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By the time the rescue team helicoptered to the remote Dyatlov Pass in late February 1959, the nine Russian adventurers seven men and two women, all highly experienced cross-country skiers had been dead for nearly a month. Nothing about the scene seemed right. The adventurers’ tent had been sliced open from the inside, and in its husk lay rucksacks, neatly arranged boots, and a plate of sliced pork fat. The rescuers found the victims themselves over half a mile downslope from their camp, some of them barefoot and almost naked. The primary cause of death was hypothermia temperatures would have been well below zero degrees Fahrenheit the night they fled but two of the deceased were missing their eyes, and another her tongue. Four had suffered severe trauma to their heads and chests, as if they’d been in a car crash. These were not injuries consistent with a death by avalanche.
Has the mystery of Dyatlov Pass finally been solved? Horrific deaths of nine students during Siberian ski trip in 1959 once blamed on aliens and yetis were caused by an AVALANCHE, study suggests
In 1959 a manhunt was launched to find nine hikers who had not returned from a trek in the Ural Mountains
Their bodies were found half-naked and mutilated - fuelling conspiracy theories that blamed yetis and aliens
Researchers created new computer models and 3D scans to understand the conditions surround the event
They found the group of nine hikers were likely forced out of their tent by an unusual slab avalanche
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Paralysis or the loss of mobility are among the most pressing and clear consequences of a spinal cord injury. But many patients also face lesser-known complications that can disrupt their daily lives in other ways.
One of the most common problems is orthostatic hypotension, or not being able to maintain a stable blood pressure when switching positions between sitting, standing, or lying down. In the short term, this can lead to dizziness or fainting. In the long term, it can increase risk of heart attack or stroke, which are both leading causes of death for those who have suffered a spinal cord injury.
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Dr. Richi Gill, MD, is back at work, able to enjoy time with his family in the evening and get a good night s sleep, thanks to research. Three years ago, Gill broke his neck in a boogie board accident while on vacation with his young family. Getting mobile again with the use of a wheelchair is the first thing, Gill says, most people notice. However, for those with a spinal cord injury (SCI), what is happening inside the body also severely affects their quality of life. What many people don t realize is that a spinal cord injury prevents some systems within the body from regulating automatically, says the 41-year-old. My blood pressure would drop drastically, leaving me fatigued, dizzy, and unable to focus. The condition can be life threatening, requiring medication for life.
ONWARD Announces Publication in Nature Demonstrating Blood Pressure Stabilization in People with Spinal Cord Injury
ONWARD today announced the publication of a study in the journal,
Nature, which found targeted electrical spinal cord stimulation stabilizes blood pressure in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). A serious and underrecognized result of spinal cord injury is unstable blood pressure, which can have devastating consequences that reduce quality of life and are life threatening. Unfortunately, there are no effective therapies for unstable blood pressure after spinal cord injury, said Dr. Aaron Phillips, PhD, a member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Libin Cardiovascular Institute at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) and co-lead author of the study. We created the first platform to understand the mechanisms underlying blood pressure instability after spinal cord injury, which allowed us to develop a new cutting-edge solution.