Category Archives: Spinal Cord Injury Treatment

"Dana G" performing overhead presses at "CORE Center of Recovery Exercise" Spinal cord injury treatment. http://www.coreflorida.com provides an activity based neurorecovery program to optimize the function, health, and independence for clients with spinal cord injuries and related disorders.From:COREneurorecoveryViews:225 1ratingsTime:00:23More inNonprofits Activism Go here to see the original: "Dana G" performing overhead presses at "CORE Center of Recovery … Continue reading →

Help less women seeking help after spinal cord injury treatment (Punalur) Help less women seeking help after spinal cord injury treatment (Punalur)From:LivevarthaViews:136 0ratingsTime:01:50More inNews Politics More here: Help less women seeking help after spinal cord injury treatment (Punalur) - Video … Continue reading →

Langevin Increases Research on Spinal Cord Injuries The House of Representatives has passed legislation authored by Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) to improve spinal cord injury treatment as part of the annual bill that funds defense programs.From:jimlangevinViews:72 0ratingsTime:02:43More inNews Politics See the original post here: Langevin Increases Research on Spinal Cord Injuries - Video … Continue reading →

SCI Device Video A novel motorized stimulating pedals for Spinal cord injury treatmentFrom:Zahra MoussaviViews:23 0ratingsTime:01:51More inScience Technology Here is the original post: SCI Device Video - Video … Continue reading →

Spinal Cord Injury Stem Cell Treatment Spinal Cord Injury Great Results just hours after Stem Cell Treatment cellularsystemtreatment.com have incredible regenerative capacity. The rationale for developing stem cell therapies to treat spinal cord injury is to use stem cells as a source of new cells and products that will help prevent further cellular damage, restore axon function by replacing oligodendrocytes, generate new nerve cells, or guide the regrowth of severed nerve fibres. For more info visit:From:enjadesViews:136192 45ratingsTime:08:36More inScience Technology Read more here: Spinal Cord Injury Stem Cell Treatment - Video … Continue reading →

Spinal Cord Injury Patient Learns to Walk Again "I would not be walking today had it not been for Mary Free Bed," says patient Mary Fran Menge of L'Anse, MI. In 2009, Fran was in an automobile accident that left her with a severe spinal cord injury. With the help of robotic-assisted therapy and a lot of determination, Mary is now able to walk.From:MaryFreeBedViews:234 3ratingsTime:02:16More inEducation See the rest here: Spinal Cord Injury Patient Learns to Walk Again - Video … Continue reading →

Beacon of HOPE An awareness video on Spinal Cord Injury Treatment and Rehabilitation in Ganga Hospital, CoimbatoreFrom:Vivek VijayanViews:64 2ratingsTime:11:50More inNonprofits Activism Read this article: Beacon of HOPE - Video … Continue reading →

A team of doctors and specialists will provide the service The Ganga Hospital in association with the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Saicity on Saturday launched Rastra Rotary Aid for Spinal Treatment and Rehabilitation on Saturday. S. Rajasekaran, Director, Ganga Hospital, said at a function that under Rastra patients with spinal cord injury would undergo a structured rehabilitation programme and vocational training for one to two months. A team of doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers and vocational trainers and the Hospital and Avinashilingam Jan Shikshan Sansthan would provide the service. He said that the aim of the project was to give an opportunity for the financially weaker patients to gain confidence and the skills needed for an independent living. The vocational training would help them start earning and financially support their familiy. The Rastra project would bear the all expenses, right from the start of the rehabilitation to the time a patient landed on a job. It would also provide patients with callipers, equipment, wheel chair and other aids on discharge. Spinal cord injury was a cause for concern because 80 per cent of those who sustained it were from the lower economic strata. Breadwinners And, they, invariably happened to … Continue reading →

Photo by Joni Eareckson Tada Joni Eareckson Tada Being a quadriplegic, Joni Eareckson Tada never thought she would get cancer. "I was too busy tending to all the challenges of being a spinal cord injury survivor, and so my last mammogram was nine years ago," said Tada, 63, of Calabasas, who was injured in a diving accident at age 17. After a needle biopsy in June 2010, followed by a mastectomy the next week, "I was told I had stage 3 breast cancer ... a 3-inch tumor and several lymph nodes affected. Then it was an arduous treatment of chemotherapy." Because Tada thought cancer only happened to other women, she decided to be the keynote speaker at the 16th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar. Sponsored by Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center, the event will take place from 8 a.m. to 1p.m. Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. "I wanted to speak at this event to alert every woman of the growing statistics impacting one in eight women," said Tada, whose ministry, Joni and Friends International Disability Center, is in Agoura Hills. "In last week's Newsweek magazine, the National Cancer Institute stated that one in every … Continue reading →

ARDSLEY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (ACOR) today announced that theU.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has determined that U.S. Patent No. 5,540,938 (the 938 patent) is entitled to a full five year patent term extension under the patent restoration provisions of the Hatch Waxman Act. The claims of the 938 patent relate to methods for treating a neurological disease, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), and cover the use of a sustained release dalfampridine formulation, such as AMPYRA (dalfampridine) Extended Release Tablets, 10 mg for improving walking in people with MS.With a five year patent term extension, the 938 patent wouldexpire in 2018. Acorda also has a granted U.S. patent and an allowed U.S. patent application covering the use of AMPYRA in improving walking in people with MS.The granted U.S. patent will expire in 2027, and the allowed U.S. patent application, once granted, is expected to expire in 2025 plus any additional term determined by the USPTO based on patent term adjustment provisions. AMPYRA is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment to improve walking in patients with MS. This was demonstrated by an improvement in walking speed. Important Safety Information Do not take AMPYRA … Continue reading →