The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains that stroke is among the leading causes of death in the U.S. Risk factors for stroke include inactivity, obesity, high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol, and diabetes. At the moment, doctors have no medications to offer stroke victims to help them recover faster. Around 795,000 Americans… Read More
Safe Kids USA Promotes Child Injury Prevention this Week with Awareness Campaigns
Safe Kids USA, a national network of organizations dedicated to preventing unintentional childhood injury, announced that National Playground Safety Week is taking place this week from April 23 to April 27. The safety group notes that this awareness event “is a time to focus on your children’s outdoor play environments.” Safe Kids USA explains that… Read More
Technology May Allow Paralyzed Patient Hand Movement with Just a Thought
Last week we reported on a new technology which uses biopolymer scaffolding to treat acute spinal cord injuries. In tests of that technology, animals that had undergone acute spinal cord injuries regained the ability to move their legs again. ScienceNOW, a leading general science journal, reports that a new study has demonstrated a way… Read More
Injury Threshold Identified for Combat Sport Athletes
A press release for a new study carried out by members of the American Academy Of Neurology (AAN) reports that there appears to be a threshold at which head trauma or blows received during combat sports start to take their toll on brain function. The AAN is an association of over 25,000 neurologists and neuroscience… Read More
FDA Meeting Brings Promising Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Closer to Human Trials
Last week Business Wire reported that the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based medical device developer, InVivo Therapeutics Corporation, expects to begin a human study into their new technology to treat spinal cord injuries soon. This technology uses “biopolymer scaffolding to treat acute spinal cord injuries,” the news source reports. This technology represents a potentially unprecedented ability to treat… Read More
New Programs Helping Reduce Risk of Bedsores for SCI Patients
For patients left immobilized due to spinal cord damage or other injuries, the risk of chronic wounds brought on by pressure ulcers is an everyday reality. These wounds, commonly called bedsores, develop in areas of the skin or tissue that lost blood flow and are dead or dying. When patients remain in one position too… Read More