Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can increase your risk of developing osteoporosis. Some lifestyle changes may help delay or prevent its development. AS is a chronic, inflammatory condition that causes ...

It’s two years since Novartis got its Cosentyx IL-17 drug approved for the spinal disease ankylosing spondylitis, and the Swiss pharma company has new data that it hopes will allow it to compete ...

Spondyloarthritis (SpA), if not diagnosed and treated early, often leads to significant morbidity. Unfortunately, diagnosis and implementation of therapy are frequently delayed, in many cases by ...

Methods: The Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Score (SASSS) was modified by adding a score for the cervical spine and defining squaring. This modified SASSS (mSASSS) is the sum of the lumbar and ...

Comparison of laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma involving specific sites: A ...

radiographic damage of the spine and spinal inflammation as assessed by MRI in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods In this subanalysis of the Ankylosing Spondylitis Study for the ...

The condition can occur in the cervical spine (neck), thoracic spine (mid back) or the lumbar spine (lower back). Cervical and lumbar stenosis are the most common forms, with lumbar spinal stenosis ...