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...example, one technique physicians learned at the workshop was to administer folic acid to a mother there months before and after pregnancy to reduce the risk of spinal disorders, Armstrong said...
...frozen-dessert evidence is mild stuff compared with the theory provided to TIME last week by a defense-team lawyer. "I think this is the work of a Colombian-type killer," he asserted. "When you see a throat cut nearly through to the spinal cord, that's often a message that the voice box has offended, or is expected...
...People who sustain spinal-cord injuries are often rushed into surgery; the idea is to relieve swelling and thus reduce the chance of permanent paralysis. But this may amount to taking an unnecessary risk. A study has found that one year after the trauma, people who went under the knife immediately were no better off, on average, than those who didn...
...Spinal problems such as "slipped" disks do not necessarily cause pain or require surgery, according to new research. The finding suggests that some doctors who detect mild abnormalities may be too quick to perform back operations...
Sometime after midnight, a neighbor out walking his dog found the bodies. Nicole, wearing only a nightgown, lay in a pool of blood, her head severed to the spinal cord. A barefoot Goldman lay nearby, his body laced with signs of a ferocious struggle and 22 knife wounds. It was the neighborhood dogs that sounded the alarm, their paws spreading a bloody mosaic on the sidewalk around the house. One of the first cops on the scene, a longtime veteran, said, "It was the bloodiest crime scene I have ever seen...