Doctor Finds Potential Treatment for Popular Form of Muscular Dystrophy

  Though often used to describe a specific condition, muscular dystrophy is actually a group of about 40 different muscle conditions. All of these conditions share a number of common traits: progressive skeletal muscle weakness, death of muscle cells, limited range of motion. Also, all forms of muscular dystrophy (or MD) are mostly hereditary. However, Read more…

RN on Wheels: Latisha Anderson’s Story

Skeptics told Latisha Anderson that she would never be successful as a paraplegic nurse. According to them, navigating the fast-paced, stress-filled environment of a hospital was impossible without a working set of legs. But Anderson was determined to prove them wrong. She’s worked in a veterans hospital, a senior care center and psychiatric units. Not Read more…

MS Paitents Can Ease Pain With This Wheelchair Adjustment

  Researchers from the School of Health and Social Care at Brunel University have released a study revealing that holistic assessments are necessary when prescribing powered wheelchairs to patients with severely disabling Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The study, released late in 2014, concluded that many patients with MS who were using powered wheelchairs began suffering from Read more…