Yearly Archives: 2011
First patient to get stem cell therapy comes forward
In the six months since scientists announced they had infused a drug made from human embryonic stem cells into a partially paralyzed patient’s spine,...
Lumbar Body Fusion Changes The Life Of Young Girl
Dr. Richard A. Kaul, MD of New Jersey Spine and Rehabilitation performed a life changing surgery for a 16 year old Long Valley, NJ...
Rescue Monkey Becomes Helping Hand After Man’s Accident
Six years ago, Ned Rogers was a 22-year-old college student in Arizona when he was in a catastrophic car accident that left him a...
Hansen tour hits 25 years
Screams and cheers filled the halls of Rick Hansen Secondary School today as the man for whom the school is named wheeled down the...
Fish offer clues to spinal cord renewal
Spinal cord injuries are devastating, but fish may be the key to finding a cure.
Research shows adult fish that sustain a spinal cord injury...
Project Mina Enables Upright Mobility for Those Who Have Lost the Ability to Walk
IHMC Unveils the MINA Robotic Device
PENSACOLA, Fla., April 5, 2011 — Today, Dr. Kenneth Ford, Director and CEO of the Florida Institute for Human...
Seeking Spinal Cord Injury Patients for Research Using Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Participants must be 18-64 years of age with no history of schizophrenia, or alcohol or drug abuse within the last year.
This study uses a...
April is PVA Awareness Month
Changing Lives, Building Futures
A Time to Honor America's Veterans with Disabilities and Their Families
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed...
Parking spots for disabled abused, misused
DAYTONA BEACH - When Charles "Jay" Ayres joined the Army, he had no idea that years later, his biggest fight would be for parking...
Adaptive Equipment for Spinal Cord Injury
People who are living with spinal cord injury can do just about anything that anyone else who is not paralyzed can do: they just...
