Risk vs. hope: Heading overseas for stem cells
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - David Aldrich, 49, was paralyzed in a boating accident more than four years ago, and had made his wishes known....
A ‘Miracle’ In Tennessee
A ‘Miracle’ In Tennessee: Charlene Caswell Transforms Herself From Quadriplegic to Hiker, With Help from The Hartford
Walking away from a seemingly permanent Disability requires...
Despite his terrible injury, he still rides the wave of life
Among the many stories of human courage and achievement, Jesse Billauer's might be one of the most inspirational.
Born in California in 1979, Billauer...
Surgery seen to aid bladder control
WASHINGTON - Needing a wheelchair isn't always the biggest complaint of people left paralyzed by spinal cord injury — it's also the loss of...
Virtual-reality systems help with disability rehabilitation
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — On most days, a tumor on Zvulun Muola’s spinal cord keeps him confined to a wheelchair, but today he...
Storing stem cells at AIIMS
NEW DELHI: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) now has another first to its name — it has set up the country's first...
Bartrum happy he had a shot
PHILADELPHIA -- For the first time in seven years, Mike Bartrum will not be in uniform for the Eagles when they take on...
New Drug Giving Hope to Spinal Cord Patients
A new medication being tested at Philadelphia's Thomas Jefferson University Hospital gives hope to patients with severe spinal cord injuries.
The drug Cethrin has been...
Love Survives
Rick and Angel Young were married at Royal Victoria Hospital.
With a pen held in his teeth, Rick Young carefully marked an X on...
Chedoke chaplain has Olympic dreams
People often misuse the word accident to describe an injury, says Adrian Dieleman, a chaplain for Chedoke's Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program.
"These things are...
