This article was written for our sponsor, Dr. Sameer Mathur, Orthopedic Surgeon. Approximately 1.1 million patients in the United States suffer from symptomatic cervical disc disease each year. This ...

A new type of low-risk surgery for herniated discs and neck nerve problems is showing promising results.Mobile users tap here for videoNumbness and tingling in the arms can be a sign of those problems ...

Not long ago, patients with cervical disc problems in their spine received a spinal fusion to relieve the pain. Now, with the release of a new device, the Mobi-C is an option for many. It is the first ...

TA Criterion 1: The technology must have final approval from the appropriate government regulatory bodies. The Prestige® Cervical Disc (Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Memphis, TN) received FDA Premarket ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A brand new artificial disc is helping patients with severe neck pain. CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reports this new disc is much more like the body's own natural discs than older ...

Adding to the already length list of reasons not to smoke, researchers have connected smoking to worsening degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine, according to research presented this week at ...

The neck and arm pain caused by degenerative cervical (neck) disc disease may be eliminated by replacing the problem disc with a metal-on-metal artificial disc, said Loyola University Health System ...

Suffering from a stiff neck? How about sore shoulders? It may be caused by more than just the stress of the day. About 25% of people under the age of 40, and 60% of people over the age of 40, have ...

Html code here! Replace this with any non empty text and that's it. A. The cervical spine is in the neck, its seven vertebrae separated by discs. Because disc malfunction can impact the spinal cord, ...

Adding to the already length list of reasons not to smoke, researchers have connected smoking to worsening degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine, according to new research. Adding to the ...

WEBVTT HAVE A COLONOSCOPY TO CONFIRM. DO YOU EVER FEEL NUMBNESS OR TINGLING IN YOUR ARMS? YOU MAY HAVE A HERNIATED DISC OR NERVE PROBLEM IN YOUR NECK. AND NOW THERE'S A NEW TYPE OF LOW-RISK SURGERY ...

Usually the first step is conservative treatment. Patients who have radicular symptoms but who do not have weakness or myelopathy can be treated conservatively. Conservative treatment can include ...