For people with spinal cord injuries/diseases (SCI/D), performing daily tasks can be a challenge due to an impaired ability to grasp and manipulate objects with their hands.

especially if the patient's injury interferes with activities of daily life. Spinal cord injuries have many causes, but are typically associated with major trauma from motor vehicle accidents ...

By analyzing DNA and proteins in the blood of people with and without acute spinal cord injuries (SCIs), researchers at the ...

However, researchers hypothesized that SCI causes measurable disruptions in the blood-brain ... The investigators call the resulting combination blood test the Spinal Cord Injury Index (SCII). When ...

SpineX Inc. Announces Significant Improvement in Urinary Bladder Function in Paralyzed Individuals with SCONE™ Therapy ...

Pain is a complex physiological and psychological phenomenon that is subjective in nature. Pain is still one of the most challenging prevalent problems. Worldwide, the prevalence of chronic pain ...

Hood River County in Oregon reported three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare human brain disease very similar to ...

Eric Dane revealed he's been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS. Here's what to know about the rare disease.

It was later discovered that the dad-of-two had suffered a catastrophic aortic dissection — a life-threatening condition that ...