Yearly Archives: 2010
Hansen announces $200-million global initiative for spinal-cord research
VANCOUVER — Rick Hansen is a man on the move again.
On Sunday, the 25th anniversary of the start of his Man in Motion World...
Cleveland Clinic receives $1 million grant for spinal cord research
The Cleveland Clinic has received a $1 million federal grant to research treatments for spinal cord injuries.
The National Institutes of Health grant will help...
Accident victim talks to teenagers in Belgrave
A SPLIT-second decision changed Anthony Bartl’s life forever.
In a hurry to get to his friend’s house after school, the then six-year-old didn’t check before...
Jean’s Journey: Accident can’t stop trooper
On her first vacation in 10 years, a severely injured Pennsylvania State Police trooper found herself being detained in Mexico by authorities investigating a...
Sit-Ski Success
From school project to the Paralympics
A sit-ski that started as an extracurricular project for some University of Calgary students will be on display at...
State Budget Puts Spinal Cord Injury Research in Jeopardy
State trooper Paul Richter was lying on the ground, looking up at the man who had just shot him. Death seemed all but certain....
News on the underlying mechanisms of spasticity
A recent paper in the journal Nature Medicine sheds some important new light on the underlying mechanisms of spasticity that often develops after a...
Texas artist battles spinal cord injury through painting
He lost the use of his limbs but found a love for art -- now a local artist is on a mission to help others with spinal cord injuries.
Jared Dunten is on a mission of hope.
Little girl with spinal injury a big inspiration
Three months ago, 11-year-old Mackenzie Saunders injured her spinal cord
while playing soccer and was unable to walk.
The times that followed could have been her...
BOTOX(R) (OnabotulinumtoxinA) Receives FDA Approval for Treatment of Upper Limb Spasticity in Adults
IRVINE, Calif., Mar 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) today announced that the United States Food ...
