Spinal Cord Injuries News

A WOMAN who broke her back last year is now training to run the distance of eight marathons in eight days.

Funded through a three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, the drug to mitigate damage has already proven effective in mice at UCSF.

A new technology to prevent bed sores in patients confined to a bed or in wheelchairs is being tested in Alberta hospitals.

Electronic shorts that stimulate muscles in people with spinal cord injuries could help prevent painful and costly bedsores, researchers in Alberta say.

Some pet dachshunds, beagles and corgis with spinal cord injuries will undergo an experimental treatment that could, if proven effective, be used on people with similar injuries.

Ryan Gilbert, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation.

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The Beaufort County Disabilities and Special Needs Department moved from cramped, inadequate quarters into a new building with the space and design to meet its goal: "to support people with autism, mental retardation and related disabilities, head injuries, spinal cord injuries and similar disabilities and promote their pursuit of life goals and ... (more)

There's agreement about an increased number of H1N1 swine flu and other flu cases in Mexico this season, but while newspapers are warning of a worrisome rise in cases, federal and state officials say the number of cases is within the normal range and there is no cause for alarm.

An experimental drug being tested in dogs with spinal cord injuries could one day help humans, too.

A rapid oral test called OraQuick that collects mouth fluids to diagnose HIV is nearly as accurate as traditional blood tests, says a new study from a group out of McGill University.

Last week a historic precedent was set: The first reality show to feature the lives of female wheelchair-users was green-lighted by the Sundance Channel.

Dogs with spinal cord injuries may soon benefit from an experimental drug being tested by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences - work that they hope will one day help people with similar injuries.

The services will be offered at the Department of Public Health and Social Services to children who have orthopedic conditions, burns, and spinal cord injuries until Jan.

A dozen relay runners in bright yellow jackets and a dozen more people with spinal cord injuries in wheelchairs greeted the Man in Motion back to Health Sciences Centre Saturday.

An experimental drug being tested on dachshunds and other dogs with spinal cord damage may eventually lead to new treatments for people with similar injuries.

For the first time ever, stem cells from umbilical cords have been converted into other types of cells, which may eventually lead to new treatment options for spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis , among other nervous system diseases.

The organization is engaged in research and specialist work in fields such as cancer, spinal cord injuries, liver transplantation, neurology, mental health, endocrinology and rehabilitation.

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. , a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries , and Geisinger Health System today announced a research collaboration to conduct a preclinical study using InVivo's injectable biocompatible hydrogel for the treatment of chronic pain caused by peripheral nerve compression.