Scoliosis is a lateral deformity of the spine, that most often shows up in young children and adolescents. Besides resulting in disfigurement, in some cases it can also cause breathing problems. 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.

About four in 100 children are diagnosed with scoliosis, a sideways bending of the spine. Scoliosis most often occurs just before puberty. Alexis Van Voorst was diagnosed with severe scoliosis when ...

Six-year-old Stanley Wesemeyer is extremely active. But when he was younger, early onset scoliosis hindered his childhood fun. Nearly 100,000 kids in the United States share Stanley’s condition and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of a magnetically controlled growing rod for non-invasive outpatient distractions in the treatment of ...

ATLANTA - Now 10, Anna Connolly has been a regular at the doctor's office since she was just six, when her mother Tiffany noticed a curve at the top of Anna's spine. "And you could see, because she ...

(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 ...

Scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, can pose a serious problem for a child – and in some instances can be fatal. But there are developments in its treatment that come as welcome news to ...

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 ...

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 ...

LYON, France — Placement of a single rod with hybrid fixation to correct scoliosis in 41 children with Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy proved safe and durable, according to a presenter at the EuroSpine ...