Van Breakdown Changes a Life Forever

2010-02-22T13:57:31Z

Nobody suspects that a simple breakdown can have life-changing consequences, but that?s exactly what happened to Joseph, a successful businessman and keen dancer. Joseph ran his own wholesale food delivery company and enjoyed weekly dancing lessons with his long-term partner. Always very much a ?hands on? kind of person, Joseph was involved in every aspect of his business, from the paperwork to making deliveries. Even the b...

Spinal Stenosis: A Painful Condition Prevalent in the Senior Population

2010-02-22T19:21:04Z

A recent study published by Boston University has determined that lumbar spinal stenosis affects 4.71% of the general population, seemingly a very low number. However, 47.2% of individuals in the 60-69 age group have lumbar spinal stenosis on their MRI scan, which is a significant number. The individuals that actually are diagnosed with severe stenosis will approach 20%. These patients with significant spinal stenosis have a 3 ...

Spinal Injuries ? Hope for the Future

2010-02-22T23:28:31Z

With the right care and assistance, even the most devastating of injuries doesn?t have to mean the end of your dreams and aspirations, as one 15 year old girl found out. Jordan was a bright, bubbly 15-year-old girl with a great future ahead of her. She was due to take her GCSEs and her school teachers had high hopes for her academically. As well as being academically gifted, Jordan was also making her first inroads into the competitive world of fashion model...

Surgical treatment for Spinal stenosis in India using state of the art technology at very affordable prices

2010-02-23T07:19:30Z

Author: Sonia Srivats

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal, which places pressure on the spinal cord. It is a severely debilitating condition whose symptoms often start gradually and grow worse over time. While spinal stenosis can be found in any part of the spine, the lumbar and cervical areas are the most commonly affected. If the stenosis is located on the lower part of the spinal cord it is called lumbar spinal stenosis. Stenosis in the upper part of the ...

A Split Second Decision With Lifelong Consequences

2010-02-23T15:56:29Z

Sometimes it only takes a split second to transform someone?s life. A moment?s distraction, a bad decision ? and a life is irrevocably changed. That nightmare scenario happened to Tom, a former Army Sergeant Major and Gulf War veteran during a simple journey one morning. Tom, a fit and active man who loved riding his motorcycle, was hit by a car attempting to turn right into a junction. A moment?s distraction resulted in Tom suffering a serious spinal injury...

Antidepressant improves recovery from spine injury

2010-02-24T17:32:56Z

<div>CHICAGO (Reuters) - A common antidepressant combined with an intensive treadmill training program helped people with partial spinal cord injuries walk better and faster, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.They said Perth...

Common, safe blue food dye may treat broken spines

2010-02-26T04:04:33Z

<div>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A common and safe blue food dye might provide the best treatment available so far for spinal cord injuries, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.Tests in rats showed the dye, called brilliant blue G, a close relative of the common food dye Blue no. 1, crossed into the spinal fluid and helped block inflammation, Maiken Nedergaard of the

UK News - April 23, 2009

2009-05-06T13:55:32Z

Spinal injury victim Keira Procter photographed at the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow - see story Claire Smith - picture by Donald MacLeod 23.04.09

Lower Back and Spinal Injury Compensation Claim!

2010-02-27T17:07:56Z

Lower Back and Spinal Injury Compensation Claim!By Sadhna DAn increasing number of people are suffering from back and spinal injuries. There are numerous causes. Many people suffer such injuries due to an accident, fall, slip or trip that causes undue pressure on the back. These types of injuries can be indeed dangerous as the lower back is involved. They should not be ign...

