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A unique surgical technique is helping people with SCI gain better use of their hands and wrists by rewiring nerves around their injury.
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A unique surgical technique is helping people with SCI gain better use of their hands and wrists by rewiring nerves around their injury.
With September declared national Suicide Prevention Month and the rate of veteran suicides making headlines, the Homer S. Townsend Jr. Memorial Lecture at Wednesday’s Paralyzed Veterans of America Summit +
The power of the human brain to help someone with spinal-cord injury and disease (SCI/D) connect with the world and even fly a plane got the 2017 Paralyzed Veterans of
A U.S. Army veteran opens up about her experience after being diagnosed with MS and how she took 10 years to come to terms with it By Courtney Verrill Jennifer
Service dogs are wonderfully smart, very well trained, have a very serious job and are obviously adorable By Courtney Verrill Christina Gardner’s service dog, Moxie, watches her while she plays
Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease, and knowing the signs and how to prevent it will keep you and your ticker going strong
Asterias stem cell therapy shows promise in spinal-cord paralysis: U.S. study By Bill Berkrot – Reuters An experimental stem cell therapy developed by Asterias Biotherapeutics restored some movement to patients
Loyola Hand Surgeon reports that surgery for hand function is underused
Severe paralysis reversed using brain-machine interface training By Ben Gruber – Reuters Paraplegic patients recovered partial control and feeling in their limbs after training to use a variety of brain-machine
Remote veterans can now have access to Mental Health Clinical Resource Centers through telehealth.
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