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Monthly Archives: August 2005

Hurricane Relief for People with Disabilities

The Centers for Independent Living in Biloxi, Mississippi and New Orleans were severely impacted by the hurricane. In fact the Biloxi, MS center was...

Whats leading cause of death?

In years past, the leading cause of death among persons with SCI was renal failure. Today, however, significant advances in urologic management have...

What is a Stem Cell?

All mammals begin as two cells -- sperm and egg -- that combine into a single cell. This single cell will divide exponentially...

HELPING HANDS

HELPING HANDS is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for quadriplegic individuals by training capuchin monkeys to assist them with...

Men’s Wheelchair basketball

You’ve been injured a while, but for one reason or another you have to change doctors. Perhaps you’ve moved, your doctor has retired, you're...

Changing or Choosing Your Doctor

Many medical doctors, particularly general practitioners, family practitioners, or internists, see relatively few people with spinal cord injuries. They may not be aware of...

Interacting With Your Doctor

As part of a growing health and cost conscious public, we now take more responsibility for our health. More concerned about what we eat,...

The Medicare Maze

If you are newly injured and need information about Disability benefits, or if you're approaching age 65, and looking at retirement, then it might...

You And Your Doctor: Rights and Responsibilities

Everywhere you look these days there is health information - in Readers Digest, in Good Housekeeping, in Men's Health, in the magazine that comes...

Finding the Information You Need

Everywhere you look these days there is health information - in Readers Digest, in Good Housekeeping, in Men's Health, in the magazine that comes...