Regional news: Blubbery "researchers" lend fin Apr 7, 2009
Now scientists have watched spinal nerves transmit that relief signal to the brain in monkeys, a possible step toward finding new treatments for persistent itching in people. Alaska's Mount Redoubt has another large eruption ANCHORAGE, Alaska The Mount Redoubt volcano had another large eruption Saturday after being relatively quiet for nearly a week. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Why scratchingrelieves an itch Apr 7, 2009
Now scientists have watched spinal nerves transmit that relief signal to the brain in monkeys, a possible step toward finding new treatments for persistent itching in people ... The researchers sedated long-tailed macaques for the experiment and placed recording electrodes on their spinal nerves. (MSNBC -- Health)
U.S. Urges Protection Of Polar Regions Apr 7, 2009
Scientists Pinpoint Spinal Nerves In Monkeys That Transmit Itch Signal To Brain, But Can They Cure It. . (CBS News)
Stem cell approval cheered in California Mar 11, 2009
Researchers envision cell therapies that would replace damaged spinal nerves, reinforce weakened heart muscle or restore a diabetic's ability to manufacture insulin, among other possibilities. State officials attend. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fighting back when pain takes over Jan 10, 2008
My neurological exams, which tested reflexes and strength to determine whether spinal nerves might be irritated or compressed, also turned up nothing. Hurting. (MSNBC -- Health)
Primer on Low Back Pain Jan 6, 2008
The herniated disc material can press on adjacent spinal nerves, causing low back pain. Additionally, pressure on the lumbar nerves can cause radiating pain in the legs, known as sciatica. (Suite101.com)
Woman honored for overcoming disability Nov 10, 2007
The accident landed her in a Wisconsin hospital for several weeks, where doctors told her parents she had damaged her spinal nerves. The official diagnosis: incomplete paraplegia, a term used to describe partial injury to the spinal cord. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Melrose People: Dr. Scott Darragh Oct 2, 2007
Chiropractic removes pressure off the nervous system [spinal nerves], allowing the body to heal and function better. There s a term in healthcare for when a bone in the spine goes out of its normal position and irritates a nerve it is called a vertebral subluxation. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Green Chiropractic Apr 29, 2007
The danger of not having this condition treated is that if it progresses and there is continued pressure on the spinal nerves it can cause weakness and eventually nerve damage. If you are having pain down your leg to your toe it is likely that one or more nerves in your lumbar spine (low back) is being compressed. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
• Young stars: Two area girls appear on television commercials for Le Bonheur Hospital Jan 12, 2007
Born with a whole in her back and her spinal nerves visible, Ginny is paralyzed from the waste down, has a tracheotomy and a feeding tube, and uses a respirator at night. Nevertheless, Michelle said her daughter remains consistently cheerful and upbeat. (Millington Star, TN)
We Deserve Better Than Stem Cell Research Fraud Jan 12, 2007
As MIT stem cell scientist Dr. James Sherley said, "Whether or not the embryo has yet developed spinal nerves or self-awareness is an irrelevant point made to distract and confuse. I challenge thepromoters of human embryonic stem cell research to justify why another human embryonic life is less worthy than their own was." The language of the human embryonic stem cell research crowd has been specifically designed to deny the truth, to dismiss the human embryo as nothing more than a clump of cells... (Human Events Online)
