Findings offer potential significance to the recovery of walking after spinal cord injury
Researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet have created a genetically modified mouse in which certain neurons can be activated by blue light. Shining...
First U.S. Stem Cells Transplanted into Spinal Cord
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- For the first time in the United States, stem cells have been directly injected into the spinal cord of a...
Underwater treadmills provide cutting-edge spinal cord injury rehab
Physical therapist Sandra Stevens first explored the use of underwater treadmills at Middle Tennessee State University with children suffering from cerebral palsy. She hypothesized...
Dad-of-two was left paralysed after he was knocked off his bicycle
Vince Barton's life will never be the same again.
The father-of-two's world was turned upside down when he was hit by a car while cycling...
Paralysed former gymnast insists: I will walk again
A gymnast who was paralysed when a lighting structure fell on her during a party in Qawra is determined that she will walk again.
Indeed,...
You can help the disabled in Haiti
Over the last couple of days, the Reeve Foundation has focused on supporting relief efforts that are directed at the people of Haiti with...
Will Spinal Cord Injuries Fall Through the Cracks in Haiti?
Haiti Needs Spine-Specific Medical Aid, Doctors Say
Medical professionals are concerned that one class of injury -- spinal cord trauma -- may not be getting...
Kentucky study advances new target for CNS drug development
A breakthrough discovery by scientists at the University of Kentucky could someday lead to new treatments for a variety of diseases of the brain,...
Cancer claims R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, 59
Teddy Pendergrass , an R&B singer who was one of the most electric and successful figures in music until a car crash 28 years...
Paralyzed Louisiana man to have experimental spinal cord surgery
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - A young man from Louisiana is traveling across the world, hoping to get help for his paralysis. On January 18th,...
