spinal
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Researchers then examined spinal tissue using high-resolution imaging and measured responses to pressure, heat, and movement.
From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026
Brendon was open about his health struggles, including a heart attack, and underwent two spinal surgeries for cauda equina syndrome, a rare condition that can affect movement as well as bladder and bowel function.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
By 2023, he had a heart attack and was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and cauda equina syndrome, the latter led to several spinal surgeries.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
His serious spinal injury was triggered by a fall in 2021, which required emergency surgery to prevent paralysis, his manager Theresa Fortier said in a statement at the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
The spiked branch barely brushed over the long spinal quills quivering along his arched back, and in my haste I let go of the stake.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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