Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 09:57 PM EST [
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News Alert for: spinal cord injury
Highway to Recovery Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA Millimake is recovering from a spinal cord injury . Jim Craven 3/24/2008Jim Craven By Sanne Specht The patient and the physical therapist are locked in ... See all stories on this topic
The pain barrier that has to be broken The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK The extent of her injury went undetected for months, the debris pressed on to her spinal cord and the damage could not be repaired. ... See all stories on this topic
Life's hard lesson for Clayton family man Oakleigh Monash Leader - Blackburn,Australia But he is determined to get the message through on spinal cord injury . "There needs to be a visual campaign, something big to let the young people know that ... See all stories on this topic
Researchers Report Neublastin Virtually Restores Complete Long ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA "Sensory nerves entering the spinal cord have minimal capacity to regenerate and severe injury often results in permanent loss of sensory functions," said ... See all stories on this topic
Vocal joystick WHOI - Peoria,IL,USA By Jen Christensen The spinal cord is the main conduit of communication between the brain and the nerves in the body. A spinal cord injury is like a break ... See all stories on this topic
Ride for Gerry "Chief" Frierdich and Win a Bacchetta By Alan As a result of the accident, Gerry is now a quadriplegic . Having overcome the initial hurdles, Gerry continues to work hard in physical and occupational therapy with inspiring achievements thus far. While Gerry has continued to make ... The Recumbent Blog - http://www.recumbentblog.com/
Oklahoma 4th Graders Launch 4th Annual Event To Help Handicapped ... By Mark Johanna, abused by teenagers, saved by 4th graders. Xavier, a quadriplegic cat, takes his very first steps. Scooter, born with no front legs, can run and play. 13 year old Zack is a happy old dog. ... Handicapped Pets Blog - http://www.handicappedpets.org
Hi from Candice! By L'Afrique Bonanza(L'Afrique Bonanza) Unfortunately, that child is now 10
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 12:15 AM EST [
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Cervical Corpectomy and Strut Graft Operations - Spinal Cord Injuries InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA Therefore, surgeons who are too aggressive and perform these multi-level procedures are increasing the risk of serious spinal cord injury for the patient. ... See all stories on this topic
Grand Opening of UnitedSpinal.org Car Culture Motorability Island ... Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA United Spinal Association now offers What Is SCI/D?, a new three page online pamphlet that is a general introduction to spinal cord injury and other ... See all stories on this topic
Family health: Exercise, weight control can help curb back pains commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA Some people without nerve or spinal cord injury still suffer back pain. Spinal injections that often cost more than $250 a shot are no more effective for ... See all stories on this topic
Switches For The Body Electric Chemical & Engineering News - USA The rat's breathing became shallower, as though it had experienced a spinal cord injury . Then he injected a virus encoding channelrhodopsin
The luckiest man alive News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA In 2006, Kowalik had risky surgery that could have paralyzed him, to release pressure on his vocal cords from part of his spinal cord being caught in his ... See all stories on this topic
Joseph A. Gregorio Now Offering Back and Spinal Cord Injury ... PR Leap (press release) - Chula Vista,CA,USA COM) Bossier City Louisiana Personal Injury Lawyer Joseph A. Gregorio is announcing his back and spinal cord injury attorney & lawyer services for victims ... See all stories on this topic
Kevin Everett, NFL player who beat spinal injury , hears what his ... Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,TX,USA The two shared stories about Everett's high school
Passenger sues car driver over crash Salisbury Journal - Salisbury,England,UK Later, he was transferred to the spinal cord injury unit, and stayed in hospital until February 2 2006. He has made good progress recovering from his ... See all stories on this topic
Injury on court moves coach into new career Hutchinson News - Hutchinson,KS,USA Carey injured his spinal cord when he fell. He was paralyzed for more than two weeks after the injury , and, though two months of rehab eventually restored ... See all stories on this topic
Neurological disease - Information on Neurological Disease Los Angeles Chronicle - CA, USA... cerebrovascular disease, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, MS, spinal cord disorders, spinal cord lesions, spinal cord injury , incontinence. ... See all stories on this topic
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Thursday, March 20, 2008, 12:37 AM EST [
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Officer Mike Kralicek: An Inspiration By philosophicalcop When he survived, they said he would be a quadriplegic . Wrong again. He now walks and talks...and has become a motivational speaker. I have copied the comment below. Stop by the link and tell me what you feel - it brought tears to my eyes ... The Philosophical Cop Police Blog - http://philosophicalcop.wordpress.com
