Category Archives: Spinal Cord Injury Treatment

Glendale, AZ (PRWEB) August 13, 2013 The leading pain clinics in Phoenix, Arizona Pain Specialists, are now offering treatment with a Double Board Certified pain management doctor at two West Valley locations. One is in Glendale, and the other clinic is in Surprise. Both clinics accept over 50 insurance plans. For more information and scheduling, call (602) 507-6550. Dr. Patrick Hogan is a Double Board Certified West Valley pain management doctor treating patients out of both a Glendale location and a new clinic in Surprise AZ. He is highly skilled and has won the coveted Patient's Choice Award numerous years in a row for his compassionate, highly skilled care. Dr. Hogan offers comprehensive care with both medication management and interventional treatments. These treatments are customized to patient's individualized needs to optimize the chances of success. Over 50 treatment options are available, with the West Valley pain clinics also offering chiropractic treatment, spinal decompression therapy and acupuncture. The clinics offer modern treatment that is often revolutionary, including spinal cord stimulator implants along with radiofrequency ablation. These treatments are often able to relieve pain for long periods of time. The Arizona Pain centers accept Medicare, AHCCCS, most PPO plans, Workman's compensation, Personal … Continue reading →

WINDHOEK, Aug 12 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Health and Social Services and Motor-Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund will establish Namibia's first Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Rehabilitation Unit within the Ministry of Health next year, Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA) reported. MVA chief operations officer Rosalia Martins-Hausiku said the unit will be set up in partnership with Spinalis Foundation, a Swedish charitable foundation specialising in rehabilitation of SCI survivors and promotion of research and treatment development in spinal cord injuries. Martins-Hausiku said the setting up of the unit is part of MVA Fund's efforts to provide improved services for people injured on the road. "The Fund has shifted focus from a compensatory scheme to rehabilitation and subsequently to transporting injured persons from crash scenes to medical facilities," she said. "The goal is to rehabilitate sufferers to a level of independence to enable them to return to work and school and become economically productive," she said. Medical Superintendent at Windhoek Central Hospital, Sara Shalongo, said the unit is expected to add value to effective rehabilitation and life enhancement for Namibians with spinal cord injuries. -- BERNAMA Read the original post: Namibia To Set Up First Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Unit … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Could paralyzed dogs hold the clues to helping people with spinal cord injuries? New research on the subjectis looking promising. Paralyzed pooches could be thekey to a breakthrough treatment for paralyzed veterans. The hope is that therapies that work in dogs might also be more likely to work in humans. Thats welcome news to veteran Glendon Bentley who has been paralyzed since 1996. I was in the process of unloading an 1,100 pound crate from the back of the truck when the wind caught it just right and the crate fell out of the truck, he said. Bentley said any progress would bring vets like him hope. Anything to improve the quality of life that would be the best, he said. The Department of Defense agrees. Thats why its now funding research at Texas A&M, wherescientists are testing a drug that would block enzymes that do damage to the spinal cord. Hopefully, that is going to lead to is better mobility, better ability to empty the bladder and that is going to be beneficial of course to dogs, and hopefully that can be scaled up to humans as well, said Jonathan Levine, an associate professor of neurology … Continue reading →

THE Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) stressed Tuesday that the emerging stem cell treatment cannot be practiced just by any kind of medical doctor but only by specialists. In its position paper on Stem Cell Medicine, the Professional Regulatory Board of Medicine (PRBOM) pointed that local physicians looking to practice stem cell treatment cannot just perform it sans the necessary education, structured/supervised training and extensive clinical experience. "Not anyone who can inject a chemotherapeutic drug qualifies to be a medical oncologist," said the PRBOM. The board said it is unacceptable to claim that stem cell medicine falls already under general practice since anybody can do it "as it only entails the injection of stem cell solution." The PRBOM said that while injection can be performed by any general medical practitioner, it cannot be the same for the desired result of the treatment such as cancer, autism, diabetes, stroke, liver disease, spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease, among others. "Physicians, who claim to be specialists and experts in stem cell therapy, should have had extensive training in the treatment of the mentioned diseases and disorders," said PRBOM. It added that the training program should include quality assurance mechanisms, such as … Continue reading →

Newswise Spinal cord stimulation should be considered earlier than a last resort for treating a rare but debilitating chronic pain condition known as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), according to a research analysis in Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, the journal of the International Neuromodulation Society. Members held an online discussion about the topic in July during one of the societys periodic Expert Panels. The discussion July 7 21 was moderated by recognized leaders in research and treatment of CRPS. The interactive session took place shortly after the societys 11th biennial World Congress Berlin in June, where some 1,400 delegates addressed the full range of neuromodulation therapies for chronic pain, movement disorder, and emerging indications. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to treat chronic neuropathic pain of the trunk and limbs has been FDA-approved since 1989, and word about the option is growing among patients, referring physicians, and allied health professionals. CRPS patients such as Ed Levien of Bethesda, MD are trying to raise more awareness about treatment options for chronic pain. He only learned about SCS through another patient, 12 years after suffering an injury that triggered pain so severe he could not tolerate anything touching his affected arm. Complex … Continue reading →

