Making A ‘Swift’ Recovery
Yankton Doctor Overcomes Potentially Fatal Car Accident Injuries
Dr. Don Swift of Yankton is a survivor, but you won't see him on the popular reality...
Horrific accident leaves MCC’s Brown hospitalized
Marshalltown Community College head baseball coach Kevin Benzing said it was the worst athletic injury he had ever seen in his experience as player...
Brain Implants Move at the Speed of Thought
New Devices Operate on the Power of Thought Alone, Testing Beginning in Humans
April 15, 2004 -- It may sound like science fiction, but brain...
Acorda Reports Spinal Cord Injury Miss, Positive Trends Seen In MS
By Karen Pihl-Carey
It was a mixed day for Acorda Therapeutics Inc., which said Fampridine-SR missed its endpoints in two pivotal Phase III trials in...
Redevelopment Plans for Lower Manhattan to be Recognized for Accessibility
WASHINGTON, Apr 14, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), a national veterans' service and Disability rights organization, in recognizing...
Trojans Swim with Mike
In 1981, a benefit for injured USC swimming star Mike Nyeholt turned into an annual event for athletes.
As they were getting ready to leave...
With Tiny Brain Implants, Just Thinking May Make It So
Can a machine read a person's mind? A medical device company is about to find out.
The company, Cyberkinetics Inc., plans to implant a tiny...
Michigan Center to Help Paralyzed Patients
DETROIT (AP) - The Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan will open a center this summer offering new therapies to help spinal cord injury patients regain...
Restoring Function Through Oec Transplantation
Over the past several decades, I have observed remarkable progress in our understanding of spinal cord injury (SCI), a disorder once considered so intractable...
Stem-cell funds slow in coming
Potential returns may be years away, and society’s moral concerns make investors nervous
SEATTLE — Whoever learns to control embryonic stem cells that can morph...
