Tag: Medical Technology
Stimulator Helps Spinal Cord Patients Take Giant Steps
theDevice Helps Paralyzed Pull Ankle, Toe Upwards
Eleven-thousand people in the United States suffer from spinal cord injuries each year.
Men are more at risk than...
Paralyzed Patients Get Helping Hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzhwuH7DJlE
A new device at Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital in Nashville gives paralyzed patients a helping hand. The device uses advanced electrode technology to help...
Research aims to put tongues in control of devices
ATLANTA (AP) -- The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add...
Briana Walker on Weekly ‘Holistic Living’ Talk Show August 26th, 2008
Tina Marie is excited to have Briana Walker, author of Dance Anyway on Her Weekly 'Holistic Living' Talk Show on the Voice America Network
Author...
Blowing away a sniff of a cure
Andrew Commons is determined to walk again - utterly determined. As well as following an intensive daily exercise regime, he's also undergone courses of...
The Mealtime Partner Dining System
Mealtime Partners, Inc. provides assistive technology to facilitate independent eating and drinking for those who are unable to use their hands/arms to perform these tasks independently.
Defying Western Science, Chinese Biotech Pursues Untested Stem Cell Therapy
Although Beike Biotechnology's promising stem cell treatment is unproven, patients are paying to receive the treatment in China.
Pursuing a controversial medical procedure that shows...
Up-to-minute techniques may let paraplegic walk
Utah woman works hard daily to escape from wheelchair
Four years ago, Maggie Anderson's spine was crushed when the minivan she was riding in...
Clinton woman to get stem cell transplant in China
Sonya Watson hasn't walked since a terrifying wreck left her a quadriplegic, but she still dreams of getting out of her wheelchair.
This week, those...
The Allen Institute for Brain Science today unveiled the groundbreaking Allen Spinal Cord Atlas
The Allen Institute for Brain Science today unveiled the groundbreaking Allen Spinal Cord Atlas, the world's first genome-wide map of the mouse spinal cord.
