Tag: Chronic Pain

Stockbridge grad overcomes accidents to graduate from UM

It was May 24, 1998, a week before Jaffer Odeh was to graduate from Stockbridge High School. He was driving home from Jackson after...

Paralyzed man lashes out at Pacman

DENVER (AP) - Tommy Urbanski fidgets in his electronic wheelchair, trying to find a comfortable position. No luck. The pain just shifts. Urbanski, paralyzed from an...

He’s come back from the depths

Ensenada — THE marathon swimmer churned a solitary path through the chilly current, his wave-sculpted shoulders and arms dragging his lifeless legs through the...

Marsupial Genome Sequence to Advance Human Health Studies

Newswise — Being announced this week in the journal Nature is the sequencing of the genome of the gray, short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica, an...

Former clinic surgeon sues ex-employer

MADISON - Was a former Marshfield Clinic neurosurgeon an overly aggressive practitioner whose zeal to heal resulted in unnecessary and risky surgeries, or did...

Celling the Elixir of life

Stem Cell therapy is being touted as the answer to many chronic ailments. But even as research is being done, many are already benefitting...

Cord blood banking called ‘biological insurance’ – but is it worth the cost?

(CP) - Tania and Michael Gurr are expecting their first child in July, and among the decisions the soon-to-be parents must make - from...

‘Problem is, they think a jockey’s life is only worth $100,000’

CITRA, Fla. -- Remi Gunn, 47, remembers making her move aboard Betty Sue on Aug. 6, 2003, at Ellis Park Thoroughbred Race Track in...

Acupuncture and Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injuries are extremely serious. Acupuncture for a spinal cord injury can bring relief to chronic pain and improve your quality of life. Among...

The hunt for a cure

Schererville woman draws strength from dad's example, commits to triathlon SCHERERVILLE | Malini Goel, 34, looks to her father as an example of an ordinary...