Tag: Treatments
Q & A with Garrett Riggs, M.D., Ph.D., about spinal cord Injuries
Garrett Riggs, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla., talks about whether retraining neurons can benefit...
Creating the best possible clinical trials
The Reeve Foundation's North American Clinical Trials Network NOA Task Force met September 24th in Dallas, TX to continue what it began last May...
Paralyzed harp technician suggests a tune for health-care reform
For years, the job of a harp technician has been a coveted position, reserved for an elite, slightly buttoned-up few. Servicing such an instrument...
The paralysis buster: Jab and exercise combination could help sufferers regain the use of...
A jab that helps heal damaged spinal cords and eases paralysis is being developed by British scientists.
It is hoped that patients such as car...
Finding the right connection after spinal cord injury
In a major step in spinal cord injury research, scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated that regenerating...
Food Dye for Spinal Injuries?
A study shows blue food dye can reduce harm to the spinal cord after injury. Dr. Jennifer Ashton explains the research to Harry Smith.
Blue food dye helps heal spinal cord injuries
WASHINGTON - A common and safe blue food dye might provide the best treatment available so far for spinal cord injuries, U.S. researchers reported...
Understanding The Aspects Of Stem Cell Therapy
Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have in them the attendance of two defining properties which makes them unique and a very interesting subject...
Blackwell’s resolve shines through
Former softball star never says never
Tara Blackwell finished another workout Thursday at the Andrews Institute. All part of the process.
The routine stays consistent, just...
Girl seeks stem cell treatment to regain mobility
A 17-year-old girl who suffered a spinal cord injury after being involved in an accident at an open-air disco in Qawra is hoping to...
