Orthopedic nurse stretching spinal cord and shoulder of elder patient with injury for physiotherapy. Seniors have a tougher time recovering from a spinal cord injury Their neurological recovery is the ...

Silent cells deep in your spinal cord may hold a surprising key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease. A new study from Cedars-Sinai, reveals that support cells called astrocytes do ...

Case Western Reserve scientists developed a new chemical compound that shows extraordinary promise in restoring function lost to spinal cord injury. The compound, which the researchers dubbed ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A new study published on December 23, 2025, in Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, looks at how age may affect recovery for people with spinal cord ...

As spinal cord injuries increasingly affect older adults, new research reveals a surprising pattern in recovery. The study shows that aging does not appear to slow the healing of nerves themselves, ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with spinal cord injuries, stroke, and neurological conditions such as multiple ...

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is a devastating neurological disorder that often leads to permanent neural dysfunction. Current treatments fail to address the core challenges of insufficient intrinsic ...

Like she hasevery day for the past six weeks, Kristina Andrews spent a recent Wednesday bedridden in her room at a Dunedin nursing and rehab center. On the empty bed opposite, boxes and Tupperware ...

But their functional recovery lags, possibly because of other age-related health problems MONDAY, Dec. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s tougher for older folks to recover from a spinal cord injury, a ...

For patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), older age does not seem to affect neurologic recovery but is associated with poorer functional outcomes, according to a study published online Dec. 23 in ...