2009 Holiday Gift Guide for People in Wheelchairs
Don't be intimidated when shopping for a gift for someone in a wheelchair this holiday season. We gathered some top-notch ideas from wheelchair users...
Cranberry Concentrate Reduces Occurrence of Urinary Tract Infections in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
The results of a clinical study, recently published in the journal Spinal Cord, indicate that the use of Cran-Max(R) Cranberry Concentrate for people with...
Survey on wheelchair user experiences
Research analysts at UConn invite individuals who use wheelchairs to participate in this survey and share thoughts and opinions pertaining to wheelchair use. Responses...
Bladder cancer in spinal cord injury patients
Retrospective review.Objective:Spinal cord injury is a known risk factor for bladder cancer. The risk of bladder cancer has been reported at 16-28 times higher...
Ten-year follow-up of sildenafil use in spinal cord-injured patients with erectile dysfunction
Data are sparse concerning the long-term effects of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors for erectile dysfunction (ED).
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of long-term...
“What life can I build?”
A week from Friday would have been Christopher Reeve's 57th birthday. I bring it up nine days ahead of time because it happened again...
Funding Your Way to Quality of Life
Funding can be a need when it comes to living with a spinal cord injury and keeping up with the devices and therapies that...
A C7 quadriplegic jamming out on his guitar
There's always meaning in a song, and a story behind the band that performs it. Check out the story behind 61 North. They aren't...
SCI Outcome: Environmental Factors Linked to Mortality
Just got the latest issue of Spinal Cord, the official journal of the International Spinal Cord Society. This publication is the mother ship for...
Where do stem cells come from
Also known as undifferentiated cells, stem cells are a unique type of cells that have the ability to divide rapidly and differentiate into a...
