Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Jim Silcock
I want to share with you a little bit about my husband and our family. I think that my husband is truly an...
Friends of Moses Website
Moses is a C3, C4, & C5 injury like me. Moses great friends have made him a very nice website. I think this site...
ProNeuron to test spinal cord treatment in U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - ProNeuron Biotechnologies Inc. on Monday said it was beginning U.S. clinical trials of an ambitious new drug aimed at improving...
Christopher Reeve, Scientists Share Honor
Actor Christopher Reeve, two scientists who discovered an arthritis therapy and a researcher who helped show how cells read their genes have won prestigious...
Monkey test offers hope to paralysed
The treated monkeys, which had suffered paralysis in one hand, regained 80 per cent of the movement they had lost.
Up to 12 months of...
New study may explain spinal cord pain
BY PAULA BRADY - Staff Reporter
A new study by Yale researchers has found a possible explanation for chronic pain in patients with spinal cord...
Spinal Cord Injury Treatment and Cure Research
When spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs, one of the most difficult issues to deal with is that there is no “cure” at the...
NUTRITION AND DIET
After a spinal cord injury, three primary areas of nutritional concern are: regulation of bowel habits, skin care, and weight management. Dietary habits affect...
Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
This InfoSheet is based in large part on "Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Features, Prevalence, and Taxonomy"* by Philip J. Siddal, Robert P....
Blocking immune response to spinal cord injury can improve chances for recovery
People who suffer spinal cord injuries may have a greater chance of recovery if treated with drugs that block the body’s own Immune Response...
