Getting active without compromising on your ethics. That’s the ethos behind new activewear label Luna & Soul Active by Melbourne-based yoga teacher and Mum Raja Soltani. Raja’s passion for fair, sustainable and slow fashion has shaped every part of Luna…
Month: May 2018
Edging toward a breakthrough-Insurance Adviser May 2018
Between 350 and 400 new cases of spinal cord injury are recorded in Australia each year, costing the economy more than $2 billion– inclusive of ongoing care and rehabilitation. Thanks to the pioneering work of Prof Reggie Edgerton, however, those figures…
Patients with severe paralysis regain use of hands
Non-invasive surgical techniques aimed at stimulating the injured spinal cord are showing astounding results. The technique pioneered by Professor Reggie Edgerton is for the first time enabling people with severe paralysis to regain use of their hands. In the UCLA Edgerton…
Scientists map key brain-to-spinal cord nerve connections for voluntary movement
Researchers have mapped critical brain-to-spinal cord nerve connection that drives voluntary movement of forelimbs. Lead researcher, Yataka Yoshida said, “The map described in this study should allow us to explore which corticospinal-spinal interneuron connections are good targets for repair and…