There are two new groundbreaking developments in paralysis and spinal cord research. These are peripheral nerve re-routing, and suppression of scar formation and spinal cord regeneration. Peripheral Nerve Re-Routing Peripheral nerve re-routing entails taking the peripheral nerves above the point of injury, and surgically rerouting them so they are connected to peripheral nerves below the… Read More
Snell Memorial Foundation – Your Resource for the Week
This week’s resource is the Snell Memorial Foundation. The Snell Memorial Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1957 for the purpose of promoting helmet safety standards. They research, educate and develop standards for helmets around the world. Whether you are into motorcycling, skiing, car racing, bicycling, snowboarding or any other sport that benefits from… Read More
Wheeling to Walk Again – Breakthroughs in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Research
Four men are “wheeling” across Canada with the use of hand cycles in order to bring awareness and generate donations to research for conditions such as concussive head injuryand Alzheimer’s. They believe that a donation of 30 cents by each Canadian citizen for “breakthrough” research will allow them to walk again. This research comes from… Read More
Bicycle Safety Studies – Your Weekly Spotlight
Bicycle helmet studies – how seriously can you take them? We are aware that there are contradictory studies that benefit both those for and those against the use of helmets, and each one states that its conclusions are the right ones. Knowing of these biases, how can you determine whether wearing a helmet will benefit… Read More
End-of-Life Decisions After a Brain Injury
It’s has to be incredibly difficult to be faced with the choice of ending the life of a non-responsive brain injury patient. As a parent, spouse, sibling or child, this choice can’t get any easier. Now, with new information on the brain activity in patients who have been diagnosed as being vegetative, this decision has… Read More
Traumatic Brain Injury and Permanent Disability – Friday’s Fact
Did you know that worldwide, brain injury is the most likely injury to cause death or permanent disability? According to the International Brain Injury Association, that’s not all. Brian injuries are also the leading cause of death and disability worldwide along with the leading cause of seizure disorders. In the U.S. alone, annually one million… Read More