Monthly Archives: March 2004
‘Friday Night Lights’ stars raise money for football players
"Friday Night Lights," a film about the 1988 Odessa Permian High School Panthers football team, is currently in production in Central Texas. On Tuesday...
Stops Pulled on Nerve Regeneration
By Gabe Romain, Betterhumans Staff
"Stepping on the gas" could lead to better spinal cord treatments
A two-pronged strategy of enhancing growth and halting growth inhibitors...
Reeve Paralysis Center Sponsors Author Gary Karp
SHORT HILLS, N.J., March 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC), a program of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis...
Iowa troops, Harkin help injured Iraqi girl
WASHINGTON --- A 12-year-old Iraqi girl, who was paralyzed in a misguided U.S. mortar attack, arrived in America for treatment Saturday, thanks to the...
JUST LIKE FLOATING IN SPACE
Wheelchair users dive at Monterey aquarium
It was 5:15 p.m. and Steve Lyon was preparing to get vertical for the first time in two weeks.
Zipped...
Spinal cord injury sufferers stay busy with new group
A new spinal cord injury group in Naples is gathering steam, with weekly and monthly events to keep members busy and its first major...
Secondary damage
Damage to the spinal cord does not stop with the initial injury, but continues in the hours following trauma. Paradoxically, this delayed, secondary damage...
Woman Struck, Dragged by Truck
WILLOW OAK -- A Mulberry wo-man was seriously injured Monday night when she was struck and dragged by a vehicle driven by her boyfriend,...
Supporters tout marijuana bill
Hartford-AP, Mar.1, 2004 Updated 5:37 PM ) _ Advocates of legalizing marijuana for medical purposes said today that legislation is gaining support.
State Representative James...
