Back Surgery

Hulk Hogan sues doctors over allegedly botched back surgeries

2013-01-15 06:57:00

Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has sued the Laser Spine Institute in Florida, saying surgeries done there on his back were useless and cost him millions of dollars in revenue. Hogan went to the Institute in 2009 to get treatment for scoliosis and...

Football: Injured North Hollywood student is awarded $2.4 million [Updated]

2012-09-04 10:23:12

UCLA football: CB Anthony Jefferson could return in October

2011-08-03 16:34:07

Alvila, first gorilla born at the San Diego Zoo, dies

2010-10-05 21:34:42

Disabilities no longer a death sentence for pets

2010-10-21 21:33:59

James Levine cuts back on appearances at Metropolitan Opera, again

2011-03-21 16:33:00

Kraft Nabisco Championship: Stacy Lewis opens 3-shot lead in second round

2011-04-01 16:34:03

York senior perseveres in the face of adversity

2013-06-13 07:01:00

YORK — Philip Cragg is a polite young man with a quiet and unassuming demeanor. He doesn't like to boast about his achievements or the things he's had to overcome during his high school career. But unlike many high schoolers, Cragg, who is...

Central's Rachel Guffy proves that's anything possible

2013-06-05 19:56:00

Anything's possible. That's the message Rachel Guffy has for anyone who may be going through a tough time in their lives. Guffy, a senior at Central Catholic, encountered her share of tough times over the past eight years. But there she was on...

Spinal Surgery Helps Boones Mill Woman "Get Her Life Back"

2013-04-30 12:41:00

Imagine back pain so severe you found yourself hunched over. One Boones Mill woman endured that kind of pain for more than four years until this year when she underwent spinal surgery at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. "It was like a chronic...

Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Devices for relief from chronic nerve pain may be considered if conservative options fail

2013-02-20 02:30:05

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Eighteen months ago, I had surgery on my back to relieve the nerve pain that radiates down my leg. It didn't help as much as I'd hoped, and my doctor says additional surgery isn't likely to help. I have tried pain meds, steroid...

Devices for relief from chronic nerve pain may be considered if conservative options fail

2013-02-04 00:00:00

While guest starring on "Law & Order: SVU" in September 2009, Rosie Perez was "hauled off" by another actress during a staged fight scene, she claimed in a lawsuit she filed in 2011. Perez said she herniated her neck and had to undergo a discectomy after the incident.

2012-07-18 09:12:08