More than $1.3 million for people with spinal injuries

The Queensland Government will provide more than $1.3 million to help people who have acquired spinal cord injuries to return from Rehabilitation to community...

First Products Derived From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Aruna Biomedical, Inc. Announces Technology Licensing Agreement to Commercialize the First Products Derived From Human Embryonic Stem Cells ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Aruna...

Soothing words ease rough times

HAINES -- It got a little rough under the basket when the Haines Lady Glacier Bears played the Metlakatla Miss Chiefs Saturday night. A...

Golden gains wheelchair access

The efforts of a handful of racers and organizers are helping make Golden a better place to live for people in wheelchairs. Funds raised at...

Thinking With The Spinal Cord?

Two scientists from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the spinal cord use network mechanisms similar to those used in the brain. The...

Newport High School graduate recovering from December snowboarding accident

Graduate of Newport High School and former Newport resident Luis Acosta was injured in a snowboarding accident at Mount Hood Ski Bowl Dec. 8,...

19-year old woman paralyzed in sledding accident

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Sledding accidents sent hundreds of people to the emergency room last year, most of them children, and a sledding...

Insurers often cap coverage for the latest spinal cord injury treatments

New technologies and more aggressive approaches to treating spinal cord injuries pioneered in Detroit are giving patients new independence and improved mobility. But the innovations...

Minister severely injured in swimming accident

GRAND RAPIDS -- Josh Buck, pastor at Greenhouse Ministries in Grand Rapids, was one hour into a Cancun vacation with his wife and...

Cost of rehab puts limits on patients

CORTNEY HOFFMAN'S CHALLENGE: She pushes for independence Whether she's tired or not, Cortney Hoffman wakes up before dawn, three days a week, to make the...