Yearly Archives: 2008
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Awards Nearly $2 Million in Individual Research Grants
Foundation Continues Research Initiatives in Search of a Cure and Therapies for Paralysis
SHORT HILLS, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve...
Kevin Everett on Oprah
For the first time, Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett tells his amazing story of recovery from a spinal cord injury. News 4's Mylous...
Sex Life Still Alive for Physically Challenged
GLENCOE, Minn., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Sexuality does not end when a person experiences the effects of a spinal cord injury. Issues of meeting...
After Spinal Cord Injury, Ohio State Program Gives Hope
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An innovative training device being used at The Ohio State University Medical Center may lead to improved mobility and quality of...
Helping Hands teaches Needham students about safety, with the help of a monkey
Needham - Marie Waitkevich is trying to talk seriously about the importance of wearing a helmet, but a small monkey keeps banging a walnut...
Determined to Recover
Every once in a while, a story reaches out and inexplicably grabs a hold of you. I was surfing the 2008 mountain bike models...
Medical Marvel
Doctors can't explain why Pat Rummerfield is able to run marathons and race cars. Even so, there are scores of quadriplegics who long to...
Paralyzed woman helps raise funds for research
CUMBERLAND - A Cumberland woman who sustained a paralyzing spinal cord injury six years ago is using her abilities to help deal with her...
Kevin Everett slated for ‘Oprah’ and ‘Good Morning America’ to promote his new book
The story of his recovery moves to a wider stage
Everyone has been amazed by Kevin Everett’s remarkable recovery from a serious spinal cord injury....
Paralyzed Veterans of America’s First Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury...
RICHMOND, Va. — Paralyzed Veterans of America's (PVA) first Vocational Employment Counseling Center for veterans with spinal cord injuries (SCI), which opened in...
