Archive for July, 2008
GOP shoots down bill to help disabled
The "Advancing America’s Priorities Act" is a bill put forth by the Democratic minority in the Senate to fund spinal cord research and treatment. The act had 36 different bills in it to fund various projects from research to treatment for a variety of spinal and brain injuries. Unfortunately, the GOP, under the leadership of [...]
Company begins to map spinal cord
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources.com
Roskams, the same company that mapped the mouse brain that is now used for brain disease research is focusing it’s attention to the spinal cord. Many of the cells and structures are not understood and because of that trying to treat spine problem can be very difficult. Mice will also be [...]
MIT discovers spinal repair cells
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
EurekaAlert.org reports that the MIT Picower Institute has discovered a type of cell in the spine that may be able to repair damage. While searching for new types of stem cells researchers found a new type of cell that can either create scar tissue or help to repair damaged neuron [...]
Exoskeleton allows disabled to walk again
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
ARGO Medical Technologies of Israel have developed an exoskeleton that allows a disabled person to walk again. The disabled person straps on the device to their legs and puts a small power pack on their back. Then using a control box strapped to their wrist, get up and walk using [...]
Hurricane season starts – things still a mess
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
As we move into the 2008 hurricane season, it is sad to report that things are just as messed up as before. The Department of Justice should be releasing it’s findings next month and from what we hear it is not good news. Every shelter in Broward county has failures [...]
Congress overrides Medicare veto
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
Congress put through a law that increased physician pay by 10.6% along with increases to pay for wheelchairs and other items needed by the disabled community. This bill also increases bonuses paid to doctors and nurses that move to rural areas. Both houses of congress passed the bill by large [...]
Company hides credit card losses
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
Direct Marketing Services has recently disclosed that it lost over 51,000 credit cards along with customer information that went with the cards. The data included name, address and the 3 digit code on the back of the credit card. This company may not ring a bell, but several of it’s [...]
ADA information for law enforcement
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
The Department of Justice has just released a set of booklets and videos on how law enforcement is to work with the disabled. There have been many stories of law enforcement using too much force against the disabled because we usually cannot follow the commands of the officers. As a [...]
iTunes under phishing attacks
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
Mailboxes have started to fill up with requests to go to a website and verify your iTunes account which has been under attack. According to the email, there have been too many attempts to access the account and that you will be highly restricted until you type in your iTunes [...]
MySpace development kit used by spammers
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources
ItWorld.com is reporting that spammers are taking advantage of the MySpace development kit to blast their junk to users. The original tools allowed developers to send out promotional messages through applications as well as sending out large numbers of messages to those in user’s email list. To stop spammers from taking [...]
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