Monthly Archives: November 2007
Spinal Cord Injury Persons Go Scuba Diving
Spinal cord injury persons enjoy scuba diving.
Developing Drugs To Limit Massive Cell Death After Spinal Cord Injury
ScienceDaily (Nov. 12, 2007) — Neurons die en masse when the spinal cord is injured or when a person suffers a stroke. Researchers of...
New Technology Can Be Operated By Thought
ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2007) — Neuroscientists have significantly advanced brain-machine interface (BMI) technology to the point where severely handicapped people who cannot contract even...
New Clinical Trials Could Open ‘Golden Era’ In Spinal Cord Injury And ALS Research
ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2007) — New experimental therapies are being -- or soon may be -- tested in clinical trials that could open the...
Acorda Therapeutics CEO Inducted into Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame
HAWTHORNE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.® (Nasdaq:ACOR) today announced that Ron Cohen, M.D., its President and CEO, has been inducted into the SCI Hall of...
Quick action key with neck injuries
This is the second article in a three-part series about head and neck injuries in football and how prepared local sports programs are in...
Woman battles back from spinal cord injury
A San Antonio woman has made a remarkable recovery from an accident that could have left her bedridden.
Her story of recovery is nothing short...
This is about finding cures, not cloning humans
AS I SEE IT: This is about finding cures, not cloning humans
I am a bit perplexed as to who Cures Without Cloning is actually...
Woodford swim star’s plans derailed
AFTER ACCIDENT, HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SEES VICTORY IN SMALLER STROKES
VERSAILLES --For Dusty Hicks, senior year was going to be huge.
Other kids may get...
PROBLEMS PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED ATHLETES FACE
The number of physically impaired athletes, who includes wheelchair athletes, amputees, and athletes with cerebral palsy, visual impaired and intellectually impaired athletes has substantially...