We are always looking for new developments that can lead to spinal cord injury (SCI) recovery and press releases like this one are a great incentive to keep looking. The PLoS Medicine site reports that researchers studying spinal cord injuries in mice found that chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) is needed for the repair of the… Read More
Top Three Things to Know for New Brain Injury Patients
Top Three Things to Know for New Brain Injury Patients The time following a brain injury can be confusing, overwhelming, and emotional. There are three things that new brain injury patients should be aware of to help them through this difficult time. 1. You Are Not Alone Every year 1.4 million people in the United… Read More
A New Treatment for Bladder Control Issues
Indevus Pharmaceuticals has received a United States patent for it’s overactive bladder treatment, the drug Sanctura XR. Good until January 2025, this once-a-day treatment is, according to Indevus’s Website, the only approved quaternary amine compound for the treatment of overactive bladder. This compound can relax the smooth muscle tissue in the bladder, decreasing the contractions… Read More
What You Can Do To Be Ready For A Cure – Friday’s Fact
This week’s fact (or rather, facts) comes from the Care Cure Community‘s Dr. Wise Young in response to the spinal cord injury question, “What can I do now to be ready for the cure?” “The first and foremost concern of people with spinal cord injury should be to take care of their body and try… Read More
Biological Brain Controlled Robot – Your Weekly Tech Report
This week’s technology report isn’t on something you can use – yet. ScienceDaily reports that a team at the University of Reading has created a robot that is controlled by an actual biological brain. This has a great deal of potential applications as it continues to develop and become more complex. Using cultured neurons, the… Read More
Help for Chronic Back Pain – Spinal Cord Injuries
A MedPage Today article references a study performed by Paul Little, M.D. at the University of Southampton that was reported in BMJ Online First that may be able to benefit those with chronic back pain, such as is often felt after a spinal cord injury (SCI). The focus was on the Alexander technique, a one-on-one… Read More