Quadriplegics to control devices by brain signals By Jim Marino European researchers have offered new hope for quadriplegics (people paralyzed from the neck down) through a technology that uses brain signals to control computers, artificial limbs and even wheelchairs. Quadriplegic patients, who are ... Neurology Product Guide - http://www.neurologyproductguide.com/blog
Psychiatric testing ordered for quadriplegic Brian Sterner Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA A Hillsborough judge ordered that Sterner, a 32-year-old quadriplegic who garnered national attention after a video showed a detention deputy dumping him ... See all stories on this topic
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 09:27 AM EST [
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Red alert: Artificial blood going from science fiction to science fact MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA At the same time, other researchers at the Miami Project will be studying Oxycyte for use in spinal cord injury , says Dr. W. Dalton Dietrich, the project's ... See all stories on this topic
Using airbags without seatbelts boosts injury risk Newindpress - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India In case of passengers, researchers found that the risk of cervical fracture plus spinal cord injury was nearly seven times higher for those using an airbag ... See all stories on this topic
Geron Corporation Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA As you may know, many patients with both complete and incomplete spinal cord injuries have so-called phantom or neuropathic pain, the medical term is ... See all stories on this topic
Your Health: Vocal Joystick WJBF-TV - Augusta,GA,USA A car accident left Rick Eldridge with a spinal cord injury . His hands and arms have limited use but his voice is fine, so he uses sound to control the ... See all stories on this topic
MAP4343 receives orphan drug status Checkbiotech.org (press release) - Basel,Switzerland There are more than 20000 new cases of spinal cord injury every year in the western world, and no drug exists at present to treat them. ... See all stories on this topic
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Sunday, March 16, 2008, 11:13 PM EST [
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Twenty-one consultants agree to facilitate stem cell initiative Sunday Business Post - Dublin,Ireland Twenty-one hospital consultants have signed up to facilitate stem cell preservation under a new deal between Vivas Health and Medicare Health & Living. ... See all stories on this topic
Stem cell stories: science and ethics on screen Consorzio AetnaNet - Catania,Sicilia,Italy We've made four films looking at different aspects of stem cell research. All are the result of a close collaboration between scientists and filmmakers, ... See all stories on this topic
Starfish And Sea Worms To Help Develop Stem Cell Research Allmediascotland - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK MARINE biotechnology company GlycoMar Ltd has been awarded a £70000 grant to develop new products for growing human stem cells . The process involves the ... See all stories on this topic
Stem cell researchers among France-Israel Foundation awardees Globes - Rishon Le-Zion,Israel The award winners included Technion Institute senior lecturer Dr. Shulamit Levenberg and INSERM researcher Dr. Michel Pucéat for their stem cell work, ... See all stories on this topic
Americans for Cures Foundation Announces Brock Reeve as Featured ... PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria "We are pleased to announce that Brock Reeve will join us on April 13 as a featured speaker at SOSCA, State of Stem Cell Advocacy 2008, to be held at UCSF ... See all stories on this topic
Market for adult stem cells multiplies Chicago Tribune - United States By Bruce Japsen | TRIBUNE REPORTER March 16, 2008 NEW YORK - A gathering known as the Stem Cell Summit might sound so controversial it would need a steely ... See all stories on this topic
Market for adult stem cells multiplies Chicago Tribune - United States By Bruce Japsen | Tribune reporter March 16, 2008 NEW YORK-A gathering known as the Stem Cell Summit might sound so controversial it would need a steely ... See all stories on this topic
UConn researchers take first step toward arthritis treatment Waterbury Republican American - Waterbury,CT,USA Rowe supervises researchers at UConn that have received $3.8 million in grants as part of the state's pledge to put $100 million into stem cell research in ... See all stories on this topic
An act that could save a stranger BBC News - UK David admits the procedure of stem cell harvesting was painful, but said it was not unbearable. "I had four days of stem cell stimulation, having injections ... See all stories on this topic
Researchers Discover Two Proteins That Regulate Potassium In Stem ... Medical News Today (press release) - UK Researchers at Texas Tech University and the University of Wisconsin have discovered two proteins that control potassium regulation in stem cells found in ... See all stories on this topic
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