Yearly Archives: 2006
Snow-boarders risk serious spine injuries
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Amateur snow-boarders who try to catch some air can put themselves at risk of paralyzing spinal cord injuries, warn...
Officer’s home gets makeover
REDONDO BEACH - The workers came early, armed with buckets and shovels, laboring hard for a pair of cops and a baby most had...
Physical therapy helps College Station woman regain use of arms
Shonnie Moore of College Station, paralyzed in a July 2005 traffic accident, has had to learn how to eat, bathe and live all over...
Brooke Ellison for New York State Senate
When I decided to enter the race for the StateSenate, I did so because I want to help instill hope and bring arenewed sense...
Bay Springs native nominated to Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame
BETHESDA, Md. – Mississippi-based motivational speaker and talk show host Greg Smith has been nominated for induction to the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of...
Banking your cord blood
Estimated to be a $2 billion market worldwide, cord blood storage market is now beginning to grow at a fast pace in India too,...
Student Society for Stem Cell Research Press Release
On Tuesday October 10, 2006, at schools across the nation, members of the Student Society for Stem Cell Research will hold Nothing is Impossible...
Body vibration therapy helps treat spinal cord injuries
DETROIT - Dayna Schultz looks as if there is an earthquake going on under her feet.
She stands ramrod-straight, teeth clenched, gripping a gray walker...
HealthSouth earns triple certification
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona has earned the Gold Seal of Approval by becoming America’s first triple-certified rehabilitation hospital.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of...
Avery Biomedical Devices, Inc.
A breathing pacemaker is an implantable diaphragmatic/phrenic nerve stimulator that provides support for patients with chronic ventilatory insufficiency such as ventilator-dependent quadriplegics, patients with...
