Michel Roccati lost the ability to walk after a motorcycle accident in 2017, when he had a complete spinal cord injury. But today, equipped with an electrode device implanted on his spinal cord, ...

A Johns Hopkins materials scientist and collaborators have developed a tiny device that may hold promise for restoring mobility to those with lower limb paralysis, a condition affecting approximately ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation (NMTC) (“NeuroOne” or the “Company”), a medical technology company focused on improving surgical care ...

Shocking news: A new study finds that electrical stimulation of the spinal cord shows “therapeutic potential” for the treatment of depression. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati explored how ...

An experimental treatment that delivers an electrical current to the spinal cord appeared to notably improve the ability of a man with Parkinson’s to keep his balance and walk without freezing up, a ...

(Nanowerk News) A Johns Hopkins materials scientist and collaborators have developed a tiny device that may hold promise for restoring mobility to those with lower limb paralysis, a condition ...

Ever year, more than a million people in North America suffer some form of spinal cord injury (SCI), with an annual cost of more than $7 billion to treat and rehabilitate those patients. The medical ...

Spinal cord stimulators are mainly used to treat chronic back pain, especially when other less invasive treatments have not worked. They also aim to reduce people's reliance on risky pain medicines.

Christopher Maher holds a research fellowship funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Caitlin Jones does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...