Monthly Archives: September 2007
One player’s pain paying off for fallen Bill
MIAMI: This is a story about good karma, with a tough beginning, a ton of tears, but a happy ending.
On Oct. 26, 1985, a...
What is the spinal cord?
This may seem to be silly question but, until people get spinal cord injury or know somebody who is, most pay little attention...
To Wait or Not to Wait: Overseas’ Stem Cell Treatments
We at Stemblog have decided to weigh in on the medical tourism issue, which is fueled by the lack of adequate curative treatments available...
Steps to a Cure
Kevin Everett, the Buffalo Bills player who was paralyzed after breaking his neck on the football field, will soon walk. That’s what doctors said...
New Spinal Cord Injuries Study Says Conducting Surgeries Earlier Could Prevent More Nerve Damage
A new study reveals that conducting surgeries earlier when treating spinal cord injuries could lead to better results and less damage to injury victims.
Currently,...
Drug can help patients heal from spinal cord injuries
According to the Spinal Cord Injury Information Network, there are about 11,000 new spinal cord injuries each year. Car accidents have been responsible for...
GPS-like Technology Helps Pinpoint Best Methods For Moving Injured Players
Science Daily — The 15 minutes it took to remove Buffalo Bills player Kevin Everett off the field after he suffered a spinal cord...
Ice-Cold Innovations in Miami
The Miami Project Develops Cooling Therapy Like That Used to Treat
Against all odds, Buffalo Bills' tight end Kevin Everett, who sustained a disastrous...
Analog chip could be Rx for spinal cord injury
There's a reason that a broken neck or back is considered to be one of the most tragic of injuries. If the spinal cord...
Nonprofit group aids injured athletes
Eighteen-year-old Lars Veen, a freeskier from Norway, was training for a competition in Mammoth Mountain, Calif., when he overshot a landing during a jump,...
