A woman on a towboat suffered serious injuries last week when part of her clothing got snagged in engine room equipment. The accident occurred on a towboat on the Missouri River. The 47-year-old woman was apparently working in the engine room on a barge when part of her shirt got caught in the drive shaft of the engine room's machinery. The wom...

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Japanese researchers have successfully used stem cells derived from tooth pulp to treat damaged spinal cord cells. The research has been conducted on rats, and clinical trials on humans are still a long way off, but the results have been encouraging enough for researchers to be optimistic about the results in humans, too. The stem cells were e...

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As maritime attorneys, we know that surgery after a spinal cord injury can help management of pain in such patients.  However, new research out of the UK suggests that surgery after an injury can also benefit the patient by dramatically lowering his death risks.  According to the data presented at a conference of the British Geriatrics Society,...

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Maritime workers, who frequently work at elevations, or on ladders, and are at risk of fall accidents, may be at risk of spinal cord injuries. One of the consequences of a spinal cord injury is paralysis of the hands and arms, and Houston maritime attorneys find that such injuries can leave a worker with limited mobility and movement in these l...

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The world's first clinical trial into the use of embryonic stem cells to treat spinal cord injury is continuing in California. Last week, another patient, the first from California, enlisted in the trial. This person has been paralyzed waist down, and is currently undergoing stem cell injection therapy at the Santa Clara Medical Valley Center. ...

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