Monthly Archives: May 2004
Roll chair, roll film … action
A Hollywood movie producer clears the path for a big-screen retelling of the Rick Hansen story Calgary native Victor Webster is
Mark Gordon, the American...
New Strides In Understanding How Walking Is Coordinated
CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have devised a genetic technique to distinguish the neurons in the spinal cord that control...
Medtronic Announces Launch of NIM-Spine System to Help Reduce the Risk Associated with Spinal...
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2004--Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced the commercial release of the NIM-Spine(TM) System neural integrity monitor, a surgeon-guided device for locating...
Weakened legs may indicate a spinal disk problem
Q. My dog “Roger” can’t use his left rear leg and now it looks as if his other rear leg is getting weak. What...
Toyota Donates Sienna Rampvan to Paralyzed Veterans of America
WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) today received the donation of a 2004 Toyota Sienna Rampvan from Toyota Motor...
Can people with SCI have sex, children?
SCI frequently affects sexual functioning. However, there are many therapies that allow people with SCI to have an active and satisfying sex life. Fertility...
Accident can’t break jockey’s spirit
Marta Loveland is recovering from injury at Les Bois
CALDWELL — Marta Loveland's racing career is over, but she longs for the day when she...
Why can’t the nerves above the injury reconnect w/ nerves below the injury? Why...
Axons that have been disconnected form the injury site must grow all the way back to their original cells to reconnect with them. Axons...
He’s still Close to perfect
For years Chuck Close has reduced faces into paintings and prints of shorthand data: Noses become dots and dashes, eyes dissolve into a mosaic...
Glimmers of hope as scientists continue their search for the ‘next big thing’
Are stem cells the holy grail for medical research?
Donna Chisholm reports on the scientific advances that might help in the battle against disease.
If Dr...
