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Monthly Archives: June 2008

State Spinal Cord Injury Research Board has not awarded grants in timely manner, comptroller...

ALBANY - The state Spinal Cord Injury Research Board has not awarded grants in a timely manner, prompting the Legislature to take back $13.5...

Dare to Dream: The search toward a cure for paralysis.

An in depth look into individuals living life as quadriplegics.

ReWalk by Argo – A Life Regained

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQRQs-N-ZIM ReWalkâ„¢, the first commercially viable upright walking assistance tool, enables wheelchair users with lower-limb disabilities to stand, walk, and even climb stairs. For potentially millions...

A BACTERIAL PARTNERSHIP

Elsewhere, I have discussed various approaches for controlling urinary tract infections (UTIs) that help preserve the effectiveness of life-saving antibiotics when they're really needed....

Amazing Inspirational Teen's Graduation Address

Our 17-year old son's journey with spinal cord injury. His Graduation Address to Hants East Rural High, 2008.

Mannford student struggling to recover from paralysis

MANNFORD — In most ways, Meagan Waffle is a typical teenager. She laughs a lot, talks about boys, loves her friends, and is constantly...

A surgeon’s struggle to regain his life and career

Accident paralyzed his body but not the love for his work Sweat soaked his Aggie baseball cap as Eugene Alford lurched upright over the parallel...

Device puts steering at the tip of the tongue

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only...

Superman’s battle with George Bush … and his legacy of hope to millions

Film star Christopher Reeve was best known for playing Superman until he was paralysed from the neck down after a riding accident in 1995....

Bladder Cancer In Spinal Cord Injury Patients

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Finally, University of California at Irvine investigators retrospectively evaluated 32/1319 (2.4%) SCI patients who developed bladder cancer that was detected...