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Yearly Archives: 2003

Adjustment After SCI: Facts Vs. Myths

No one is happy about sustaining a spinal cord injury, and few who have experienced it will tell you it wasn't a traumatic event...

Improving SCI Care Across Cultures

Between 1997 and 2000 the NWRSCIS conducted a small study designed to evaluate and improve SCI Rehabilitation care for people from a variety of...

Monster Garage: Mercedes/Handicap Car

Episode 28: Mercedes/Handicap Car This time, Jesse wanted to make the ultimate handicap-accessible vehicle. And what Jesse wants, Jesse gets. Get details on the Mercedes/Handicap Car...

Cranberry Therapy of Urinary Tract Infections

Despite a dramatic decline in mortality due to urinary tract infections (UTI) in the last 20 years, UTI’s remain very common in people with...

Caring from a Caregiver

Caregiving will teach you many lessons. One of the most important lessons you learn, is to live your own life more fully. Caregivers...

A Cost Analysis of Spinal Cord Injury Research

Many people are raising funds for spinal cord injury (SCI) research but do not have a clear idea of what the funds are paying...

Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy

Recent press reports have claimed that hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) therapy may be beneficial for acute and even chronic spinal cord injury. HBO therapy involves...

10 TIPS FOR FAMILY CAREGIVING

1. Choose to take charge of your life. Don't let your loved one's illness or Disability always take center stage. We fall into caregiving often...

Preventing Spinal Cord Injury

As part of its ongoing prevention efforts, the FSCIPCC has proposed a "Wipe-out Spinal Cord Injury" program with a goal of reducing spinal cord...

What You Should Know About Trampolines

Using a trampoline is promoted as fun. But the growing popularity of trampolines among 8-year-olds to adults is resulting in a dramatic increase in...