Yearly Archives: 2007
Tide wheelchair squads compete despite disability
TUSCALOOSA -- Much like University of Alabama men's basketball coach Mark Gottfried and women's coach Stephany Smith, Brent Hardin scours the country looking for...
Research Promises New Wound-Healing Materials
Newswise — Researchers are developing scaffoldlike materials designed to be injected into the body where they will quickly solidify to fit any space, repairing...
College wheelchair athletes play in ‘other’ basketball tourney
EDINBORO, Pa. - The nine teams battling it out on the basketball court here aren't listed on any NCAA brackets. There will be no...
Persistence paid off for paralyzed dad
In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he'd lost the...
Skelley has moved on from injury
Allie Skelley never thought such a mundane task that most people take for granted would make him so happy. But he's grateful for every...
Traffic fine could help disabled
INDIANAPOLIS - The fine you pay for your next speeding ticket might be a few dollars higher, but advocates for the disabled say the...
Nigeria: The Healing Power of Roots, Herbs
MR Charles Jaiyeola had lost hope again when he sustained serious cord and leg injury in an auto accident.
Even after spending months at Shagamu...
Injured archer not forgotten at tournament
A hunting accident has taken Bill Baker away from the sport he loves — archery.
The archer from Moultrie, Ga., a small town less than...
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Awards Over One Million Dollars in Research Grants
SHORT HILLS, N.J., /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF) announced today that it has awarded $1,522,500 to support fourteen cutting-edge research...
Feingold, Kohl, Moore Push for New Zablocki Spinal Cord Injury Unit
Existing Unit at Milwaukee Veterans Medical Center Does Not Meet Current Standards
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl and Representative Gwen...
