Tag: Christopher Reeve
Fundraising for charity at the Ironman
A small group of dedicated competitors are aiming to achieve more than just completing this weekend's Ironman at Taupo.
They will be completing a fundraising...
Love Survives
Rick and Angel Young were married at Royal Victoria Hospital.
With a pen held in his teeth, Rick Young carefully marked an X on...
Student Society for Stem Cell Research Press Release
On Tuesday October 10, 2006, at schools across the nation, members of the Student Society for Stem Cell Research will hold Nothing is Impossible...
QUADRIPLEGIC MOM WALKS: After gymnastics move goes wrong, a remarkable recovery
RANDOLPH - As a child, Diane Niles loved doing cartwheels. She found them easy - up and over. So when her 12-year-old daughter, Ashley,...
Hundreds walk, wheel for cause
The parking lot behind the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre in Halifax bustled with activity Sunday afternoon, as people prepared to run, walk and wheel...
Family pins hope on research
4-year-old injured in 2003 accident making progress
By Lisa Scheller, News Editor
He careens through his house in his wheelchair, zipping from one room to another...
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
Generally, the earlier recovery begins and the more rapid its progress, the better the prognosis. In scientific studies, most recovery occurs during the first...
Ventilatory Care in Patients with SCI
The breathing muscles are supplied by nerves that emerge from the spinal cord in various locations, from the Cervical through the Lumbar levels. "Even...
To Walk Again or Not Walk Again
I was listening to a tape on the Internet at Greg Smith's On-A-Roll Talk Radio on Life and Disability (excellent site by the way)....
