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 ...

Degenerative joint diseases like osteoarthritis and intervertebral disk degeneration are conditions that affect millions of ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 9 of Aging-US on September 8, 2025, titled, "Runx1 overexpression induces early onset of intervertebral disc degeneration." In this study, led by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AMSTERDAM — Results of a prospective pilot study of cervical intervertebral disc allograft transplantations ...

Cervical disc replacement may be used to treat the symptoms of cervical myelopathy or radiculopathy, associated with cervical disc degeneration. Cervical myelopathy is a narrowing of the spinal canal ...

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 ...

This week we are going to discuss the complex topic of disc injury, particularly, disc injuries in the neck and how they present themselves. The intervertebral discs are fibrocartilaginous pads made ...

Cervical degenerative disc disease results from spinal spondylosis and causes deterioration of the intervertebral discs of the cervical spine. Desiccation of the discs leads to collapse of the index ...