Cammie Lavalle says that although she was told she wasn't a good candidate, multiple pain clinics tried to convince her to ...

Stories of paralysis following spinal cord stimulator highlight a wider debate, as these common procedures are being ...

Spinal cord stimulators are mainly used to treat chronic back pain, especially when other less invasive treatments have not worked. They also aim to reduce people's reliance on risky pain medicines.

Approximately 308,000 people in the United States live with spinal cord injury. Nearly all lose bladder control. And yet the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger – able to stand and walk more easily – when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord. On ...

A patient with Parkinson's disease (PD) can now walk with a normal gait without balance problems or fear of falling after implantation of a neuroprosthetic device. The neuroprosthesis involves ...