Meningitis is an inflammation of the fluid and three membranes (meninges) surrounding your brain and spinal cord. The symptoms of viral and bacterial meningitis can be similar in the beginning.

Finally, metastasis results when tumor cells in the cerebrospinal fluid deposit tumor cells in the epidural space.This scenario most often occurs in leukemia. [2] Spinal cord compression ...

The Next Steps clinic in Willow Springs is providing access to the Arc-Ex device, a non-invasive device that bridges an ...

What causes schizophrenia? This severe mental illness, which affects over 20 million people worldwide and is characterised by ...

His quick taps fire my neuromuscular system, cause a rapid stretch of adjacent muscles and trigger nerve receptors in the ...

Watch: Germantown woman shares message after surviving rare spinal-fluid health scare Germantown woman survives rare spinal-fluid health scare "This comes up very rarely," Plitt said. "It's ...

“I’ve got a spinal fluid leak,” Gordon said. “It was getting a little bit scary when we weren’t sure what it was and we couldn’t ease the symptoms. “I think we have avoided surgery ...

What begins as ringing in the ears, dizziness or ear pain might seem like a routine infection, but for some individuals, ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has come out with its first-ever global guidelines for meningitis diagnosis, treatment ...