Tag: Spinal Cord Injury

FDA Approves Diaphragm-Pacing Device

Device can help paralysis patients breathe without a Ventilator for at least four hours The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it approved...

Basic Facts about Spinal Cord Injuries

Spinal cord injuries are often physically and emotionally challenging.

Two Important Recovery Options in Paralysis and Spinal Cord

Recovering from a brain or spinal cord injury can be extremely difficult.

Spinal cord injury no bar to parenthood

But resources are few, mother's study finds Anita Kaiser always wanted to be a mother. That dream didn't change following the 1996 car crash that...

Injured surfers learn that ‘Life Rolls On’

They Will Surf Again event set for Long Branch oceanfront June 22 LONG BRANCH - Life does not stop when someone suffers a spinal cord...

Unstoppable

Justin Cochran may be disabled from the neck down, but that has not stopped him from skydiving, parasailing, hiking or organizing a golf tournament. The...

West Scranton grad won’t be slowed by injury

The last four years of Jonathan Kloss’ life have been a challenge. But not just because he took classes that pushed him and had to...

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Spinal Cord Injury Recovery - Austin, TX

New report shows locomotor training restores walking function in child with spinal cord injury

Central Nervous System may be retrained, report led by Physical Therapist shows ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 4, 2008)—A new report shows that a non-ambulatory (unable to...

Finding Clues For Nerve Cell Repair

ScienceDaily (Jun. 4, 2008) — A new study at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University identifies a key mechanism for the normal development...