Summary: Nerve stimulation therapy has shown promise in the treatment of spinal cord injuries in animal models. Researchers hope the treatment will be used in humans with SCI to help restore movement to limbs. Source: Columbia University In 1999, when Jason Carmel, MD, Ph.D., was a second-year medical student at Columbia, his identical twin brother suffered a spinal cord injury, paralyzing him from the chest down and limiting use of his hands Continue reading →

Critically ill patients admitted to an ICU face a substantial risk of death (1); thus, all-cause mortality is a common measure of treatment effect in ICU-based randomized clinical trials (RCTs) (24). Mortality is patient-centered, objective, and definitive integrating the net benefits and harms of life-sustaining therapies (5). Because of ICU support, however, the risk of dying unfolds over time and is impacted by factors other than the immediate acute illness. Continue reading →

The mother of a 19-year-old who was critically injured in a hit and run in Warrington, is celebrating her sons recovery, after the dramatic incident took place near his home, and has paid tribute to the North West Air Ambulances Charity. On Friday 29 October 2021, Sam Durcans son Dylan Fryers was walking to his local shop with his younger brother Ethan, when he was hit at speed by a car that failed to stop at the scene. Continue reading →

When people ask me how brain imaging can impact mental health care, I tell them about one of my favorite patients named Jarrett. As a little boy, he was hyperactive, restless, impulsive, highly vocal, and wouldnt pay attention. His behavior was so disruptive that other kids didnt want to play with him, and he didnt have a single friend Continue reading →

Capitals center Nic Dowd last played on January 16 against the New York Islanders. After just 57 seconds of ice time in that game, he took a hit from Isles forward Cal Clutterbuck that took him out of action with a lower-body injury. Continue reading →

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Mike Gabler with his parents, Bob and Joan Gabler, while watching the final episode of the reality TV show Survivor, on Dec. 14, 2022. Mike Gabler won the shows $1 million prize and pledged to donate the money to veterans charities in honor of his father, a former Army Green Beret Continue reading →

The pain mistake: Stimuli that are not legitimately pain-producing can still give us grief.Credit:The Project Twins/illustrationroom.com.au Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size It was one of those searing summer days where you leave the protective dome of your car and know that your scalp is going to get fried on the 10-foot scuttle across the pavement to the nearest shade. My target, on this glaring Tuesday morning in November 2019, was the sheltered portico of an anonymous glass-fronted building in the Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin. I bee-lined for the sliding glass doors and slipped into the cool confines of the buildings atrium, where I did a quick recce and spotted the sign I was looking for: Rehabilitation Medicine Group. Continue reading →