The Practical Paraplegic

Adapting to day by day living with paralysis

Entries from January 2009

Spinal injury stem cell study gets FDA nod

January 24th, 2009 · No Comments

All we had to do was change Presidents and spinal cord injury is now on its way with stem cell research in the U. S.
“US biotech company Geron Corp has announced plans to launch the world’s first study of embryonic stem cell treatment of spinal cord injury. The much awaited project was cleared by the [...]

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What is Whiplash?

January 21st, 2009 · No Comments

You can get whiplash if your head is suddenly jolted backwards and forwards in a whip-like movement. This type of neck injury often happens in car crashes. Your neck muscles and ligaments (the strands of tissue that hold your bones together) stretch more than normal and may be sprained.
Being in a car crash is a [...]

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