Ian Harris receives funding from research organisations unrelated to spinal cord stimulators. He was interviewed for the Four Corners episode referred to. Adrian C Traeger receives research funding ...

The new labeling will include outcomes from a study showing “superior back pain relief” compared to conventional spinal cord stimulation, according to a March 17 news release. Eighty-four percent of ...

Christopher Maher holds a research fellowship funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Caitlin Jones does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the ...

A 10-minute brain scan can predict the effectiveness of a risky spinal surgery to alleviate intractable pain. The result gives doctors a much-needed biomarker to discuss with patients considering ...

Living with chronic neck back pain is an unfortunate reality for millions of Americans. Dr. Glenn Harper, a neurosurgeon with Advanced Pain Care, visited with Studio 512 about a surgical intervention ...

The FDA approved Boston Scientific’s Spectra WaveWriter Spinal Cord Stimulator System. 1. The system is the first and only FDA-approved system that simultaneously provides paresthesia-based and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heart-related chest pain or angina is usually treatable with drugs or heart surgery but for people who are not helped by these approaches, spinal cord stimulation may ...

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...