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Some paralysed men may also have a problem with ejaculating. The ejaculate sometimes fails to come out, instead going into ...
It's a story that captured the attention of - not just Alabamians - but sports fans across the country. A spinal cord injury ...
A woman in Oregon has launched a GoFundMe to support her brother’s recovery after he became paralyzed by diving headfirst into a pool and hitting the bottom. According ...
Two leaders at United Spinal Association have been honored in Forbes’ first-ever Accessibility 100. Dominic Marinelli, vice president of accessibility services, was named in the “Modeling, Music and ...
There are over 15 million people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) worldwide. Experimental treatments using electrical ...
Anna Sarol endured a spinal cord injury in 2015, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. As a former gymnast, she had a ...
UT Dallas researchers paired rehab with vagus nerve stimulation to help people with spinal cord injuries regain arm and hand ...
Brooke Johnson is on a mission to break a world record and raise $50,000 for spinal cord injury research. Her journey across ...
Anderson Cooper: This week on 60 Minutes, we're doing a story about efforts to help people who are paralyzed with severe spinal cord injuries develop the ability to walk again. And not just walk ...
Callahan has a spinal cord injury, so he wasn’t supporting all of his own weight or moving his legs by himself. But something had changed. He had a little bit of sensation in his feet.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) improves walking and promotes recovery in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), new research showed. This intervention excites ...
After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to stabilize and protect it. But over time, too much scarring can prevent nerves ...