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Spinal Cord Injuries
Clinical trial: Lyrica's effect on nerve pain from spinal cord injury
October 02, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
A Little Known Documentary: The Accidental Advocate
By Ann Bartlett , Health Expert...spinal cord research and saw that the most promise for spinal cord injuries rested in embryonic... Read more »
"Handicapped People Steal Shower Chairs"
By Mandy Crest , Health Expert...man who is confined to a wheelchair as a result of spinal cord injury, and it has profoundly... Read more »
Medicare Coverage of Catheters
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...illnesses and conditions such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and spina bifida. ... Read more »
Finding the Source of Chronic Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...investigators performed a different study on patients with spinal cord injury, and found that... Read more »
Dr. Sobol Answers Your Questions
By Jennifer Sobol, D.O. , Health Expert...described a procedure originally performed on people with spinal cord injury and bladder... Read more »
Health Guide
Spinal injury: resources
... The following organizations are good resources for information on spinal injury: National Spinal Cord Injury Association - www.spinalcord.org Christopher Reeve Foundation -... Read more »Tailbone trauma
Coccyx injury First Aid For tailbone trauma where no spinal cord injury is suspected: Give acetaminophen for pain. Relieve pressure on the tailbone by... Read more »Preventing Spinal Cord Trauma
...Compression of spinal cord Prevention Safety practices during work and recreation can prevent many spinal cord injuries. Use proper protective equipment if an injury is possible. ... Read more »Spinal surgery: cervical
Cervical spinal surgery Risks Risks for any anesthesia include the following: Reactions to medications Problems breathing Risks for... Read more »Symptoms of Spinal Cord Trauma
...equina syndrome" -- injury to the nerve roots in this area. CERVICAL (NEAR THE NECK) INJURIES When spinal cord injuries occur near the neck, varying degrees of symptoms can affect both the... Read more »Images
Medications
Baclofen is used to treat muscle tightness and cramping (spasms) caused by certain conditions... Read more »
Related News
Lyrica may ease pain from spinal-cord injuries
October 02, 2008A new study in Australia suggests that Lyrica may help ease the pain of patients with spinal-cord injuries. Researchers found that Lyrica was... Read summary »
Hydralazine offers hope for cell damage from spinal cord injuries, strokes
October 02, 2008Researchers at Purdue University have found that the pressure medication hydralazine may reverse the cell death caused by traumatic neurologic... Read summary »
Spine Surgery: Timing Matters!
May 05, 2008TORONTO, Canada (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) About 300,000 Americans are in wheelchairs due to spinal cord injuries. Many patients will recover at least... Read summary »
Spine Injury Breakthroughs: Hope for Injured NFL Athlete
May 21, 2008By Vivian Richardson, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Within minutes of the hit that left Buffalo Bills tight... Read summary »
Reversing Paralysis
September 04, 2006WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- A fraction of a second is sometimes all the time it takes for your life to change forever.... Read summary »
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