Tag: Infections

Surgery seen to aid bladder control

WASHINGTON - Needing a wheelchair isn't always the biggest complaint of people left paralyzed by spinal cord injury — it's also the loss of...

Artists come together to aid Terry Earp

Funny how the old adages often ring true. Like the one about tragedy bringing out the best in people. In the two months since Valley...

Here’s what works to prevent bedsores

Q: My father developed some serious bedsores while he was in the hospital after surgery. Why do bedsores occur, and can they be prevented? A:...

D-Mannose Stopped my Antibiotic Resistant Urine Infections

Hi Everyone I hope this article helps you as much as it’s helped me. My name is Jason I live in the Uk and have...

Inside Out | Grateful for an infection? In a way, yes

I knew there was no cure for my paralysis. Nor was there any hope for my baldness. But this was an infectious-disease doctor on...

cotton to the core Jim MacLaren

When ex-football and lacrosse star Jim MacLaren graduated from Yale a little more than 20 years ago, he thought life's plan for him was...

Aggressive heart pacing may work best in some spinal cord patients

Patients with recurring problems with the heart slowing or stopping after a neck injury damages their Cervical spinal cord may need aggressive therapy to...

Scientists bridge’ spinal injury nerve gap

Like linemen stringing an electric cable over a gorge, a research team co-directed by a Cleveland scientist has devised a way to coax nerve...

A cure ‘will come’ for paralysing spinal injuries

An American spinal injury expert has been updating Bermuda medics on the latest developments in the care and Rehabilitation of patients who have suffered...

NUTRITION IN SPINAL CORD INJURY

We start with nutrition because it's basic to health no matter what is going on in your body systems. While you are in...