Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)

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Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling. Frequent causes of damage are trauma (car accidents, gunshots, falls, etc.) or disease (polio, spina bifida, Friedreich's Ataxia, etc.). The spinal cord does not have to be severed in order for a loss of functioning to occur. In fact, in most people with SCI, the spinal cord is intact, but the damage...MORE >>

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Featured Articles on Spinal Cord Injury

• April 16, 2008 - Website Makes Suing Easy
• September 13, 2007 - Cialis Eases Erectile Dysfunction After Spinal Cord Injury
• June 07 2007 - New York spinal cord fund may be named for Christopher Reeve
• June 07 2007 - New York spinal cord fund may be named for Christopher Reeve
• June 07 2007 - Mass. brain-injured sue to live in community
• June 07 2007 - Former Kentucky Derby champion wins .7M in injury lawsuit
• June 06 2007 - Life after 4 story fall
• May 30 2007 - Spinal cord injuries major cause of death in rugby
• December 23, 2005 - Stem Cell Data Fake
• November 23, 2005 - Intimacy After SCI
• October 21, 2005 - Hospital Negligence Under Investigation
• May 20, 2005 - Cloned Embryos To Aid in Stem Cell Research
• April 16, 2005 - Football & SCI
• February 22, 2005 - Budget Cuts on Housing for Disabled
• December 14, 2004 - Innovations In SCI Recovery
• October 24, 2004 - Bond To Fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research
• July 20, 2004 - SCI at the Beach
• June 8, 2004 - Vibration Training Research
• March 13, 2004 - Proneuron obtains $ 3.2m commitment; Proneuron Technologies ; Shepherd Center; Marcus Foundation
• January 8, 2004 - Using technology, brain power to beat paralysis
• December 16, 2003 - Ford Wins Defense Verdict in Explorer Rollover Suit
• December 1, 2003 - Nerve compression the cause behind most workplace RSIs; Prevention
• November 6, 2003 - Six Feet Over or Six Feet Under?
• August 19, 2003 - Jury Awards $12.5 Million to Paralyzed Boy
• September 5, 2002 - Parties agreed to a $ 5.5 million settlement
• August 19, 2002 - Check Cashing Doctor Gets Sued
• August 7, 2002 - Disabled Man Sues United Airlines; Mandeville Passenger Says He Was Mistreated
• August 6, 2002 - Jury Finds for Injured Baby
• July 31, 2002 - $5.7 Million Award in Collapse of Crane
• March 18, 2002 - FDA Status of a Medical Device Does Not Need To Be Disclosed Under Informed Consent Rules
• February 23, 2002 - $800,000 Awarded in Suit
• February 18, 2002 - Paralysis From Back Surgery Gets $ 2.5 Million
• September 16, 2001-Quadriplegic sues skydiving club
• August 28, 2001-Family of teen paralyzed in accident at raging waters files lawsuit
• August 19, 2000 -Victim Awarded $ 29.2 Million
• April 11, 2000 -Man Injured At Work Site Gets $7.3 Million
• February 2, 2000 -County settles suit with crash victim; Sheriff's patrol car ran red light; man suffered back injury
• October 7, 1999 -School goes down for count as wrestler wins right to trial

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