Tag: Cure

Diabetes and Spinal Cord Injury

People with spinal cord disorders are more Prone than most to developing type 2 diabetes. But the condition can be managed and even reversed...

Blowing away a sniff of a cure

Andrew Commons is determined to walk again - utterly determined. As well as following an intensive daily exercise regime, he's also undergone courses of...

Good News & Bad News-Reeve Paralysis Act

Dear fellow advocates- Here at U2FP, we have good news and bad news. The bad news first-Yet again, the CDRPA did not pass into law....

Published Study Shows Oxycyte Successfully Reduces Oxygen Shortages in a Spinal Cord Injury Model

COSTA MESA, Calif., Jul 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. OXBO today announced that a study to be published in the...

Overseas treatment risky

Stem cell procedures lack evidence PHILADELPHIA — In February, Marcela DeVivo took her baby son to the Dominican Republic and paid $30,000 to have him...

Clinton woman to get stem cell transplant in China

Sonya Watson hasn't walked since a terrifying wreck left her a quadriplegic, but she still dreams of getting out of her wheelchair. This week, those...

Christopher Reeve – A true superhero

2008 has been a year marred by injuries to horses and people riding them. When I see a rider go down, it reminds me of...

Stem-cell tourism troubles experts

In February, Marcela DeVivo took her baby son to the Dominican Republic and paid $30,000 to have him injected with blood stem cells from...

‘We plan to bring out innovative tailor-made cells for diseases’

Chennai: Can you gain anything from someone whose job has not been determined? In sports, the guy who sits on the bench can only...

Preventing Paralysis- Healthy Life

PREVENTING PARALYSIS BACKGROUND: According to the Spinal Cord Injury Information Network, there are about 11,000 new cases of spinal cord injuries each year in the...