Former Marine, quadriplegic wants others to buckle up

MCRD/ERR PARRIS ISLAND, S.C.(July 9, 2004) -- Attaining the rank of sergeant in the Marine Corps is no easy task. It takes dedication and...

Nerve Cells Successfully Regenerated Following Spinal Cord Injury

Newswise — Using a combination of therapies and cell grafts, a team of University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine researchers has...

Machine Helps Spinal Injury Patients

The following Healthcast report by medical editor Marilyn Brooks first aired July 9, 2004, on Channel 4 Action News at 5 p.m. For the last...

Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Supports Brain-Computer Interface Breakthrough

SPRINGFIELD, N.J., July 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The July 9, 2004 edition of Science reports on an exciting study, "Cognitive Control Signals for Neural...

Tissue-Protective Cytokine Technology in Neurologic Injury

OSSINING, N.Y., July 8/PRNewswire/ -- Warren Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Warren), a company engaged in developing novel treatments for devastating injuries and diseases, today announced the...

Passers-By Free Quadriplegic Man From Burning Van

Man's Wheelchair Was Anchored To Burning Vehicle's Floor ALBANY, Ind. -- Good Samaritans and a police officer freed a quadriplegic man from his van Monday...

Unbelted motorists risk neck injury from air bags

Air bags have never been an excuse for failing to "buckle up," but a new study finds that, in a crash, seat belt shirkers...

Craig Hospital will host its 12th annual Motorsports Day

Craig Hospital will host its 12th annual Motorsports Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, July 14, in the vicinity of Girard and...

Stem-cell research: “It’s where most of my hope lies”

It's been nearly two years since David Busta held a book in his hands, combed his hair, pedaled a bike or took a step...

Stem cell research, high-end Linux solution

Princeton University implements a Linux on POWER system from IBM for critical stem cell research. How research applications can benefit from Linux. If Biotechnology is...