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Scholar-athlete driven to outwork, outsmart paralysis
Chili dinner, auction, games of chance, raffle and reverse raffle. Why: Fundraiser for Jay Ruckelshaus, 2011 Cathedral High School co-valedictorian, paralyzed in a diving accident last summer, to help cover medical and care expenses.
Tags: Mary Ruckelshaus, spinal cord, Indianapolis, cord injuries, Drew, Maggie, Charlotte
Concussion law flipside: healthy athletes removed from play due to fear
A reader comment to Sunday's article on the impact of Minnesota's youth sports concussion law did a fair job of summarizing the potential downside of the law. "The rules put in place to deal with concussions have severely swung the pendulum in the
Tags: spinal cord, cord injuries, Minneapolis, American football, injuries, Neurotrauma, shepherding, concussion, sports-news
Stem cell trial's end shocks patient, researcher
Dr. Richard Fessler leaned over his patient's back and sliced through skin, muscle and bone until he exposed the man's spinal cord, crushed just days earlier in a motorcycle crash. He then inserted a syringe into the cable of nerves and injected
Tags: stem cells, Ryan Neslund, Dr. Richard Fessler, Geron Corp., Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, cells trial, spinal cord, embryonic stem, cord injuries, cells researcher
Paralysed rats walk again after rehabilitation programme
Guardian neuroscience stories have found that a combination of drugs, muscle stimulation and treadmill exercises helps paralysed rats to recover the ability to walk normally. The animal tests pave the way for clinical trials in humans, which
Tags: spinal cord, spinal cord injury, cord injury, nerve, cord injuries, technology-news, spinal cords, cords injury, Switzerland, Zurich
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