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What Does The Spinal Cord Do

Clinical trial: Lyrica's effect on nerve pain from spinal cord injury

October 02, 2008

This is a study to evaluate if Lyrica relieves nerve pain associated with spinal cord injury compared to a placebo. The study will also evaluate the med's safety in these patients. This national study is currently recruiting patients. Read more »

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Expert & Community Posts

The Spinal Cord and MS

By Dr. Gross , Health Expert

...MRI in MS and find the patient afflicted with only spinal cord problems due to the disease.... Read more »

First Fibromyalgia Tissue Bank

By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...established. Scientists hope that the brain and spinal cord tissues they collect from deceased... Read more »

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Health Guide

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 »

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 »

Spine Anatomy 101

...These blocks have a fancy medical name—vertebrae. These 33 vertebrae form a tube that shelters your spinal cord (the huge superhighway of nerves that connects to the brain). In between each body... 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 »

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 »

Images

Vertebra and Spinal Nerves

Spinal Cord - View an image of a vertebra and nerves in the spine... Read more »

Medications

TYSABRI IV Uses and How to Use

...system from attacking the nerves in your brain and spinal cord. It helps decrease the number of... Read more »

Lioresal DS Oral Uses and How to Use

Baclofen is used to treat muscle tightness and cramping (spasms) caused by certain conditions... Read more »

Copaxone SubQ Uses and How to Use

...system from attacking the nerves in your brain and spinal cord. This effect can decrease the... Read more »

Zoladex SubQ Precautions and Side Effects

...rare but very serious urinary blockage problem or spinal cord problem (compression) can occur,... Read more »

Novantrone IV Precautions and Side Effects

...injection into a muscle, under the skin, or into the spinal cord. If this medication... Read more »

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Related News

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 »

Pain Isn?t Just a Symptom of Arthritis

January 13, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Pain is often thought to be a debilitating symptom of osteoarthritis. But new research suggests pain is more than a symptom,... Read summary »

Spine Injury Breakthroughs: Hope for Injured NFL Athlete

May 21, 2008

By Vivian Richardson, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Within minutes of the hit that left Buffalo Bills tight... Read summary »

Stem Cells Hold Hope for Childhood Disease

September 05, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Children with the often deadly motor neuron disease known as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) may one day benefit from stem cell... Read summary »

Breakthrough for Spine Injuries

September 10, 2007

TORONTO, Canada (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Each year in the United States, about 11,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury. Recent research shows... Read summary »

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