Healthcare providers in the United States have preconceived notions about electronic health records-namely, that EHR systems haven't lived up to their promise of transforming healthcare by improving efficiency and cutting costs. The healthcare industry also has preconceived notions about cloud computing, too-namely, that the cloud isn't secure enough for patient data. Go to Haiti, though, and the story's dramatically different. There are no preconceptions, no tales of IT implementations gone wrong and no government mandates to adopt technology. As one health worker told Pierre Valette, vice president of content communications for cloud EHR and practice management software vendor athenahealth, "They've got nothing to unlearn." Treating Spinal Cord Injuries After Haiti Earthquake The connection between Haiti and Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth began several years ago, when CEO Jonathan Bush began donating to St. Boniface Hospital in rural southern Haiti, where running water and electricity are scarce. After the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake that destroyed much of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, the hospital and the Massachusetts-based St. Boniface Haiti Foundation established the country's first spinal cord injury treatment center. Spinal cord injuries in the developing world are much harder to treat at all stages of the care process, from transportation to the hospital to … Continue reading →

Glendale, CA (PRWEB) July 24, 2013 Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Neurology Volume 04, Issue 09: Highlights from Neurology Update and Stroke Intensive 2013. The goals of this program are to improve the management of acute spinal cord injuries and to improve the prevention of stroke. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to: 1. Recognize syndromes associated with spinal cord injuries. 2. Examine patients in the acute phase of spinal cord injury and determine their level of impairment. 3. Choose the appropriate approach to manage spinal cord injuries and associated complications. 4. Prescribe optimal pharmacotherapy for stroke prevention. 5. Educate and influence patients to adopt healthier lifestyles to reduce their risk for stroke. The original programs were presented by Alberto Martinez-Arizala, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Chief, Spinal Cord Injury Service, Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL, and Ralph L. Sacco, MD, Miller Professor and Chair of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Audio-Digest Foundation, the largest independent publisher of Continuing Medical Education in the world, records over 10,000 hours of lectures every year in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, … Continue reading →

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/w5fhcm/neuromodulation) has announced the addition of the "The Neuromodulation Devices Market" report to their offering. The main drivers for the neuromodulation market are the rising population of aged people and age-related diseases like Alzheimer's, epilepsy, spinal cord injury, and Parkinson's disease. According to the International Neuromodulation Society, about 40 million to 50 million patients worldwide suffer from epilepsy, and 1.5 million people currently (2012) suffer from Parkinson disease in the U.S. The large pool of patients that suffer from depression, stroke, anxiety disorders, lower back pain, urinary incontinence, and tremor offers the neuromodulation industry opportunities to grow in the next five years. The market for treatment of tinnitus, in particular, represents an emerging application of neuromodulation. According to the American Tinnitus Association, about 50 million people currently (2012) suffer from this disease in the U.S. Neuromodulation devices have emerged as one of the fastest growing segments of the medical device market due to high demand for minimally invasive and non-invasive treatment. With advancements in technology, neuromodulation is expected to become a promising therapeutic area and high growth industry in the next decade, as it offers symptomatic relief mainly from chronic pain, incontinence, heart failure, headache, … Continue reading →

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- July is National Cord Blood Awareness Month. Arkansas is one of the few states with a public cord blood bank. Plummer Badger,UAMS Cord Blood Coordinatorjoined THV's Alyse Eady to talk more about cord blood and what it can do. The umbilical cord, placenta, and amniotic fluid, all of which are typically discarded at birth, are rich in cells that can be collected with harm or discomfort to the baby or mom. Umbilical cord blood has already been used or is being studied as a treatment for several diseases and conditions including spinal cord injury, sickle cell disease, lupus, and other conditions. Pregnant women only need to tell their doctors that they are interested in donating their healthy baby's cord blood. Collection and transportation are taken care of free of charge. According to UAMS, cord blood cells are a source of treatment for patients with cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma who lack a bone marrow donor. Cord blood also has tremendous promise for regenerating diseased or injured organs, including heart muscle, bone and spinal cord tissue. One of the advantages of cord blood is that the donor/recipient match does not have to be as perfect … Continue reading →

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV), a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI) and other neurotrauma conditions, today announced that the Company is teaming with the New York Mets to create Major League Baseballs first Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day on Sunday, September 15th at Citi Field when the New York Mets take on the Miami Marlins at 1:10 p.m. ET. InVivo has developed a treatment that uses a biocompatible polymer-based scaffold to provide structural support to a damaged spinal cord in order to spare tissue from scarring while improving recovery after a traumatic SCI. The Company has received FDA approval to begin a first-in-man clinical trial for the treatment of acute SCI which is expected to commence in early fall. InVivo will raise SCI awareness partly through an on-field donation to the Greater New York Chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA) (www.nycspinalcord.org). The check presentation will take place behind home plate immediately prior to the start of the game. InVivo and the NSCIA will also be recognized throughout the game and a public services announcement, along with footage of the check presentation, will be re-aired during the game. … Continue reading →