Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Stops Pulled on Nerve Regeneration
By Gabe Romain, Betterhumans Staff
"Stepping on the gas" could lead to better spinal cord treatments
A two-pronged strategy of enhancing growth and halting growth inhibitors...
Reeve Paralysis Center Sponsors Author Gary Karp
SHORT HILLS, N.J., March 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC), a program of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis...
Iowa troops, Harkin help injured Iraqi girl
WASHINGTON --- A 12-year-old Iraqi girl, who was paralyzed in a misguided U.S. mortar attack, arrived in America for treatment Saturday, thanks to the...
JUST LIKE FLOATING IN SPACE
Wheelchair users dive at Monterey aquarium
It was 5:15 p.m. and Steve Lyon was preparing to get vertical for the first time in two weeks.
Zipped...
Spinal cord injury sufferers stay busy with new group
A new spinal cord injury group in Naples is gathering steam, with weekly and monthly events to keep members busy and its first major...
Secondary damage
Damage to the spinal cord does not stop with the initial injury, but continues in the hours following trauma. Paradoxically, this delayed, secondary damage...
Woman Struck, Dragged by Truck
WILLOW OAK -- A Mulberry wo-man was seriously injured Monday night when she was struck and dragged by a vehicle driven by her boyfriend,...
American Soldiers Reunite with Iraqi Child
Andrews Air Force Base Saturday evening, February 28, 2004
Washington, DC – Two American soldiers who recently returned to the United States after completing their...
Florida accident leaves Bahamian student paralyzed
Three other Bahamians passengers injured
Twenty four year old Tavares Brown, a Bahamian student at Florida A&M University (FAMU) was paralyzed on Saturday, after the...
Spinal Injury Psychological And Social Problems
Spinal Cord Injury Can Result In Significant Psychological And Social Problems
Research from the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, has confirmed...
