Group promotes outdoor adventures for the disabled
LEWISVILLE LAKE -- Nine-year-old Joshua Vandiver stood in a folding chair so he could see at the helm of a 70-foot catamaran on Lewisville...
VA Boosts Services and Research in Spinal Cord Injury
(Media-Newswire.com) - MILWAUKEE – During a ground-breaking ceremony today for a world-class facility for spinal cord injuries, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson committed...
Snoopy’s home with family
Snoopy, the Labrador retriever whose ability to walk was threatened when he was hit by a car, is back home with Jay and Julie...
Letting nothing get in his way
Doctors said he couldn't race, but veteran didn't give up
GARLAND – Quintin Stephens has won more than 300 medals and has held seven national...
Trials on spine injuries
VICTORIANS with severe spinal cord injuries may become part of an international clinical trials to confirm embryonic stem cells can help them walk again.
Leading...
Daniels understands anger over motorcycle fee hike
$10 increase to fund studies of brain, spinal injuries
Some motorcycle owners are upset that they have been singled out to pay an extra $10...
Drive for adventure brings more spine injuries
The growing popularity of adventure sports is contributing to a rise in the number of serious spinal injuries, doctors said yesterday.
New figures show that...
President Bush Ignores America’s Plea For Support Of Stem Cell Research
Washington - The following statement may be attributed to Sean Tipton, president, Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR):
"In the face of spiraling...
Paralyzed woman hopes to walk again
ASPEN — Fifteen years ago when Amanda Boxtel crossed her ski tips at Snowmass Ski Area, she somersaulted and landed hard, severely injuring four...
Violence taxes Baghdad’s spinal injury hospital
Some patients wait a year to get only such care in the city
Baghdad -- Mohammed Abdul Hussein moans as he tries to shift his...
