paraplegia

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Recent Examples of paraplegia Musk said the early clinical trials will aim to treat people with paralysis or paraplegia. Denise Chow, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024 Retinitis pigmentosa 45 Spastic paraplegia 50 (SPG50) Some, like Talia's CMT4J and Michael's SPG50, involve the brain, and treatment will be delivered to the spinal cord. Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023 That’s because surgery, either by cutting open the patient’s chest or by the new, less invasive method of inserting stent grafts through arteries in the thigh, both come with high risk of stroke, paraplegia and death. Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023 The injuries Cruz sustained were catastrophic, including paraplegia, a crushed abdomen, lower back and pelvis and rib fractures. Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 6 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for paraplegia 
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Noun
  • About a third experience some form of aura beforehand, often accompanied by debilitating symptoms from vomiting to vertigo, or, in worse cases, temporary blindness or hemiplegia, a paralysis down one side of the body.
    Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Related article Gaza’s chessboard of suffering: Tens of thousands on the move again as IDF issues new evacuation orders Julia suffers from a rare neurological disorder called alternating hemiplegia of childhood, or AHC.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 July 2024
Noun
  • Two of the rats were paralyzed and unable to reach food or water, and a third had paresis and had trouble moving.
    Rob O'Dell, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2021
  • Doctors diagnosed her with paresis of the vocal folds, a muscular dysfunction.
    New York Times, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • For seniors and people with disabilities, programs like the city’s Housing Choice Voucher Program focus on providing safe, affordable and accessible housing options.
    Sherell Jackson, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The foundation plans to use the funds to build an adaptive playground for children with disabilities at a school in South Jersey.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Walker was diagnosed with a rare form of cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia) at 18 months, forcing him to wear leg braces throughout his childhood.
    McKinley Franklin, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Spastic diplegia primarily involves the legs, often causing stiff hip and leg muscles.
    Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • Excluding adults who had mild cognitive impairment, dementia or incomplete data, the Kanazawa scientists looked at the data of more than 8,500 adults aged 65 and older.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The increase in net loss was primarily due to higher operating expenses, including a significant impairment expense.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025

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