http://www.myquadriplegia.com Quadriplegia, Spinal Cord Injury, Wheelchairs, Stem Cells, Reseach and Life. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:15:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week, the FDA held meetings to discuss the implications of future human clinical trials using embryonic stem cells in the U.S. Their meeting titled, "Considerations for Safety Testing for Cellular Therapy Products Derived From Human Embryonic Stem Cell", is just one step of many, in an area of ... http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2008/04/embryonic-stem-cell-human-clinical-trials-in-the-us/ 2008 should bring some exciting accomplishments in the area of stem cell research. My friend Karen of CA for Cures, sent me a report from two members (Jennifer and Brian) of CareCure that recently took a trip to visit the lab of Dr. Hans Keirstead at the Reeve-Irvine ... http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2007/12/stem-cell-research-progress-reeve-irvine-research-center/ If you have a pain pump, did you know the narcotics in it, may affect your hormone levels? Some background on me... I've used the Medtronic intrathecal pump since 1995 (Well, I'm actually on my third pump, due to battery replacements). Up until the last two years, the only medication ... http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2007/09/pain-pump-narcotics-affect-hormone-levels/ I read some great news for Buffalo Bills player Kevin Everett today. He's showing signs of movement after injuring his c3-4 vertebrae in a football tackle Sunday. That type of spinal cord injury usually leads to non-movement of arms and legs. I wish him the best. What caught ... http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2007/09/buffalo-bills-kevin-everett-may-walk-again/ Stem cell research advocate Karen Miner, of Californians for Cures, recently attended the Seventh Annual Research for Cure Dinner. Here's her notes on the progress being made by the UC Irvine research team: "I am pleased to report that the Seventh Annual Research for Cure Dinner was a huge success, ... http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2007/09/seventh-annual-research-for-cure-dinner-recap/ One of my spinal cord injured friends sent me a copy of a post written by Dr. Wise Young. Dr. Young is a Spinal cord injury researcher at Rutgers, the Founding Director of the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience/The Spinal Cord Injury Project, and contributing educator at the ... http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2007/07/we-need-spinal-cord-injury-clinical-trial-networks/ Does President George W. Bush not understand that in 100 years there will be no such thing as a spinal cord injury? Does he not understand that we will eventually find cures, and treatments for Alzheimer's, diabetes, Parkinson's, and other debilitating afflictions humans suffer from? No. Once again, President ... http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2007/06/president-bush-stalls-stem-cell-research-once-again/ This video shows the obvious hypocritical view of President George W. Bush, regarding the use of embryonic stem cells for research. The President has no problem supporting the use of stem cells for in-vitro fertilization, where extra stem cells are just thrown in the trash. Then when he ... http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2007/06/the-politics-of-stem-cell-research/ I've flown a few places across the country in my wheelchair. I've been lucky my wheelchair has been safe when travelling. Here's some tips on travel from myself and Access for Disabled Americans. photo credit 1. Fly First Class if you can afford it. Ya right. 2. ... http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2007/01/travel-in-a-wheelchair-10-tips/ About a year after my spinal cord injury, my legs started to become very jumpy and spastic. It got to the point where I couldn't pull my knees apart because the muscles were firing non-stop. I decided to get a pain pump, or an intrathecal pump made by ... http://www.myquadriplegia.com/2007/01/medtronic-intrathecal-pain-pump-for-spasticity/