Tag: Medical Technology

Cursor control at the tip of your tongue

Steering a wheelchair with your tongue sounds impressive enough. Doing so with your mouth closed and gadget-free is the feat allowed by a tongue-tracking...

Hall Of Famer Raises Money For Miami Project

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Football hall of famer Nick Buoniconti and his son are raising money and awareness for the Miami Project. The Project helped...

Is saline a solution for spine injuries?

Lowering body temperature may aid in recovery Emergency crews may one day have a potent new weapon against spinal-cord injuries -- the one used...

A chill down the spine

The quick and cooling treatment of Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett spurs interest in its use in spinal cord injuries. Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett's...

Transplants Using Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Restore Functions for Spinal Cord Injury Patients

PrimeCell Therapeutics Provides Research Support Preliminary Results Involving 38 Patients Presented at 2007 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PrimeCell(TM) Therapeutics LLC http://www.primegenbiotech.com/pg08/) today...

Drug can help patients heal from spinal cord injuries

According to the Spinal Cord Injury Information Network, there are about 11,000 new spinal cord injuries each year. Car accidents have been responsible for...

GPS-like Technology Helps Pinpoint Best Methods For Moving Injured Players

Science Daily — The 15 minutes it took to remove Buffalo Bills player Kevin Everett off the field after he suffered a spinal cord...

Analog chip could be Rx for spinal cord injury

There's a reason that a broken neck or back is considered to be one of the most tragic of injuries. If the spinal cord...

Mobility treatment

A team at University College London is developing a spinal canal implant that could improve the quality of life and life expectancy for people...

Wheelchairs roll, and rock: Spinal injury patients offer help to live life kingsize

New Delhi, August 29:* Nekram Upadhyay is 34, suffers from polio, walks with a crutch, and has won the prestigious Ford Fellowship. * Dr Tomasz...