Yearly Archives: 2004

California Congressman Upsets Pro-Lifers With Embryonic Research Support

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A California Congressman who identifies himself as pro-life is drawing fire for his support of scientific research that results in...

Tim McGraw Sets Summer Tour Swing

McGraw and Billy Bob Thornton will play an April 10 concert in Austin, Texas, to benefit the Gridiron Heroes spinal cord injury organization. Peter...

Lawyer overcomes life’s trials

Steve Peters knows trials and tribulations. Only a few, however, are related to his work as a lawyer. Twenty-five years ago, Peters was terribly injured...

Paralysis / Spinal Cord

Of all the catastrophic injuries, spinal cord injury is the most complex. Spinal cord injury is an uncommon condition that has significant impact on...

The Marathon Miracle

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2004--This April, a young man named Jack Shadduck plans to bicycle 26.2 miles--completing the same distance as the thousands of runners...

Special treatment for Iraqi war victim

13-year-old girl is victim of a wayward U.S. mortar If there is one true thing about war, it is that even the innocent suffer. And...

WR Smith recovering from spinal cord injury

Bryan Mullen covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. He can be reached at 726-8947 Wide receiver George Smith has spent the last week in a...

New findings on nerve cell proteins show promise for reducing disability

New findings in animals suggest a potential treatment to minimize Disability after spinal cord and other nervous system injuries, say neuroscientists from Wake Forest...

Containing the Damage of Spinal Cord Injuries

Nerve cell proteins may help reduce Disability in days after injury WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDayNews) -- New findings from animal studies on nerve cell proteins...

Award is presented annually to someone who has been instrumental

Joe Thieringer, left, of Westmont receives the Daniel C. Sullivan Teambuilder Award from Dan Sullivan, right, of Pennsauken, at the recent Sullivan Wheelchair Basketball...