Boy wins battle with state for care
Birth-injury program loses as high court says it won't hear appeal
A state program to help children injured at birth has lost a 2½-year legal...
Botox curbs incontinence from spinal cord injury
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Injections of Botox, or botulinum toxin-type A, appear useful in the treatment of drug-resistant urinary Incontinence due to traumatic...
Bush’s embryonic stem cell stance helps to keep her in a wheelchair
(July 25, 2006) — A budding young artist eagerly applies himself to developing his talent, but he's frustrated when his teachers allow him to...
Adult Stem Cell Research Benefits Spinal Cord Patients Like Christopher Reeve
Lisbon, Portugal (LifeNews.com) -- Before his death, Superman actor Christopher Reeve captured the hearts of millions with his deeply felt pitch for taxpayer funding...
Cowboy’s career on line after second blow to neck
NORTH Queensland Cowboys doctor Greg Winter will urge prop Robert Tanielu to consider his playing future as he battles his second serious neck injury...
The Advocate
Don Reed, a tireless proponent for stem cell research, is on a quest to see his son walk again
IN AN AUDITORIUM at San Francisco's...
Spinal Cord Injuries Improved Years Later with Patients’ Own Olfactory Cells
LISBON, July 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A team of researchers from Hospital de Egas, Lisbon, Portugal and Wayne State University Medical School in Michigan,...
Despite Bush Veto, Stem Cell Research Abounds
Never mind Wednesday's presidential veto on expanded federal funding of stem cell lines. Stem cell research is alive and well at a host of...
Panel OKs spinal injury unit at Zablocki center
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved $32.5 million to build a new spinal cord injury unit at the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center...
Aggressive heart pacing may work best in some spinal cord patients
Patients with recurring problems with the heart slowing or stopping after a neck injury damages their Cervical spinal cord may need aggressive therapy to...
