Tag: Drugs and Medication
Heat a danger for disabled
Those paralyzed can't detect effects of high temperatures
Not quite a year after a surfing accident left him a quadriplegic, Robert "Buzz" Chmielewski was at...
Spinal cord bridge bypasses injury to restore mobility
Cleveland -- The body's spinal cord is like a super highway of nerves. When an injury occurs, the body's policing defenses put up a...
$5 million in new state stem cell research funding
Gov. Blagojevich announces recipients of $5 million in new state stem cell research funding
Funds awarded to seven state university stem cell research projects
CHICAGO –...
Anti-Ban Billionaires
Billionaire cash has kept embryonic stem-cell research alive--just barely.
Anti-abortion crusaders see research on embryonic stem cells as something akin to murder. Eli Broad sees...
Disabled People ‘Left Behind’ in Emergency Planning
During Hurricane Katrina, Benilda Caixeta, a New Orleans resident with Quadriplegia, tried for two days to seek refuge at the Superdome. Despite repeated phone...
Green light for stem cell program
SAN FRANCISCO — California's stem cell agency last week approved a four-year, $151 million grant program focused solely on human embryonic stem cell research...
The spinal cord – The brain and body connector
The spinal cord is the all-important switchbox that connects the brain with the body. It's like a big bundle of wires entering a telephone...
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center has over 50 years of experience providing quality care for persons with physical disabilities. In the 1950's, Rancho...
The University of Michigan Model SCI System
The University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System has been in existence since 1985. It is part of one of the most...
Mount Sinai
The Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System (MS-SCI-MS) provides comprehensive care to meet the diverse needs of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI)....
