Miracle boy fights back from spinal cord injury
GRAND RAPIDS -- Wanyae Givens' chances of surviving the auto accident that nearly severed his spine at the base of his skull were...
U of L researchers get federal grants for spinal cord research
Elizabeth Fust was part of a crowd Monday honoring University of Louisville researchers who won $4.7 million in federal grants. For Fust, the ceremony...
Mother, daughter duo beat disability
It's been an addiction since she tried it in New York City one year after the car accident.
Melinda Baker, 39, of Bushnell, Fla., decided...
Spinal injury regeneration hope
Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries.
The University of Cambridge team is developing a treatment which...
Segway helps disabled man more than wheelchair
My patient was bleeding profusely from the esophagus, and as a first-year gastroenterology fellow, I had been called in to the UCSF intensive care...
British scientists developing spinal injury treatment
LONDON, (Xinhua) -- British scientists are developing a treatment which could allow damaged nerve fibers to regenerate within the spinal cord.
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9 Out Of 10 Patients Walk Again In Some Form With Device, Therapy
On average, it happens every hour of every day - someone suffers a spinal cord injury** that can leave them paralyzed for life. An...
Sheriff David Gee’s Comments Concerning the Treatment of a Disabled Arrestee
On January 29, 2008, Mr. Brian Sterner was dumped out of a wheelchair by a Hillsborough County Detention Deputy at the Orient Road jail....
New hope on spinal injury
SCIENTISTS are on the brink of a major potential breakthrough in the repair of spinal cord injuries.
Action Medical Research, a national charity, has said...
Police Dump Paralysed Man out of Wheelchair
Four US sheriff's deputies have been suspended after deliberately dumping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair to search him, officials have said. and...
