"I don't think any grown up could've handled what Alaric handled." A 2-year-old who was fighting a condition that left him paralyzed has regained his ability to walk. In December of 2020, Alaric ...

Mike Jezdimir knows firsthand how hard it is to get appropriate medical treatment for his condition, a disease of the spinal cord called transverse myelitis. He has had it for 48 years, since he was ...

The rare disease struck her spinal cord without warning, leaving an otherwise healthy 35-year-old woman suddenly disabled from the waist down. Pauline Siegel waited days for a diagnosis. When it came, ...

Former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, 46, has died several years after he revealed his battle with transverse myelitis. The rare neurological disease causes injury to the spinal cord, leading to ...

SOMERSWORTH — A 42-year-old Seacoast man is home recovering from a rare spinal disorder that temporarily left him unable to walk and could keep him out of work for months if not longer. Benjamin ...

“The damage to her spinal cord is extensive," her GoFundMe said Friends and family of a Canadian college athlete are rallying together to raise funds after she was suddenly diagnosed with a rare ...

Your spinal cord has nerves that send signals or messages back and forth between your brain and the rest of your body. Spinal cord compression occurs when a mass places pressure on the cord. A mass ...

Tethered spinal cord syndrome is a rare neurological disorder where the spinal cord is attached, or tethered, to the tissues around the spine. This tethering of the spinal cord restricts its movements ...

JoAnne Klimovich Harrop Tuesday, March 26, 2019 1:30 a.m. | Tuesday, March 26, 2019 1:30 a.m. In church with their son Alex, Eric and Amy Brown helped him stand while he held onto the pew in front.

There were only two comprehensive clinics in the world for TM until the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently opened the third multidisciplinary, comprehensive clinic for transverse myelitis at ...