The National
Spinal Cord
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Disability in the News
October 1998

9/23/98
Breathing Treatment May Help Patients With SCI.
A drug called theophylline has been used for years to help people with breathing problems. Theophylline may also help patients with spinal cord injuries. Animal research has shown that theophylline improves the function of nerves to breathing muscles.

9/28/98
Drug Helps Spinal Cord Injury Patients.
Encouraging results have been observed following a 3-month trial of the drug 4-aminopyridine, a potassium channel blocker, in patients with long-standing spinal cord injury.

10/5/98
Bill Against Assisted Suicide Clears Senate Panel.
A bill to bar doctors from prescribing drigs for suicide has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

10/8/98
Steroids May Reverse Loss Of Substance Tied To Nervous-System Diseases.
The steroids dexamethasone and progesterone actually signal the initiation and dramatically increase the rate of myelin synthesis. Myelin is essential to the protection of nerve fibers.

10/8/98
Cranberry Compounds Fight Urinary Tract Infection.
We know cranberry juice helps fight urinary tract infections, right? Now we know how!

10/8/98
New Technology Contract Awarded to Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
Alexoin has been awarded a $2 million to study tissue transplants to treat spinal cord injuries.

10/9/98
Brain Implants Give the Paralyzed a Voice.
Seattle Times medical reporter Warren King reports on a new electronic device that allows paralyzed people to talk using a computer.

10/10/98
Rutgers $10M Building Plans Feature Neuroscience Center.
The new Center for Collaborative Neuroscience will provide a central home to the university's spinal-cord research.

10/15/98
New Guidelines in Medicaid Equipment Coverage.  
 
 
 
 
 

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