Paralysis

2009-04-20T22:48:34Z

This undated handout photo provided by Alan T. Brown, shows spinal cord patient Brown in his wheelchair in Hollywood, Fla. Five times more people are living with a spinal-cord injury than doctors have thought _ nearly 1.3 million Americans _ says stunning new research that finds many of them unable to afford key health care. (AP Photo/Photo Provided by Alan T. Brown)

Pursuing Spinal Injury Compensation Claims

2010-03-04T11:11:17Z

Pursuing Spinal Injury Compensation ClaimsBy N GloverComputerised technologies have been developed over past decades to assist individuals with a spinal injury or a severe disability. However, technologies that offer victims of accidental spinal injury the ability to live independently are expensive. When pursuing a compensation claim from insurers, it is essential that ex...

Spinal Cord Injuries are Costly

2009-03-13T19:17:06Z

Spinal Cord Injuries are CostlyBy T. FrancisAt one time when someone suffered a spinal cord injury it was considered permanent, as there was no real medical solution to address this. Thanks to advancements in modern medicine and the wondrous discoveries of the 21st century, this has changed, and there is a glimmer of hope. This isn't to say that there is a cure, but there has been a remarkable change in the amount of time peopl...

Spinal Injury Compensation Case

2009-02-14T17:55:48Z

Spinal Injury Compensation CaseBy N GloverIf someone dear to you has experienced a recent accident that involves a spinal injury, with the right help and technological assistance it will still be possible for your loved one to lead a full and varied life.When pursuing a compensation claim from insurers, it is essential that expert professional advice is sought to properly assess the full va...

Choosing a Lawyer - Spinal Injury Compensation

2009-02-14T17:55:48Z

Choosing a Lawyer - Spinal Injury CompensationBy N GloverOngoing advances in medical technology mean that survival rates of individuals suffering from the most serious forms of spinal injury have increased dramatically in the last decade. Fortunately, this increase in survival rates of the most severely injured people has been matched by technological developments, all of which are designed to provide an improved quality of lif...

US approves first human embryonic stem cell therapy

2010-03-02T18:06:52Z

<div>US authorities have approved the first human trials using embryonic stem cells to test a pioneering therapy to help paralyzed patients regain movement, the FDA said Friday."The FDA has granted its clearance for a new drug application of Geron Corp for a phase one clinical trial of an embryionic stem cell based therapy in patients with acute spinal cord injury,"...

Choosing Legal Representation For a Spinal Injury Compensation Case

2010-03-05T08:06:02Z

Choosing Legal Representation For a Spinal Injury Compensation CaseBy N GloverIn the middle of the 20th century, individuals suffering from a severe spinal injury were not expected to survive for long periods. This was especially true of a spinal injury that resulted in a quadriplegic paralysis, where there is a loss of movement and sensation in both the arms and legs. How...

Spinal Injury - Finding the Right Law Firm

2010-03-05T08:06:00Z

Spinal Injury - Finding the Right Law FirmBy N GloverIf someone dear to you has experienced a recent accident that involves a spinal injury, with the right help and technological assistance it will still be possible for them to lead a full and varied life. In the last two decades, developments in the field of computerised technology and medicine have considerably improved ...

Intra-operative somatosensory-evoked potential monitoring

2010-03-02T19:31:53Z

<div>INTRODUCTIONPatients with spinal trauma are more susceptible to spinal cord injury during surgery because of compromised blood supply.1 The risk of neurological injury has increased markedly since the introduction of rigid spinal implants with strong corrective forces. The incidence of surgically induced spinal cord injury increased from 0.5 to 1% in the 70s to 17% in the 80s (4% endured major injury and 13% transient sensory...

Nanotech Treatment Shows Promise against Spinal Cord Injury in Mice

2010-03-05T12:07:31Z

Several experimental treatments for spinal cord injury involve a relatively simple idea: implant a "scaffold" at the site of the injury to support the regrowth of severed connections. Unfortunately, many kinds of scaffolds - from pieces of living nerve tissue to artificial polymers - have been tested in animal models of spinal cord injury, and they tend to produce disappointing results. Typically, damaged nerve cells will grow into a scaffold, but then fail to extend through it and beyond, wh...

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