Spinal Cord Injury Update

Winter 2006: Volume 15, Number 1

• Accessible and Affordable Housing: Is it out there?
  Finding accessible and affordable housing is a problem many people face all too soon after injury.
  
• Leadership Change at NWRSCIS
  After 25 years as an SCI physician in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington, Dr. Diana Cardenas is leaving for a new post in Miami.
  
• Research Report: The Prevalence and Implications of Sleep Apnea in Acute, Traumatic Tetraplegia
  Principal Investigator: Stephen P. Burns, MD
  Sleep apnea is a disorder that is both more common and more dangerous in persons with SCI than in the general population, but many people don't know they have it.
  
• Staying Healthy after a Spinal Cord Injury- Revised!
  This series of patient pamphlets by the Northwest Regional SCI System provides information about skin care , bowel and bladder management, pain and depression. They are available to read or download at http://sci.washington.edu/info/pamphlets.
  
• Literature Review: 11 abstracts on SCI topics
  
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