Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan May Have Many Roles In Spinal Cord Injury Repair
The proteoglycan chondroitin sulfate (CSPG) plays an important role not just in the formation of the glial scar but also in the repair of...
Diabetes and Spinal Cord Injury
People with spinal cord disorders are more Prone than most to developing type 2 diabetes. But the condition can be managed and even reversed...
Though grouped together, quadri- and tetraplegics are different
My readers have asked me, "What is a tetraplegic?" It's time to answer their questions.
I am a tetraplegic. Because you won't find Adah Marie...
New U.S. Medicare Policy Encourages Healthier Approach to Bladder Management and Catheter Use
Coloplast supports critical change in Catheter guidelines giving consumers choices, cutting healthcare costs and reducing exposure to bacteria
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --...
Published Study Shows Oxycyte Successfully Reduces Oxygen Shortages in a Spinal Cord Injury Model
COSTA MESA, Calif., Jul 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. OXBO today announced that a study to be published in the...
A BACTERIAL PARTNERSHIP
Elsewhere, I have discussed various approaches for controlling urinary tract infections (UTIs) that help preserve the effectiveness of life-saving antibiotics when they're really needed....
Bladder Cancer In Spinal Cord Injury Patients
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Finally, University of California at Irvine investigators retrospectively evaluated 32/1319 (2.4%) SCI patients who developed bladder cancer that was detected...
New report shows locomotor training restores walking function in child with spinal cord injury
Central Nervous System may be retrained, report led by Physical Therapist shows
ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 4, 2008)—A new report shows that a non-ambulatory (unable to...
Varied therapies for spinal cord injury
There is no cure for a spinal cord injury, but much headway has been made in clinical research that could lead to one. Other...
Quick Decompression Aids Spinal Injury Recovery
(HealthDay News) -- Patients having decompression surgery within 24 hours of a Cervical spinal cord injury may have a better outcome than those who...
