Tag: Chronic Pain
How gender affects living with traumatic spinal cord injuries
Although men and women who have suffered traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) report comparable levels of psychological well-being, recent studies have found that older...
Paralympic athletes shooting for awareness
Don't pity the women on the USA Wheelchair Basketball team.
That's the message from South University's Mary Vacala, appointed to the medical staff for the...
The Evolution of Cervical Disc Surgery
ORLANDO, Fla.,/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PainCare Holdings, Inc. (Amex: PRZ) is proud to present an industry introspective entitled "The Evolution of Cervical Disc Surgery" authored by...
Combination Strategy Promotes Better Recovery of Walking
Investigators at The Miami Project have designed a new triple combination strategy that opens up new possibilities in the search for successful treatments for...
Don’t bet against him
MT. VERNON — Had he been able, he would have leaped out of his bed, fists raised. If his legs had responded, if his...
Antibody Block Helps Regenerate Spinal Cord
An Antibody treatment that neutralizes a nerve growth inhibitor has repaired damaged spinal cords in rats and could do the same in humans.
Researcher Lisa...
I’m going to walk again
16-year-old who woke up paralyzed hasn't lost his will or his faith
Zack Murphy got a necktie not long before Father's Day this year, an...
The long road back
Pam Malcolm won't let a near-fatal car crash deter her from attaining her goals.
Pam Malcolm, 20, of Colchester is slowly but surely recovering from...
Yale researchers receive $4.5 million grant to study spinal cord repair
Yale researchers Stephen G Waxman, MD and Jeffery D Kocsis have received a $4.5 million grant from the Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development...
Patients Speak Out on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, patients gathered for a press conference on Capitol Hill to echo the Congressional calls on President Bush...
