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Scientists cure paralysis in mice
Scientists in Australia have cured Floppy Baby Syndrome in mice – for the first time. The team had been searching for the genes that caused the syndrome so that drugs could them be used to possibly correct the problem. Muscular actin was found to be missing in the children with this syndrome, and in it’s [...]
Pfizer offers drugs to those that have lost their jobs
Pfizer has created a program for those that have lost their jobs and health insurance to access medications for free. The program allows these individuals to continue their regimen for up to a year to allow the patient to get back to work and insurance. Over 70 Pfizer medications are covered by this plan, including [...]
Chinese stem cell therapy still very dangerous
Some of the disabled believe that there are treatments available overseas that can cure brain cancer or spinal cord damage. They believe that the FDA keeps usable techniques down so that pill companies can keep making billions off of the suffering of the few. But it has been shown that the vast majority of stem [...]
Disabled lose permission to pick doctors
One of the biggest changes for the newly disabled includes others making decisions for them. While this is a good idea in situations where the person is in the hospital and unconscious, most other times it is a loss of rights. Spinal cord injuries do not always effect the brain, and as such, those without [...]
How to deal with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Neurology Today has an extensive story on CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome), explaining what it is, what to look for if you think you have it, and what treatments are available. Rather than a simple web page, this is a technically written article on the syndrome that is attacking Americans in record numbers. Those with [...]
Website to help those in pain
We have found an excellent site to help those in chronic pain. The site is http://www.painaction.com. They have many self help session to help with the mental side of chronic pain. Most times pain medications do little to stop or control this type of pain that can gnaw at you in ways the sufferer does [...]
Disabled can’t use new buses
The town of Skelmersdale has recently purchased several buses from Wirral in England. The new buses were the double decker style and were supposedly much more comfortable and the customers really liked them. However, after putting them on the roads it was discovered that there was no way to get a wheelchair onto the bus. [...]
Mind controlled wheelchair coming soon
The University of Zaragoza has developed a wheelchair that can be moved by nothing more than thought. Extensive work by teachers and students at the university has created a computer controlled wheelchair that moves by someone thinking where they wan to to go and how fast they want to go. Using a P300 nerophysiological protocol [...]
Justice Department sues apartment management
The Justice Department said today that it is suing a Fitchberg Mass. apartment complex for ADA violations. The problem comes from a request from a disabled person that asked to be moved to an open apartment that would ease the disability. The report did not say but we assume that the initial apartment was probably [...]
Healthcare reform needs you!
Representatives from the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities, The ARC of Georgia, the Center for Leadership in Disability, ADAPT, People First and others are in the nations capitol to meet with our elected officials and discuss the possibilities with a new administration and a new Congress. Many of you may have read or seen on [...]
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