Monthly Archives: April 2008
A cyclist’s uphill battle to get his life back
The attorney lay awake in his hospital room, listening.
Even now, in the cold November dawn, helicopters landed, sirens wailed and respirators hummed with purpose....
Gymnasium is fit for people with disability
A COMMUNITY-based gymnasium for people with a physical Disability has started in Sutherland Shire.
The Burn Rubber Burn centre is an initiative of the NSW...
Promising new drug for spinal cord injuries
Each year in the United States, about 11,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury.
Recent research shows what happens in the first days after an...
Nanotechnology may help spinal cord injury
EVANSTON, Ill., April 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have created a nano-engineered gel that can enable severed spinal cord fibers to regenerate...
Experimental Russian stem cell treatments for spinal injury credited for woman’s progress
When Kadi DeHaan took her first steps in December, two years after a car accident forced her into a wheelchair, she did it in...
Running Icy Cold Saline Shown To Prevent Paralysis Among Spinal Cord Injuries
Lowering Body's Temperature Protects Against Damage
According to the Spinal Cord Injury Information Network, there are about 11,000 new cases of spinal cord injuries each...
West Seattle native fights back from bizarre surfing injury
That’s 20-year-old Adrianna “Addie” Killam, who grew up in West Seattle — graduating from Our Lady of Guadalupe in 2002, Holy Names Academy in...
Alberta researcher gets $50,000 grant to help paralyzed patients walk
A University of Alberta researcher who developed a device to help patients with spinal cord injuries walk was awarded a $50,000 grant on Wednesday.
Dr....
Promising new nanotechnology for spinal cord injury
CHICAGO -- A spinal cord injury often leads to permanent paralysis and loss of sensation below the site of the injury because the damaged...
Jessica's Story
Up until two years ago, Jessica was just an active teenager in her sophomore year of High School.
