Articles - September 2007 en-us http://www.thescizone.com/news N/A http://www.thescizone.com/news michael@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1425/1/Recent-injuries-highlight-hazards-of-the-game/1.html Heading into week four and putting a quarter of the regular season in the books for most teams, there have two major neck injuries in the NFL.Buffalo Bills backup tight end Kevin Everett and Houston Texans defensive tackle Cedric Killings both suffered fractured vertebrae. Everett was injured Sept. 9 and Killings on Sept. 23 after he collided with Indianapolis receiver Roy Hall. "It was an unfortunate situation in Buffalo," Houston coach Gary Kubiak said. "It was so difficult to deal with. For a moment there we were staring at a very difficult situation ourselves. We are just fortunate that our man came out OK."While Killings left the hospital on Friday and and is walking again, Everett has a more difficult rehabilitation period. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1424/1/Killings-walks-at-practice-after-spine-injury/1.html Houston Texans defensive tackle Cedric Killings surprised his teammates by walking into practice Friday, just five days after fracturing a vertebra in his neck. Killings wore a neck brace and had a black eye from the headfirst collision with Indianapolis receiver Roy Hall on Sunday, but couldn't keep a huge smile off his face. As he walked in, someone yelled "Oh God," before players began clapping and screaming. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1423/1/Woman-happy-with-progress-after-Chinese-spinal-surgery/1.html Christan Zaccagnino awoke at Xishan Hospital near Beijing with a roaring headache.The 24-year-old Port Chester woman had just endured two hours of spinal cord surgery. Doctors transplanted cells above and below the spot in her spinal cord that was injured 14 years earlier in a diving accident. They hoped to restore movement and feeling to her paralyzed body.Zaccagnino is among hundreds of people with spinal cord injuries and other debilitating afflictions who have placed their faith in Dr. Hongyun Huang, a Chinese neurosurgeon who has transplanted fetal brain tissue into the lesions of more than 400 such patients from across the world. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1422/1/Paralyzed-Golfer-Gets-High-Tech-Help/1.html Golf Tournament Raises Money For Spinal Cord PatientsSpinal cord injuries can be debilitating, but a Norwood man said recreation is still possible, and in some cases, vital.NewsCenter 5's Pam Cross reported that Jerry Donovan said a high-tech chair put him back on the golf course."My golf games have gotten a lot better. Before I wasn't really paying attention to my score. I buried a hole a couple of weeks ago in Norwood, and it just changed my whole attitude," Donovan said. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1421/1/Red-Bull-backed-Wings-For-Life-Spinal-Cord-Research-Foundation-Comes-To-America/1.html It happens every 41 minutes: somebody in the U.S. sustains a spinal cord injury. This epidemic, which affects more than 2.5 million people worldwide, including 300,000 Americans, has yet to become a focus of major medical study -- until now. Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation is a global charity dedicated to making spinal injury curable, and its U.S. debut is poised to make a major impact in the athletic community and beyond. The foundation's goals are four-fold: (1) funding cutting edge scientific research aiming to heal spinal cord injury; (2) improving scientific communication in this specific field of research; (3) developing concrete, clinical intervention strategies and their potential applications; and (4) preventing spinal cord injuries. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1420/1/Bills-TE-Everett-Continuing-to-Improve/1.html Bills TE Kevin Everett Continues to Improve, Lifting His Right Arm and Sitting Up in Bed Kevin Everett made more significant strides over the weekend in his recovery from a life-threatening spinal cord injury. The Buffalo Bills tight end lifted his right arm for the first time Sunday, a day after sitting up in bed for four hours, Dr. Teodoro Castillo, his attending physician, said Monday. Everett couldn't sit up for longer than 90 minutes before he was moved to Memorial Hermann Hospital from a Buffalo hospital on Friday. "Nobody can predict the future but if Kevin continues to show recovery, I am optimistic of a good outcome," Castillo said. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1419/1/South-Gwinnett-player-suffers-spinal-injury/1.html A South Gwinnett High School football player underwent a second surgery Monday morning after suffering a spinal cord injury in a game last week that left him unable to walk. He has been identified in news reports as Arquevious Crane, an 11th grader at the school. He was injured Thursday in a junior varsity game against Buford High School."There is some movement (in the arms) and the family's obviously hoping that things will get better," said South Gwinnett principal Berry Simmons. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1418/1/Transplants-Using-Adult-Bone-Marrow-Stem-Cells-Restore-Functions-for-Spinal-Cord-Injury-Patients/1.html Preliminary Results Involving 38 Patients Presented at 2007 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual MeetingPrimeCell(TM) Therapeutics LLC today announced that it provided research support and pre-clinical studies for a clinical trial that involved the implantation of autologous adult bone marrow stem cells into spinal cord injury (SCI) patients - resulting in some restored function for patients who have been paralyzed for an average of four years, some up to 22 years. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1416/1/One-players-pain-paying-off-for-fallen-Bill/1.html MIAMI: This is a story about good karma, with a tough beginning, a ton of tears, but a happy ending. On Oct. 26, 1985, a 19-year-old middle linebacker for Citadel, Marc Buoniconti, suffered a dislocation of the third and fourth cervical vertebrae and a severe spinal cord injury while making a routine tackle. Now 40, Buoniconti has spent more than half his life in a wheelchair. Two weeks ago, Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett injured the same two cervical vertebrae while making a routine tackle. Doctors say Everett will walk soon. And he can thank Buoniconti. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1415/1/Steps-to-a-Cure/1.html Kevin Everett, the Buffalo Bills player who was paralyzed after breaking his neck on the football field, will soon walk. That’s what doctors said as he was transferred from Buffalo to a Houston hospital today, less than two weeks after sustaining a life-threatening spinal cord injury. “Soon… they’re going to stand him up,” Dr. Barth Green, president of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, told the Associated Press. “(Doctors are) very confident he’ll be walking very soon… in the next days or weeks, not months.” Incredible news. Some would consider Everett’s progress a miracle.But it’s not. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400