Yearly Archives: 2010

Cape May lifeguard seeks beach improvements to reduce spinal-cord injuries

CAPE MAY - Shore towns do not like bad publicity, but this year, the city will spend $10,000 from its beach revenue to print...

Red light law may give cities a way to raise money

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist may have given the state and local municipalities a way to raise more money. This may allow them to avoid...

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...