The Magic Bullet: Laxative Suppositories
Medexus offers a different, faster acting, safe and sure 10mg. bisacodyl suppository. The Magic Bullet is designed to help minimize the cost and excessive...
Earliest Time Frame of Potential SCI Therapies
Many people have been asking about potential time frames of therapies that are under development for spinal cord injury. There are too many unknowns...
CRAIG FRONT-RUNNER FOR STEM CELL WORK
Craig Hospital in Englewood may become the first place in the world to transplant human stem cells into paralyzed patients in hopes of helping...
New Driving Technology for People with SCI
The UW Department of Rehabilitation Medicine recently acquired a new full-size van for its Driving Rehabilitation Program that is equipped with adaptive technology advanced...
Spasticity Evaluation System
The Spasticity Evaluation System is based on an electromechanical method of eliciting and measuring spasticity at the ankle. The system has been used to...
Ventilatory Care in Patients with SCI
The breathing muscles are supplied by nerves that emerge from the spinal cord in various locations, from the Cervical through the Lumbar levels. "Even...
Facing the Realities of Managed Care and HMOs
Bill, 55, was repairing his roof on a Saturday afternoon when he fell, sustaining a C4 spinal cord injury. He was rushed to the...
Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) typically results in sensory paralysis, or a loss of feeling in areas using nerves that connect to the spinal cord...
Improving SCI Care Across Cultures
Between 1997 and 2000 the NWRSCIS conducted a small study designed to evaluate and improve SCI Rehabilitation care for people from a variety of...
Sleep Apnea Syndrome in SCI
Sleep apnea syndrome is a disorder characterized by frequent, brief pauses in breathing during sleep, resulting in reduced oxygen flow to the brain. The...
