Tag: Cure
Dare to Dream: The search toward a cure for paralysis.
An in depth look into individuals living life as quadriplegics.
State Spinal Cord Injury Research Board has not awarded grants in timely manner, comptroller...
ALBANY - The state Spinal Cord Injury Research Board has not awarded grants in a timely manner, prompting the Legislature to take back $13.5...
Mannford student struggling to recover from paralysis
MANNFORD — In most ways, Meagan Waffle is a typical teenager. She laughs a lot, talks about boys, loves her friends, and is constantly...
Superman’s battle with George Bush … and his legacy of hope to millions
Film star Christopher Reeve was best known for playing Superman until he was paralysed from the neck down after a riding accident in 1995....
First stem cell trials might start in O.C.
An Irvine company could be the first to win federal approval for clinical trials.
A tiny start-up company in Irvine has a shot at becoming...
Riders find hope on the road
Think of it as the cost of the first two sips of a morning coffee.
“Thirty cents, that’s all we have to get from each...
FDA Approves Diaphragm-Pacing Device
Device can help paralysis patients breathe without a Ventilator for at least four hours
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it approved...
Prevention, education programs credited for decline in hockey spinal injuries
TORONTO — Injury prevention and education programs are being credited in part for the decline in spinal injuries among ice hockey players in Canada.
Soon-to-be...
Varied therapies for spinal cord injury
There is no cure for a spinal cord injury, but much headway has been made in clinical research that could lead to one. Other...
Surfer girl finds out how fragile life really is
Devyn Bisson, 15, suffers a spinal cord injury, gears up the courage to surf again.
HUNTINGTON BEACH She doesn't remember the man's name or much...
