Tag: Drugs and Medication
Stretching the limits to heal spinal cords
For years, scientists have been trying to make injured spinal cords grow back, with limited success.
Lying awake in bed one night, neurobiologist Douglas H....
ADAPT Kicks Off National Days of Action in Nashville, Tennessee
Hundreds of Disability Rights Activists Blockade Traffic Around the State Capital
Nashville, TN: Nearly sixty people were cited and a half dozen were arrested in...
Castaic Paraplegic to Walk Marathon Finish
This morning, for the second year in a row, Castaic resident and Web site designer Marc Richards, paralyzed from the middle of his chest...
Ohio Supreme Court Supports Ohio State in Animal Rights Lawsuit
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ohio Supreme Court today ruled against a national animal...
Two Different Therapies Show Promise for Some With Partial Spinal Cord Injury
Body weight-supported treadmill training isn't more effective than conventional mobility Rehabilitation for restoring movement to those with partial spinal cord injury, according to a...
Improving Recovery from Spinal Cord Injuries: New $3.7 Million Grant Will Create Comprehensive Rehabilitation...
Georgetown To House One of Only Six Similar NIH-Funded Programs in the Country
March 6, 2006, Washington, DC — Each year, nearly 11,000 Americans suffer...
TRANSLATIONAL PAIN RESEARCH
Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury:
Almost every patient that suffers from a spinal cord injury suffers from pain. With each person, the pain varies in...
SCI Prevention is Crucial to Decreasing the Impact on Individuals and Society
Newswise — According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), an estimated 250,000 to 450,000 people in the United States are living with...
Rehab Methods Equally Good at Restoring Walking Ability
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 - When getting patients with incomplete spinal cord injuries back on their feet and walking, either of two rehab approaches...
Geron wants to test stem-cell spinal cord treatment in humans
Scientists have made stunning progress helping paralyzed rats and mice walk again by injecting them with stem cells. Now researchers at Geron of Menlo...
