Tag: Family and Friends

Huge turnout nets $43,000 for Brooks

Mount Shasta, Calif. -Driving around Mount Shasta this week, you may notice a new feature on many cars. Stickers and magnets reading...

Govt must ensure disabled have social independence

More and more people with severe disabilities are seeking to take part in social activities while living independently at home. Yet not much progress...

Two Oakdale men headed to Beijing for paralympics

Jon Rydberg and Dan James will be representing their hometown of Oakdale and their country by heading to Beijing this September to compete in...

Family, friends rally to help chef fight back from injury

Family, friends rally to help chef fight back from injury It happened in an instant. Dave Hartung was driving home from work the day after...

Briana Walker on Weekly ‘Holistic Living’ Talk Show August 26th, 2008

Tina Marie is excited to have Briana Walker, author of Dance Anyway on Her Weekly 'Holistic Living' Talk Show on the Voice America Network Author...

Homes for Our Troops to build house for paralyzed Marine

Marine Joshua Hoffman was paralyzed by a sniper's bullet in Iraq in January 2007. At left is his mother, Reed City resident Hazel Hoffman,...

Diabetes and Spinal Cord Injury

People with spinal cord disorders are more Prone than most to developing type 2 diabetes. But the condition can be managed and even reversed...

Youth minister adjusts to ‘new normal’ with spinal injury

Accident damages Gainesville man's body but not his spirit ATLANTA -- Vester Lewis is getting used to what he calls "the new normal." Normal for him...

Defying Western Science, Chinese Biotech Pursues Untested Stem Cell Therapy

Although Beike Biotechnology's promising stem cell treatment is unproven, patients are paying to receive the treatment in China. Pursuing a controversial medical procedure that shows...

Rugby star Matt wins his hardest game ever – the battle for hope

Matt Hampson might well have been in Auckland this summer, playing for the England rugby team as they took on New Zealand. After all,...