A new option to treat scoliosis in children could help some kids avoid multiple surgeries to reposition pins as they age. Scoliosis, a curvature of the spine, is the most common spinal disorder in ...

Doctors at Nemours Children's Hospital in Delaware are treating a common spine condition with something called "magic rods." For one little girl with scoliosis, the rods are making a big difference.

(KUTV) There’s a new way for doctors to treat young children with severe scoliosis. Magnetically controlled growing rods, also known as MAGEC rods, allow kids with scoliosis to make fewer trips to the ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. For a long time, spinal fusion was the only surgery to treat ...

The duo at Ochsner Children's work with patients with varying degrees of scoliosis, a curving of the spine. Here's the story.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Doctors at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Delaware are treating scoliosis, a common spine condition, with something they call “magic rods.” The technology is called magnetic ...

A surgical magnetic rod system used to treat scoliosis in children has a high failure rate, necessitating multiple surgeries and causing significant morbidity in these young patients, new research ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An initial set of growing rods may be successful in children with early onset scoliosis. A second set of growing ...

NUST MISIS scientists jointly with their colleagues from the Ecole de Technologie Superiore (Montreal, Canada) have experienced a new combination of alloy processing that produces solid and durable ...

Maximum mouth opening, which is lower in children with spinal muscular atrophy compared to healthy kids, can be accurately measured during the first 2 years of life. Here’s why that matters. Ethnicity ...