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Motorist rescued after 36 hours on freeway

Associated Press - Information from: Houston Chronicle FRIENDSWOOD, Texas - A motorist injured after a crash lay paralyzed in the middle of the Gulf Freeway...

Stem-cell research is exciting, but not to investors

SEATTLE - (KRT) - Whoever learns to control embryonic stem cells that can morph into healthy human cells could be standing on a gold...

New Acute Injury Unit At Groote Schuur

The transfer of the acute spinal cord injury unit from Conradie Hospital to Groote Schuur promises better service delivery to both patients and staff. Western...

Their lives go on

When 40-year-old Mindy Idaspe learned she would never walk again due to a spinal cord injury in 2002, she was heartbroken. A nurse and...

A man of motion

Jonathan Dehaas doesn't remember the motorcycle accident that robbed him of the use of his legs. The first time he opened his eyes after the...

A limit, not an end

A local spinal cord injury group forms for networking, information sharing. Pat York always knew he had a bad vertebra and that it could someday...

Drug limits spinal cord damage

Antibiotic reduces cell death in spinal injuries A common antibiotic used to treat arthritis and acne shows promise for limiting the severity of spinal cord...

Short-track skater has back surgery

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (CP) - Short-track speed skater Jonathan Guilmette underwent back surgery Thursday to repair a fractured vertebra suffered during last weekend's world championships. The...

Gahanna resident wins Ms. Wheelchair Ohio

MIRIAM SEGALOFF - Enterprise Staff Writer Before her tragic accident nearly six years ago, Gahanna resident Rosemarie Rossetti had never considered entering a pageant, let...

Steve Moore heads home

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Team doctor Andrew Parker said it remains uncertain whether Moore will able to return to hockey after surviving a broken neck Colorado...