The Practical Paraplegic

The longer an individual is paralyzed, the more at-risk he or she is to osteoporosis, a condition which endangers our bones. Early treatment is the key.
Older women and men with prostate cancer were tested with a new, genetically engineered drug called denosumab, made by Amgen. It will be reviewed this next week by FDA advisers. [...]

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The Republican National Committee is spreading a new falsehood to make people afraid of health care reform. Some say the lies and misinformation will get worse in September.
The Washington Post today said, “The suggestion that Republicans might be singled out and denied care is included in a “Future of American Health Care Survey” containing 13 [...]

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The following is from: “Spinal Cord Injury and the Family: A New Guide” by Michelle J. Alpert, M. D. and Saul Wisnia.
“In the 1980s another procedure, the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) ablation , was recommended for treating severe spinal cord injury pain, since it essentially destroyed the nerve cells that were thought to be [...]

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“The health care systems in those countries work and the people we talked with are very satisfied.” — Evan Bell outside the Icardo Center
Congressman McCarthy’s Town Hall Meeting, August 26.

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by Sofiea Clerico
Wednesday: Senator Ted Kennedy has left us. He will be sorely missed by many. His efforts to get quality health-care for all U. S. citizens was needed. He contribued considerable bargaining skills to the Senate, and was the most effective Senator we’ve ever had.
It is my hope Congressman Kevin McCarthy will open his [...]

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by Sofiea Clerico
Tuesday afternoon. Today I telephoned Senator Diane Feinstein’s office in Fresno, California  to register my opinion on health care. This time I got a machine. Again I stated I wanted the Senator to know I back one-payer insurance but would accept the public option.
Then I called Barbara Boxer at her Fresno office. A [...]

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by Sofiea Clerico
On Monday morning (August 24) I took my own advice to call U. S. Representative Kevin McCarthy at his local office. A pleasant sounnding young woman took the call. I briefly told her I wouldn’t be able to attend the Congressman’s public event slated for Wednesday evening.
However, I wanted him to know I [...]

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by Sofiea Clerico
Recent events have caused me to think long and hard about the plight of the disabled. We now find ourselves in a country which is clearly showing hostility to the poor.
Far-right propaganda forces such as Fox News and Rush Limbaugh keep telling us the poor deserve their fate.
It appears they have never fought [...]

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The service dog program has worked out well for clients of the Christopher Reeve center. Orginally started with the hope of solving mobility issues. It was learned it can also help with rebuilding emotional and social links for the disabled. READ MORE

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VA clients have the best system in the United States, according to several sources. Glad to know there is good health care somewhere in the U. S. “Doctors say VA care is a model of efficiency” from MPR News, states, “Minneapolis — One argument against a public insurance option in the current debate over health [...]

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