Yearly Archives: 2003
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) With Spinal Cord Injuries
What is a urinary tract infection?
When bacteria get into your bladder or kidneys and cause you to have symptoms, you have a Urinary Tract...
Spinal Cord Injury Facts & Statistics
Think you know the facts about spinal cord injuries? Here is some information that may surprise you.
Who Do Spinal Cord Injuries Affect in...
Average yearly expenses?
Average Yearly Expenses
Severity of Injury
First Year
Each Subsequent Year
High Quad(C1-C4)
$572,178
$102,491
Low Quad(C5-C8)
$369,488
$41,983
Paraplegia
$209,074
$21,274
Incomplete any Level
$168,627
$11,817
These figures do not include any indirect costs such as losses in...
How Nerve Cells Grow
FRIDAY, July 25 (HealthDayNews) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have identified a protein that promotes the growth of tentacle-like axons on nerve...
Craig Hospital to launch experimental spine therapy
An experimental therapy that has shown promise for people with spinal cord injuries will soon be available in the metro area. The process, called...