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Experimental Treatments for Spinal Cord Injuries

Last Sunday, when Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett severely injured his spinal cord, doctors treated him by lowering his body temperature. We'll find out why inducing hypothermia might have helped the injured player's chances of walking again.

Dr. John McDonald, director of the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD

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