Spinal fusion has long been “the gold standard” in spine surgery, but motion-preserving techniques have become more attractive to physicians and patients in recent years. Spine surgeons discuss how ...

Pinned between the stomach and spine, the pancreas supervises both digestion and blood sugar in the body. It's also the site ...

Pinned between the stomach and spine, the pancreas supervises both digestion and blood sugar in the body. It's also the site of an aggressive cancer called pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, or PDAC.

Ethan Monck's life is divided into three parts. His first two years, which were marked by a double cancer diagnosis; the nine ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville said one of its chimpanzees is recovering well after he underwent historic spinal surgery to remove a tumor. The zoo said 34-year-old Mwelu has had no setbacks, and ...

With the "Rocky" theme song playing for encouragement, patients on the neurology floor at Penn Medicine are up and walking less than 24 hours after spine surgery. The walks are part of a new project ...

An adult male chimpanzee is recovering well after undergoing ground-breaking spinal surgery to remove a tumor. Mwelu, 34, a resident at Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee, is 10 days into his recovery ...

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