Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Why is my spinal cord important?
Your Spinal Cord is important because without a spinal cord your brain and your body couldn't communicate with each other.
The spinal cord is the...
Fundraising for charity at the Ironman
A small group of dedicated competitors are aiming to achieve more than just completing this weekend's Ironman at Taupo.
They will be completing a fundraising...
Cord blood promises life
A state Senate bill calls for a program to educate expecting parents on the benefits of donating umbilical cord blood to stem cell research.
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Making Health Care Universally Available
New England States Struggle To Find The Right Formula
Juan Martinez had not seen a doctor in the five years since he left Peru when...
Beware the chair
Travis Oldhouser proves Quad rugby isn't for the scared, soft or squeamish
PHILADELPHIA - Metal slammed into metal in the middle of the gym.
Bodies...
Doctors treat spinal cord injury with stem cell therapy
Doctors at a hospital here have claimed they successfully used stem cell therapy to enable a 25-year-old man, who injured his spinal cord in...
Zablocki Medical Center to get federal funds for spinal unit
Milwaukee's Zablocki VA Medical Center will receive $32.5 million for a new Spinal Cord Injury Unit (SCI) under the federal Continuing Appropriations Resolution...
Top Spinal Cord Danger For Kids: Crashes
(WebMD) Motor vehicle accidents are the top cause of spinal cord injury in kids, a new study shows.
The researchers urge kids to wear...
Firm takes giant step
FOXBORO - Patients with acute spinal cord injuries could regain partial movement and sensation with the first step of what could be a giant...
Centocor Successor’s Goal: Stem-Cell Treatments
PHILADELPHIA _ Not in her wildest dreams did Anne Faulkner Schoemaker imagine she would one day run the small Malvern, Pa., company on the...
