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Spinal Cord Injury
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...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 »
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 »
Innovating for Continence: Simon Foundation Conference
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert...conditions. One woman who also uses a wheelchair due to spinal cord injury relies on a catheter... 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
......be injury to the spinal cord. Call immediately for emergency medical assistance if Spinal cord injury is suspected. The patient cannot move. Pain is severe. Read more »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 »Preventing Spinal Cord Trauma
Spinal cord injury; Compression of spinal cord Prevention Safety practices during work and recreation can prevent many spinal cord injuries. Use proper protective... 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 »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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