Tag: Spinal Cord

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...

Everett likely paralyzed after injury

The Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett sustained a "catastrophic" and life-threatening spinal-cord injury and his chances of regaining a full range of body motion are...

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...

Optimism on Kevin Everett spinal cord injury

BUFFALO, New York: Two days after he was paralyzed during a game, and one day after doctors described his condition as potentially life-threatening, Buffalo...

Everett’s injury latest in long list of devastating hits

EDMONTON - If Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett is experiencing the "totally spectacular, totally unexpected" recovery from what the team physician earlier had...

Expert: ‘Not unrealistic’ that Bills’ Everett will walk again

A leader in spinal injury research said Tuesday he was optimistic Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett will walk again, despite a neck fracture...

High schools take care to tackle spine injuries

A Toronto-based sports therapist who has attended to teenaged athletes injured in games during the past 25 years says the number of catastrophic injuries...