Monthly Archives: May 2010
Quadriplegic Gamer Calls For Custom Button Remapping In Console Games
To many of us, custom button remapping in video games is a luxury, but for quadriplegic gamer Chuck Bittner, forced to control games with...
Larger State Grant For Spinal Cord Researchers
COLUMBIA - The Missouri House approved a bill that will give spinal cord researchers more money to conduct research.
This fund was initially set up...
Stem cell therapies: Dangers and opportunities
VANCOUVER, May 10 /CNW/ - Respected researchers from around the world agree that stem cells therapies hold a great deal of promise for people...
Rick Hansen and Dr. Charles Tator discuss spinal cord injury in Canada
TORONTO, May 10 /CNW/ - On May 11th celebrated athlete and Order of Canada recipient, Rick Hansen, will deliver the inaugural ThinkFirst Canada lectureship...
Heroic Skydiving Instructor Saves Life
Skydiving instructor Dave Hartsock was paralyzed when he took saved his student, and took the brunt of the impact when his parachutes tangled. (CBS)
Local ‘celebrities’ to learn trials of spinal cord injuries
Winnipeg's police chief is one of five notable Winnipeggers participating in an event to give them an idea of what it's like to live...
Prevent Spinal Cord Injury At All Ages
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Augusta, GA —Someone in the U.S. sustains a life-changing spinal cord injury every hour, but prevention takes only a second.
Spinal cord injuries...
Helping spinal injury patients move forward
(PhysOrg.com) -- When UC Irvine physician Dr. Suzy Kim arrives bedside in her wheelchair, patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries see a rolling...
Paraplegia: Paralysis of the Lower Part of the Body
Paraplegia is paralysis (loss of movement or sensation, or both) brought on by a severe trauma to the central nervous system. It is the...
Battling paralysis
Americans' love affair with automobiles has come with a cost higher than the price of the cars. Although stroke is the leading cause of...
