Tag: Spinal Cord Injury

Ice-Cold Innovations in Miami

The Miami Project Develops Cooling Therapy Like That Used to Treat Against all odds, Buffalo Bills' tight end Kevin Everett, who sustained a disastrous...

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...

Nonprofit group aids injured athletes

Eighteen-year-old Lars Veen, a freeskier from Norway, was training for a competition in Mammoth Mountain, Calif., when he overshot a landing during a jump,...

Everett’s mom worried but optimistic

At the bedside of paralyzed Bills player, sheembodies can-do spirit for the long road back She arrived at Millard Fillmore Hospital dressed in her Sunday...

Doctors on the Scene Acted Quickly to Treat Everett With Cold Therapy

BUFFALO, Sept. 15 — In the moments after a serious spinal cord injury paralyzed Kevin Everett of the Buffalo Bills below the shoulders, doctors...

Taichung hospital joins spinal cord injury group

China Medical University Hospital in Taichung has joined the China Spinal Cord Injury Network (ChinaSCINet) to conduct experiments into the effectiveness of stem cell...

Cooling seen aiding player’s recovery

Doctor: Action may have helped avert paralysis Doctors initially said that Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett had little chance of walking again after...

Experimental therapy may ease spinal cord injury

An experimental body cooling treatment used on an injured National Football League player offers promise for preventing paralysis in people who sustain severe spinal...

MDs Use Experimental Cooling on Everett

Doctors are following the playbook in treating Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett's severe spinal cord injury except in one notable regard: pumping icy...

Spinal cord injury hits home with Blue

An NFL player remains in the hospital with a serious spinal cord injury after making a special teams tackle and Winnipeg special teams...