Tag: Chronic Pain
Lawyer overcomes life’s trials
Steve Peters knows trials and tribulations. Only a few, however, are related to his work as a lawyer.
Twenty-five years ago, Peters was terribly injured...
Special treatment for Iraqi war victim
13-year-old girl is victim of a wayward U.S. mortar
If there is one true thing about war, it is that even the innocent suffer. And...
Medical Breakthroughs: Baclofen Pump
It's been more than 12 years since Michael Wolfe suffered a debilitating stroke.
"I lost the use of my left arm and left leg, left...
Grant to aid spinal cord study
A team of scientists at Robarts Research Institute has been awarded nearly $1 million to accelerate its work on finding new ways to treat...
Current Understanding
To understand how treatment for spinal cord injury can be improved, it is important to understand the normal spinal cord and its functions, how...
Secondary damage
Damage to the spinal cord does not stop with the initial injury, but continues in the hours following trauma. Paradoxically, this delayed, secondary damage...
Spinal Injury Psychological And Social Problems
Spinal Cord Injury Can Result In Significant Psychological And Social Problems
Research from the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, has confirmed...
FAMU, alumni rally for injured students
Florida A&M students and alumni rallied Monday in support of a student who was paralyzed and two fellow performers who remain hospitalized after their...
No ‘high’ from cannabis pain drugs?
Scientists believe they may have found a way for cannabis chemicals to relieve chronic pain - without the "high" linked with the drug.
The team,...
How does the spinal cord work?
Neurons (nerve cells) in the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerve send axons (nerve fibers) up and down the spinal cord in spinal...
