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Clinical trial: Lyrica's effect on nerve pain from spinal cord injury
October 02, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
The Campaign Trail: Who's Talking About Caregivers?
By Suzanne Mintz , Health Expert...are family caregivers. Dad's Alzheimer's, Mike's spinal cord injury, Julie's MS don't have... Read more »
A Little Known Documentary: The Accidental Advocate
By Ann Bartlett , Health Expert...California, Irvine Associate Professor, Reed-Irvine Spinal Cord Injury Research Center. ... 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 »
Beginner's Guide to MS: What is My Prognosis?
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert...researcher studying remyelination of damaged nerves in Spinal Cord Injury. He assured me (in... 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 »
Health Guide
Meet Dr. Mitchell Tepper
...Pennsylvania. In addition to academic credentials, Dr. Tepper, who grew up with Crohn's Disease and acquired a spinal cord injury at age 20, brings a lifetime of first-hand experience with chronic... Read more »Spinal Stenosis: What is it?
Damage to the spinal cord, an information superhighway that originates in the brain, is a very devastating injury that can lead to paralysis. Most people have heard of traumatic spinal cord injuries... Read more »Treatment
...extensive curriculum that was developed with the support of a grant from the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Spinal Cord Injury Education and Training Foundation (Tepper, 1994). Read other... Read more »Erectile Dysfunction and Disability
My fiancee is a paraplegic. He has a c-7 spinal cord injury. We both want children, but we aren't sure if he can have children. I wanted to know if there is anyway to find out if he is able to... Read more »Sexual Healing
...Interludes: A Sensuous Lovers Guide. Larkspur, CA: Secret Garden. Tepper, M. S. (1992). Sexual education in spinal cord injury rehabilitation: Current trends and recommendations. Sexuality and... Read more »Images
Medications
Baclofen is used to treat muscle tightness and cramping (spasms) caused by certain conditions... Read more »
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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 »
Reversing Paralysis
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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 »
Gene Discovery Could Help ALS Patients
October 30, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Scientists are one step closer to understanding how to treat and repair diseases of the nervous system, such as amyotrophic... Read summary »
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