http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Cervical-Spondylosis-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:52:53 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/Mountain-Biking-Results-In-Serious-Injuries-7177-1.htm When viewed from the point of view of sport, mountain biking has always been considered safe in the past. But today it has become an Olympic sport, and major injuries have become quite commonplace. As many as three mountain biking injury cases have been reported by the SAGE Publications, which have resulted in cervical spine injuries, causing tetraplegia which is also known as quadriplegia. Only serious neck injuries have been reported in the research material published previously. All the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Mountain-Biking-Results-In-Serious-Injuries-7177-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=4845 Patients who come to the emergency room with cervical spinal injury may have more damage than what is detected. In a study, which is published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, say that CT imaging may be useful to detect such injuries in patients over and above the normal X-rays. The study indicates that patients with a cervical spinal injury (CSI) may harbor additional spinal damage not visible on regular x-rays. In fact, more than a third of patients who were thought to have low-risk injuries ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=4845