Tag: Family and Friends
Cord blood promises life
A state Senate bill calls for a program to educate expecting parents on the benefits of donating umbilical cord blood to stem cell research.
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Making Health Care Universally Available
New England States Struggle To Find The Right Formula
Juan Martinez had not seen a doctor in the five years since he left Peru when...
Centocor Successor’s Goal: Stem-Cell Treatments
PHILADELPHIA _ Not in her wildest dreams did Anne Faulkner Schoemaker imagine she would one day run the small Malvern, Pa., company on the...
McKenzie man heads to China for stem cell treatment
McKENZIE - It may be a long shot, but Craig and Sheila Willis believe it's worth taking for the chance that he might one...
‘I think Allison will walk again’
Dr. John Kessler was working in his office when he received word his daughter, Allison, had been seriously hurt in a skiing accident.
Kessler is...
Skiing for all
WILLISTON -- It has been about a year since a spinal cord injury resulting from a snowboarding accident left Eric Rose in a wheelchair....
Paralyzed men can be fathers
CHICAGO -- In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he’d...
Freak accident changes life
Breathing becomes a challenge for avid amateur athlete who fractured his neck
Victor Van den Boomen used to swim, bike and run hundreds of miles...
Firm provides ramps for handicapped
Mike Cleary has installed more than 100 metal ramps for Disability access in residences (as well as in commercial buildings) since launching his own...
No excuses: former LP resident focuses on capabilities, not disabilities
New children’s book is her latest project
Maureen Pranghofer might claim she is just like everyone else, but one look at her life reveals that...
