Tag: Drugs and Medication
Stem cell advocates plan strategy
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- Scientists gather routinely at the Texas Medical Center to share research. But they are meeting this weekend in enemy territory...
Fetal Cells Nix Rules, Fix Hearts
Ten heart failure patients who received controversial fetal stem cell injections are all showing signs of rapid recovery three months after the treatment, surgeons...
Caring for Your Baby’s Health – What New Dads Need to Know
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2005--Awaiting the birth of a newborn can be as daunting as it is exhilarating for many dads-to-be. Many expectant fathers...
Alternative Stem Cell Bill Added to Debate
With a closely divided House poised to vote today on whether to expand federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, opponents are offering...
Autonomic Dysreflexia
Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD), also known as Hyperreflexia, is a potentially dangerous complication of spinal cord injury (SCI). In AD, an individual's blood pressure may...
Spinal Cord Injury Treatment and Cure Research
When someone sustains a spinal cord injury (SCI), one of the most difficult issues to deal with is that there is no "cure" at...
About Pressure Sores
A Pressure Sore (or bed sore) is an injury to the skin and tissue under it. Sitting or lying in the same position will...
SCI Rehabilitation
It is very important to be confident about the quality of care you or a loved one will receive when entering a Rehabilitation program....
What is a Physiatrist?
Many people are unaware that there is a special branch of medicine specifically dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of physical Disability. Physiatrists are...
What is “Autonomic Dysreflexia?”
Autonomic Dysreflexia, also known as Hyperreflexia, means an over-activity of the Autonomic Nervous System causing an abrupt onset of excessively high blood pressure. Persons...
