India, Nov. 11 -- Washington (dpa) - It does not matter how fit you are or what age it happens, but a spine injury can be life-altering for survivors who face a higher risk than others from a "myriad"of potentially fatal health problems later on. Published in JAMA Network Open, an American Medical Association journal, the study showed that patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) report to doctors years later with seemingly unrelated but sometimes deadly conditions such as diabetes, stroke and hypertension, as well as more predictable concerns such as depression. "TSCI was associated with increased long-term risk of multisystem morbidity and elevated mortality - even in previously healthy patients," according to researchers at Mass...