Yearly Archives: 2009
Cash boost coming for stagnant U.S. medical research
After years of stagnant funding, medical research in the United States is set for a big cash infusion that experts expect will boost work...
Microscopic fibers string spinal cord back together
With plans just approved for the first trial to treat spinal cord injuries in humans with embryonic stem cells, a team of Northwestern scientists...
Worcester Warriors’ Latham tells of horror spinal injury
WORCESTER’S Wizard of Oz Chris Latham has spoken for the first time about the spinal injury that caused him to lose feeling in his...
FDA Clears Way For Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy
New York, NY (NBC) -- The Food and Drug Administration has cleared the way for the first-ever human trial of a medical treatment, derived...
Whatever happened to: Travis Roy
Eleven seconds was all it took to change Travis Roy’s life.
As a freshman at Boston University in 1995, Roy lived his dream of playing...
Mother of paralyzed daugher pleads to pass the ‘Booster’ bill
Lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday from the mother of an eight-year-old girl who now must use a wheelchair.
The Moorhead girl suffered severe spinal cord injuries...
Putting a face on the stem cell argument
SOMETIME SOON, perhaps even this week, President Barack Obama is expected to lift federal regulations on the use of embryonic stem cells in medical...
Stationary bike helps spinal cord injury sufferers
People who have suffered spinal cord injuries are at higher risk for obesity than those who haven't.
Because they're often confined to a wheelchair, the...
Paralysis from injury doesn’t hamper Lantzy
ST. BENEDICT - Ken Lantzy believes in making the best of situations and follows his own advice.
When a high school football injury caused permanent...
Paralyzed Plano man survived 54 years, inspired others
The doctors didn't expect Don Harrington to survive the 1954 car accident that left him a quadriplegic.
Then the medical wisdom of the day...
