Tag: Urinary Tract Infection

Parents of injured 14-year-old gymnast stay hopeful

14-year-old Richland girl recovering from spinal cord injury after tumbling accident The parents of a Richland teenager hurt in a gymnastics accident spoke yesterday of...

Stem cell researcher hopes to slow paralysis, MS

One of the country's leading stem cell researchers said Monday night that his work one day could help those with spinal cord injuries and/or...

Cutting-Edge Research on Repair of Spinal Cord Injuries Presented in Journal of Neurotrauma

Exciting advances in the research effort to develop and refine novel techniques for repairing injured spinal cords have led to promising strategies for regenerating...

Paralysis Cure Worth Waiting For

Every time I turn around I seem to read about some paralyzed person who's traveled to a far-flung country for a miracle treatment not...

Spinal Cord Cures in China

China could provide a new network to safely test therapies for paralyzed patients. A growing number of patients are heading to China for experimental therapies,...

Stem cell implant is outside mainstream

SOUTH BEND -- In his quest to help victims of spinal cord injury, Dr. Steven Hinderer admits he's ventured outside the comfort zone of...

UI Research Aims To Help Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

Richard Shields, Ph.D., University of Iowa professor in the Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, can foresee a time when it might...

Spinal Cord Injury Research Advocate at Keene State College

KEENE, N.H. 4/3/06 - On Wednesday, April 12, Travis Roy, the author of Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage, and Triumph, will...

Brain Cells From Adults Repair Spinal Cord Injury in Mice

Scientists from Canada have found that spinal cord paralysis in rats can be eased / repaired by transplanting brain cells taken from the adult...

Spinal Cord Injury and Pregnancy

Spinal cord trauma is most often due to accidents and usually involve the Cervical and Thoracic spine. Spinal cord injuries do not prevent conception,...