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 ...

MEDINA, Ohio (WJW) – Sixteen years after suffering a paralyzing spinal cord injury during his final football game at Highland High School, Kory Wiita has become an inspiration for others with similar ...

Treating chronic neuropathic pain with spinal cord stimulation may help prevent excess mortality associated with chronic pain, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University ...

New technology is helping people with paralysis move again, and it doesn't involve surgery, needles or drugs. It's a first-of-its-kind non-invasive spinal cord stimulation therapy, and it's now ...

Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the ...

Objective: To systematically evaluate the efficacy of functional electrical stimulation (FES), used either alone or as an adjunct to exercise (rowing/cycling), for improving respiratory function and ...

Lauren Pastrana is the co-anchor of CBS4 News weeknights at 5, 6, 7 and 11 p.m. She joined CBS Miami in April 2012 as a reporter. She is an Emmy-nominated, multimedia journalist with experience in ...

Urinary incontinence is a devastating condition affecting over 33 million Americans, according to the National Association for Continence, leading to significant adverse impacts on patients’ mental ...

Joseph Jeanmarie has had back problems since the 1980s, when he injured his back and had surgery. Although his chronic pain was sometimes debilitating, he continued his work as an insurance ...

At 8 months follow-up, patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy who received spinal cord stimulation (SCS) implants reported improvements in pain, neuropathic and autonomic symptoms, ...

A Norfolk doctor has conducted the first peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) implant in Northeast Nebraska. Dr. Ihsan Balkaya, who is with Faith Regional Physicians Services, focuses on pain management ...