New diamond-coated electrodes may help people walk again
What's the first thing you did when you woke up this morning? Maybe you swung your legs over the side of your bed, placed your feet on the floor and stood up. Simple, right?
Jan 21, 2026
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Injury or Poisoning: Spinal Cord Injuries
Medical news and research articles
Noninvasive brain scanning could send signals to paralyzed limbs
People with spinal cord injuries often lose some or all their limb function. In most patients, the nerves in their limbs work fine, and the neurons in their brain are still operational, but the damage to their spinal cords ...
Jan 20, 2026
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How age affects recovery from spinal cord injury
A study published in Neurology looks at how age may affect recovery for people with spinal cord injuries. "With population growth and improvements in medicine, the number of people diagnosed with spinal cord injury is increasing ...
Dec 23, 2025
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Astrocytes found to aid spinal cord repair by signaling immune response
Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with spinal cord injuries, stroke, and neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis. Their study, ...
Dec 17, 2025
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Medicaid work rules exempt the 'medically frail.' Deciding who qualifies is tricky
Eliza Brader worries she soon will need to prove she's working to continue receiving Medicaid health coverage. She doesn't think she should have to.
Dec 4, 2025
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How the nervous system activates repair after spinal cord injury
After a spinal cord injury, cells in the brain and spinal cord change to cope with stress and repair tissue. A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Neuroscience, shows that this response is controlled ...
Dec 2, 2025
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Non-invasive closed-loop spinal stimulation enables paraplegic patients to regain stepping control
Spinal cord injury (SCI) rostral to the lumbar locomotor center disrupts communication between the brain and the spinal circuits that control leg movements, leading to paraplegia. A research team led by Dr. Yukio Nishimura ...
Nov 26, 2025
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Harnessing the power of movement-generated sound for rehabilitation
This autumn, Harjula Hospital in the North Savo Wellbeing Services County piloted an innovative rehabilitation method that combines sound and movement: sonification. In physical therapy and occupational therapy sessions, ...
Nov 18, 2025
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Novel imaging approach may improve treatment for spinal cord injuries
Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed a new imaging approach to more accurately assess blood flow in the spinal cord, a method that could be used to better inform treatment for neurological diseases and injuries, ...
Nov 17, 2025
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Bioinformatics uncovers regenerative therapy for spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains a major unmet medical challenge, often resulting in permanent paralysis and disability with no effective treatments. Now, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine ...
Oct 29, 2025
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