Study Finds Nerve Regeneration Possible in Spinal Cord Injuries

Spinal Cord Injury Recovery A team of scientists at UCSF has made a critical discovery that may help in the development of techniques to promote...

ADAPT Kicks Off National Days of Action in Nashville, Tennessee

Hundreds of Disability Rights Activists Blockade Traffic Around the State Capital Nashville, TN: Nearly sixty people were cited and a half dozen were arrested in...

Stretching the limits to heal spinal cords

For years, scientists have been trying to make injured spinal cords grow back, with limited success. Lying awake in bed one night, neurobiologist Douglas H....

Castaic Paraplegic to Walk Marathon Finish

This morning, for the second year in a row, Castaic resident and Web site designer Marc Richards, paralyzed from the middle of his chest...

Web gift widens local girl’s world Web

Usually, Santa Claus arrives Dec. 25. This year, “Santa” took a little extra time to bring a special gift to a deserving young Edmond...

Let’s create model of inclusiveness for 2010 Olympics and Paralympics

More than two decades have passed since I wheeled onto the track and heard the cheers of the crowd in Los Angeles at the...

Remembering Dana Reeve: Why Did Stem Cell Research Disappear From Memory?

The national media was full of broken hearts last week when Dana Reeve died at 44, after nearly a decade of caring for disabled...

Two Different Therapies Show Promise for Some With Partial Spinal Cord Injury

Body weight-supported treadmill training isn't more effective than conventional mobility Rehabilitation for restoring movement to those with partial spinal cord injury, according to a...

More Than 20 years After Paralyzing Injury, Buoniconti Invited Back to the Citadel

(AP) - Marc Buoniconti didn't have to say a word for teammate Joel Thompson to know the former Citadel linebacker was ready to reconcile...

Ohio Supreme Court Supports Ohio State in Animal Rights Lawsuit

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ohio Supreme Court today ruled against a national animal...