The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a new project that will aim to create a brain freeze device to halt the effects of brain trauma in wounded United States troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. DARPA attests that because of roadside bombs and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), traumatic brain injury has become the… Read More
Dachshund Gets Paralysis Treatment and Walks Again!
Spinal cord injury patients around the world may draw new hope for the future from the story of a paralyzed little dog who was able to walk again after receiving an experimental spinal cord treatment. Cambridge University scientists pioneered the new treatment that made it possible for Henry the dachshund to walk after he was… Read More
Step Up Recovery Center Offers Hope for Those with Spinal Cord Injuries
Upwards of 250,000 people suffer from severe spinal cord injuries, and many of those patients have lost the ability to use their arms, legs, or even most of their bodies. There are very few treatment options available for paralysis and spinal cord injury victims, but a recent article in Health Scout from the Ivanhoe Broadcast… Read More
Do Tongue Piercings Put the Brain at Risk?
The BBC recently reported on a 22-year-old man who died from multiple abscesses in his brain related to complications arising from his recent tongue piercing. The journal Archives of Neurology issued a report on the death of the young Israeli man and encouraged consumers to be aware of the dangers involved with such a piercing…. Read More
The Debate Continues – Is Cell Phone Use Harmful to the Brain?
The world’s 4 billion cell phone users have new reason to examine the widely unquestioned acceptance of cell phone use as innocuous and safe. While some previous studies and reviews of research have found no link between cell phone use and health concerns, an article on MedicineNet reported that, ‘when the spotlight was turned on… Read More
What Does Health Care Reform Mean to You?
With healthcare reform dominating the news lately, many brain and spinal cord injury patients have to be pondering the question- what does this all mean for those of us with existing injuries? Will we get improved coverage? Or will we be left in the dust, worse off than we were before? Will Obama deliver on his… Read More