Paralyzing drugs are commonly used during: Paralytics are used as part of general anesthesia to prevent movement during surgery. General anesthesia involves medications that put you to sleep and ...

(CN) – A man who has been paralyzed from the shoulders down for eight years fed himself and drank coffee thanks to a new system that decodes brain signals. Although only tested on one participant thus ...

Shortly after the paralytics were given, and the family was informed Ms.Penix was “brain dead,” the family agreed to withdraw life support. At that point, Dr. Husel administered 2000 mcg of ...

Four months ago, Roger, a 55-year-old construction worker from Mooresville, NC, fell out of a deer stand and was left with a damaged spinal cord and no sensation from the middle of his chest down.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) — On Monday morning, at Fox Brothers Paintball Park, a group of 20 quadriplegic and paralytics plus their families were able to play paintball at no charge.

The Cogy prototype was unveiled in 2009. A recent Cogy test-driving event at Harmony Nursing Home in the city of Sakai attracted paralytics and nursing-care professionals alike. Among the former ...