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Recent developments in the 50-year-old technique of using a hyperbaric oxygen chamber for treatment of disease and other conditions have caught the interest of the brain-injury-concerned Department of Defense and the U.S. Military. Next year, the military will begin funding trials to test the efficacy of using oxygen chambers for treatment of over a hundred… Read More

John Wassen lost all control of his body from the neck down after suffering a severe spinal cord injury in a construction accident in 2007. He still has high hopes for achieving a full recovery one day, or at least the use of his arms so he can hold his daughters in his arms again…. Read More

Dan Bishop, a wrestler for the University of Buffalo in New York, has shown drastic improvement since his spinal cord injury on March 6. By March 16, Bishop was reported to have supported himself without help for the first time since his injury. Bishop suffered a fracture to two of his vertebrae and damage to… Read More

The Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township, New Jersey has recently employed a new piece of technology to assist traumatic brain injury and stroke survivors in regaining mobility and improving their walking skills, a My Central New Jersey article reported. The Center purchased the NESS L300 foot drop system for $20,000 last month as part… Read More

Les Paul Morgan could have spent the rest of his life in a sad condition of self-pity after suffering a brain injury from an aneurysm in 1984 while working on a machine at the factory where he was employed. He didn’t isolate or feel sorry for himself. Instead, the Georgia resident, after undergoing seven surgeries… Read More

  Former drummer and later front man of the legendary band Genesis, Phil Collins has recently undergone spinal surgery on the vertebrae in his neck after years of drumming in a poor posture left him with a spinal cord injury and nerve damage. Collins told Rolling Stone: ‘My vertebrae has been crushing my spinal cord… Read More