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SEX LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY: TRYING NEW TECHNIQUES

on July 24th, 2011 by admin

Many individuals and couples are set in their sexual ways. As in other aspects of life, we may discover something that “works” sexually and then stick with it, perhaps not realizing we are excluding other potentially enjoyable activities. But after a spinal cord injury, certain sexual positions and actions may not be possible because of [...]

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EPILEPSY AS A PSYCHO-SOCIAL DISEASE: OVERPROTECTION AND OVERINDULGENCE

on July 13th, 2011 by admin

Overprotection often causes more handicap for a disabled child than the underlying health condition itself. Protection of their young is the natural reaction of parents. Even in the absence of disability, parents raising children must tread the fine line between protection and over-protection. This line changes with the age of the child and is challenged [...]

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HEART SURGERY: RESEARCHES AND INNOVATIONS

on July 6th, 2011 by admin

Open-heart surgery wasn’t part of our medical landscape until the mid-1970s. A brief history lesson reminds us that there are records of such surgery dating to Greece in 400 B.C. The first successful heart operation on a human being didn’t occur until 1896, when a doctor in Frankfurt sutured a heart wound for a young [...]

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