Tag: Spinal Cord
Motorsports Legends Richard and Kyle Petty Make ‘Pit Stop’ to Meet Paralyzed Veterans at...
Richard and Kyle Petty, in advance of the Crown Royal Presents Dan Lowry 400, May 3 at the Richmond (VA) International Raceway, will drop...
Spinal cord injury research hampered by animal models
Scientists say difficulty lies in extrapolating animal data to humans
Washington—Research on traumatic spinal cord injuries is hampered by a reliance on animal experiments that...
The Quest for a Cure: Paving the Way in Paraplegic Research
World's Leading Spinal Cord Scientists Meet in Salzburg, Austria
SANTA MONICA, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 28, 2008 -- The foremost spinal cord injury researchers from the U.S....
Quick Decompression Aids Spinal Injury Recovery
(HealthDay News) -- Patients having decompression surgery within 24 hours of a Cervical spinal cord injury may have a better outcome than those who...
Surviving Paralysis
SurvivingParalysis.com facilitates the sharing of information between people with paralysis and other forms of disability, and in so doing, unite people like myself that...
Show support for Wheels in Motion
A team of volunteers in Surrey is preparing to organize the sixth annual Rick Hansen Wheels In Motion, presented by Scotiabank and taking place...
New stem cell therapy for spinal injuries
Namita's life came to a standstill the day she suffered a spinal cord injury 16 years ago. Bound to a wheelchair all these years,...
New clinic opens at the Temple VA hospital
Military veterans with spinal cord injuries have a new place to get the specialized help they need in Central Texas.
The VA Hospital in Temple...
Fil-Am is most severely wounded Iraq veteran
The most severely wounded and disabled US soldier to return home from Iraq is a Filipino-American by the name of Joseph “Jay” Briseno Jr....
Spinal cord injury victims get support
Lena Schoemaker has always been an athlete. She played varsity basketball and softball and ran cross country at West High. A big part of...
