Newly disabled in Haiti finding new life difficult
Falling debris and collapsing building have created hundreds and perhaps thousands of disabled people. Many have have lost more than one limb, making it all but impossible to get around a country that never was very disability friendly. With few building standards to begin with, there are no ramps for wheelchairs and mass transit has [...]
Medicare recipients already dropped
For those that have not followed all the reports on the new medical bill making it’s way through the Senate, Medicare recipients are losing doctors, hospitals, and general care right now. My doctors have to be careful which medications that the prescribe because many times the company paid by Medicare will not OK the drug. [...]
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 [...]
Gov’t plans to get rid of disabled in “emergencies”
State governments are making plans on how to deal with disabled people during emergency situations. New York State has devised a set of triage standards that are to be followed by doctors during times of emergency. Originally public views were to be put into these standards, but that quickly fell by the way side as [...]
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 [...]
Breakthrough in spinal cord reconstruction
Researchers at the University of California @ San Diego have discovered a chemical that can rewire the spinal cord after injury. With over 40,000 victims of neck and spinal damage in the United States, this work could dramatically change their lives. The research work done at San Diego has found a way to regenerate synapses [...]
BBG may halt spinal cord injuries
Research that has been done on BBG, or Brilliant Blue G shows that limb function can be returned – at least in laboratory animals. This research has been going on with BBG but this is the first confirmed experimentation that shows damage can be repaired by the use of this food additive. The scientists were [...]
Georgia Hospitals Ignored ADA
For years the disabled have found that the hospitals in and around Atlanta have not been helpful to the disabled. They will not get you a waffle bed while you are in emergency or even after you are admitted. While in emergency they will not give you medication that you need to live.
Hospital staff hands out hepatitis C to patients
When one enters the hospital you expect to be safe. The instruments that are used on you are expected to be sterilized and needles are to be immediately thrown out. Unfortunately, that is not what has been happening for the last thirty years and the medical community is not planning on fixing the problem any [...]
New procedure to gain back bowel control
Doctors working with spina bifida patients have found that by moving a nerve from the lower leg to the bowel area, they were able to gain back full control of both their urinary and bowel. The operation typically allowed some patients with spinal injuries to vigorously scratch an area on their leg to get their [...]
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