Tag: Drugs and Medication

Nerve Cells Successfully Regenerated Following Spinal Cord Injury

Newswise — Using a combination of therapies and cell grafts, a team of University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine researchers has...

Tissue-Protective Cytokine Technology in Neurologic Injury

OSSINING, N.Y., July 8/PRNewswire/ -- Warren Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Warren), a company engaged in developing novel treatments for devastating injuries and diseases, today announced the...

Unbelted motorists risk neck injury from air bags

Air bags have never been an excuse for failing to "buckle up," but a new study finds that, in a crash, seat belt shirkers...

Stem cell quest takes family to Bahamas

FENTON TWP. - Giving Karly Pollack a second chance at a normal life may come from an experimental stem cell transplant not performed in...

Differing Views on Controversal Stem-Cell Research

`Research is promising' With all the recent discussions surrounding stem-cell research and former First Lady Nancy Reagan's support of this research, I am encouraging all...

Robot aids the spinal-cord injured

Lokomat helps people with paralysed legs simulate walking movements In an attempt to get the brain to signal the body to walk again, doctors are...

Patients Speak Out on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, patients gathered for a press conference on Capitol Hill to echo the Congressional calls on President Bush...

Lawmakers in U.S. House Propose to Expand Stem-Cell Funding

June 23 (Bloomberg) -- A Republican and a Democrat in the U.S. House introduced a measure that would lift President George W. Bush's limits...

Medtronic Announces FDA Approval of Smaller Implantable Drug Pump for Chronic Pain, Severe Spasticity

New programmable pump features greater accuracy, larger reservoirs and longer refill intervals, making treatments more convenient and easier to manage Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT), today announced...

Cambridge Opens Embryo Stem Cell Center

LONDON - Cambridge University said Monday it will open a center for human embryonic stem cell research to develop treatments for currently incurable diseases...