Paralyzed teen forced to reset goals
PORT ST. LUCIE — Seventeen-year-old Tiffany Przenkop saw her friend screaming from under the dashboard and flames shooting from under the hood when she...
Committee passes dueling bills on stem cell research
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida lawmakers tackled the issue of stem-cell research Tuesday facing the same question that dominates a national debate: Should taxpayers fund research...
Increase in spinal cord injury noted
The number of spinal cord injuries among the older population has increased dramatically over the last three decades.
Falls are a leading cause of spinal...
An Oregon Tale
RECENTLY MY OLDEST son, Noah, graduated from the University of Oregon. He wore the traditional cap with tassel as a concession to his mother’s...
Doctors stress ATV safety
The deaths of two Arkansans in all-terrain vehicle accidents over the weekend were a reminder that ATV accidents are on the rise in the...
Boston Life Makes Cethrin Payment
Boston Life Sciences Makes $7.5 Million Cethrin License Payment to BioAxone Therapeutic
HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) -- Biotechnology company Boston Life Sciences Inc. said Tuesday it...
Research Promises New Wound-Healing Materials
Newswise — Researchers are developing scaffoldlike materials designed to be injected into the body where they will quickly solidify to fit any space, repairing...
Tide wheelchair squads compete despite disability
TUSCALOOSA -- Much like University of Alabama men's basketball coach Mark Gottfried and women's coach Stephany Smith, Brent Hardin scours the country looking for...
Skelley has moved on from injury
Allie Skelley never thought such a mundane task that most people take for granted would make him so happy. But he's grateful for every...
Persistence paid off for paralyzed dad
In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he'd lost the...
