Tag: Spinal Cord Injury

Road to independence

St. Teresa man recovering from spinal cord injury suffered in car accident Michael Curran is inching his way back to independence. Curran, 32, of St. Teresa...

Everett leaves hospital 10 weeks after injury

Bills tight end Kevin Everett has been released from a Houston hospital to resume his next phase of rehab, 10 weeks since sustaining a...

Spinal Cord Injury Persons Go Scuba Diving

Spinal cord injury persons enjoy scuba diving.

Developing Drugs To Limit Massive Cell Death After Spinal Cord Injury

ScienceDaily (Nov. 12, 2007) — Neurons die en masse when the spinal cord is injured or when a person suffers a stroke. Researchers of...

New Technology Can Be Operated By Thought

ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2007) — Neuroscientists have significantly advanced brain-machine interface (BMI) technology to the point where severely handicapped people who cannot contract even...

New Clinical Trials Could Open ‘Golden Era’ In Spinal Cord Injury And ALS Research

ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2007) — New experimental therapies are being -- or soon may be -- tested in clinical trials that could open the...

Acorda Therapeutics CEO Inducted into Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame

HAWTHORNE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.® (Nasdaq:ACOR) today announced that Ron Cohen, M.D., its President and CEO, has been inducted into the SCI Hall of...

Quick action key with neck injuries

This is the second article in a three-part series about head and neck injuries in football and how prepared local sports programs are in...

Woman battles back from spinal cord injury

A San Antonio woman has made a remarkable recovery from an accident that could have left her bedridden. Her story of recovery is nothing short...

This is about finding cures, not cloning humans

AS I SEE IT: This is about finding cures, not cloning humans I am a bit perplexed as to who Cures Without Cloning is actually...