Tag: Spinal Cord
Shepherd Center plans $48 million expansion
Shepherd Center, an Atlanta hospital specializing in care for patients with catastrophic injuries and illnesses, plans a $48 million expansion that will nearly double...
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...
Injuries are almost always preventable
Ron Roskos literally fell into his job as head of the Utah Brain Injury Association.
Roskos was walking across the parking lot to work as...
Antibiotic could help with spinal cord injury paralysis
Researchers have found that a commonly prescribed antibiotic could be used to help prevent paralysis and other long-term Functional deficits associated with a partial...
FAMU, alumni rally for injured students
Florida A&M students and alumni rallied Monday in support of a student who was paralyzed and two fellow performers who remain hospitalized after their...
Nervous System — Groups of Nerves
Your nervous system is composed of the Central Nervous System, the cranial nerves, and the Peripheral nerves. The brain and spinal cord together...
No ‘high’ from cannabis pain drugs?
Scientists believe they may have found a way for cannabis chemicals to relieve chronic pain - without the "high" linked with the drug.
The team,...
Veterans Groups Express Need for Mandatory Funding of VA Health Care
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As veterans across the country continue to face health care rationing and longer waiting times due to inadequate...
