Operating before birth can minimize nerve damage caused by severe defects in tissue around the spinal column. Lexi and Joshuwa Royer play with their 17-month-old son, Charley, at their home in ...

A group of ancient amphibians called temnospondyls evolved stiffer spinal columns to adapt to aquatic life, contrary to previous hypotheses, according to a study published June 9, 2021 in the open ...

The thoracic spine is the section of your spinal column that is positioned in your mid-upper back. It’s an area that as a person ages will become less mobile, especially if you neglect training.