Medical
H1N1 kills paraplegic man in Greece
A paraplegic man that was suffering from liver problems died from complications brought on by the H1N1 virus. He was brought into the hospital with a high fever and was placed in intensive care. Unfortunately the virus quickly spread to his other organs which began to shut down. Doctors were not able to get control [...]
New Internet based study on CRPS looking for participants
The Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association is looking for participants in a new study of CRPS. You must have a diagnosis of either Type I or Type II to enter into this study. Note that this is an Internet study and not the traditional one where you go to a doctor or study center and [...]
New nasal stem cells successful in transplantation study
Researchers in Portugal and Wayne State University In Detroit, Michigan have finished a study of 20 patients with spinal cord injuries. All of the patients were at least paraplegic with one being tetraplegic were given the treatment which consisted of removal of scar tissue at the damage point in the spine and introduction of stem [...]
Dealing with long term care
As we deal with normal life issues disabled people normally don’t think about long term care. Most of us probably don’t have a long term disability insurance policy. Each of us is going to have to deal with long term care because we are probably going to need more and more care as we get [...]
Caution on Tamiflu dosing
With flu season in full swing doctors are prescribing Tamiflu for both prophylactic and reduction of flu symptoms. FDA issued a Public Health Alert to notify prescribers and pharmacists about potential dosing errors with Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for Oral Suspension. U.S. health care providers usually write prescriptions for liquid medicines in milliliters (mL) or teaspoons, while [...]
Neuralstem gets ok from FDA
Neuralstem, a company that has a stem cell procedure to use on ALS has been given the green light for stage 1 testing on humans. The trial has 12 patients that will each get injections in the lumbar portion of their spine. This test is primarily to guarantee the safety of the drug over a [...]
Researchers found way to repair spinal damage in animals
Researchers are reporting in Nature Neuroscience that by combining drugs, electrical stimulation and regular therapy that they were able to get rats with spinal cord damage to walk again and to support their own body weight again. This therapy focuses on training the brain and spinal cord to start working together again rather than trying [...]
Antibodies may further damage spinal cord injuries
In the Journal of Clinical Investigation has found that white blood cells actually damage more structures in the spine around the area of original damage. The Ohio State University Study further showed that the damage caused by antibodies could help to explain why patients that have spinal cord injuries lose functionality over time. The study [...]
Doctors and Nurses underestimate pain
In a "gee really?" statement today, the Journal of Clinical Nursing shows that doctors and nurses have no idea how to deal with chronic pain and dramatically underestimate the amount of pain a patient is in. From those that have to deal with medical professionals in a chronic pain situation, many run into giant problems [...]
ACTION NEEDED: FDA may remove pain killers
Action is need by the chronic pain community to tell the FDA not to remove medications like Percocet or Vicodin from the list of medications available. In addition, extra strength medications like Tylenol would be removed from over the counter and would require a prescription by a doctor. Tens of thousands of pain suffers depend [...]
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