With a zap of electricity from well-placed electrodes on the back of the neck, patients with tetraplegia can regain some modest yet potentially “life-changing” functioning of their hands and arms, ...
CHICAGO — Scientists say they've found a promising experimental treatment to repair the spinal cord after a severe injury. It could also work in people who have been paralyzed. The nanotechnology uses ...
A Portland jury awarded $10 million to John Douglas Cox, a longtime Clark County diesel mechanic who was left partially paralyzed after doctors failed to promptly diagnose and treat a spinal infection ...
Implantable device research from the BrainGate clinical trial enables communication through rapid typing for a patient with ...
Michel Roccati lost the ability to walk after a motorcycle accident in 2017, when he had a complete spinal cord injury. But today, equipped with an electrode device implanted on his spinal cord, ...
Ninety percent of paralyzed patients regained strength or function in their upper limbs after receiving an experimental therapy, a new study found. After receiving spinal cord simulation from ONWARD ...
A blood test could give spinal injury patients their chance of full or partial recovery The test depends in part on spinal cord DNA found in the bloodstream More severe injuries release higher levels ...
John Douglas Cox, 66, says his life was forever changed in 2021 after a delay in care at a local emergency room. “When ...
When the spinal cords of mice and humans are partially damaged, the initial paralysis is followed by the extensive, spontaneous recovery of motor function. However, after a complete spinal cord injury ...
Jessie Owen sustained a spinal cord injury 12 years ago, when a tree fell on her family’s car while driving over Highway 2. She broke her neck. “When you hear that scary diagnosis...the hope leaps ...
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