Yearly Archives: 2008
Segway helps disabled man more than wheelchair
My patient was bleeding profusely from the esophagus, and as a first-year gastroenterology fellow, I had been called in to the UCSF intensive care...
Spinal injury regeneration hope
Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries.
The University of Cambridge team is developing a treatment which...
Mother, daughter duo beat disability
It's been an addiction since she tried it in New York City one year after the car accident.
Melinda Baker, 39, of Bushnell, Fla., decided...
Sheriff David Gee’s Comments Concerning the Treatment of a Disabled Arrestee
On January 29, 2008, Mr. Brian Sterner was dumped out of a wheelchair by a Hillsborough County Detention Deputy at the Orient Road jail....
9 Out Of 10 Patients Walk Again In Some Form With Device, Therapy
On average, it happens every hour of every day - someone suffers a spinal cord injury** that can leave them paralyzed for life. An...
New hope on spinal injury
SCIENTISTS are on the brink of a major potential breakthrough in the repair of spinal cord injuries.
Action Medical Research, a national charity, has said...
News@Northwestern – Spinal Cord Injury/Stem Cell Research
Dr. Jack Kessler changed the direction of his lab's research to focus on spinal cord injuries.
Police Dump Paralysed Man out of Wheelchair
Four US sheriff's deputies have been suspended after deliberately dumping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair to search him, officials have said. and...
Paralysed teenager to making skiing history
A teenager from Northampton who is paralysed from the neck down is planning to make history by becoming the first child on a ventilator...
Qualcomm event has seen death, paralysis
Tonight, top motorcycle riders from across the country will be leaping over and powering through a demanding obstacle course on the floor of Qualcomm...
