Riders find hope on the road

Think of it as the cost of the first two sips of a morning coffee. “Thirty cents, that’s all we have to get from each...

FDA Approves Diaphragm-Pacing Device

Device can help paralysis patients breathe without a Ventilator for at least four hours The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it approved...

Spinal cord injury no bar to parenthood

But resources are few, mother's study finds Anita Kaiser always wanted to be a mother. That dream didn't change following the 1996 car crash that...

A case reopened as murder

Matthew R. Nagle was stabbed in the neck on July 3, 2001, and spent the last six years of his life in a wheelchair....

Injured surfers learn that ‘Life Rolls On’

They Will Surf Again event set for Long Branch oceanfront June 22 LONG BRANCH - Life does not stop when someone suffers a spinal cord...

Unstoppable

Justin Cochran may be disabled from the neck down, but that has not stopped him from skydiving, parasailing, hiking or organizing a golf tournament. The...

Prevention, education programs credited for decline in hockey spinal injuries

TORONTO — Injury prevention and education programs are being credited in part for the decline in spinal injuries among ice hockey players in Canada. Soon-to-be...

West Scranton grad won’t be slowed by injury

The last four years of Jonathan Kloss’ life have been a challenge. But not just because he took classes that pushed him and had to...

Power to the Paralyzed

For patients with paralyzing spinal cord injuries, sometimes it takes more than medicine and Physical Therapy to help get them on the road to...

Finding Clues For Nerve Cell Repair

ScienceDaily (Jun. 4, 2008) — A new study at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University identifies a key mechanism for the normal development...