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) procedure on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the TODAY co-host, 49, who has suffered decades of back pain after injuring ...

Early surgical intervention for asymptomatic cervical spinal cord compression only has modest quality of life improvements while having variable cost-effectiveness, according to a study in the June ...

When Massachusetts-based attorney and fitness and weight loss blogger Charlene S. Bazarian, 61, injured her back nearly three decades ago, she couldn't have known it would lead to a lifetime of ...

Informed consent has become more important than ever for spine surgeons and their patients, and the conversations are going beyond the immediate post-surgical outcomes. Two spine surgeons discuss how ...