Tag: Family and Friends

California Stem Cell Debate Goes Back To Court

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- The fight over control of $3 billion worth of funding for stem cell research in California goes back to...

70% of Spinal Cord Injuries in Children Result from Motor Vehicle Accidents; Most Not...

Newswise — Of the nearly 1,500 spinal cord injuries (SCIs) sustained by children age 18 and younger every year, approximately 70 percent are...

GRAViTONUS Gaming System For Quadriplegics

Any person with physical disabilities is entitled to active interaction with all aspects of social life, independent personal life, self-determination, freedom of choice, as...

Stem-Cell Refugees

Yanks are flocking to China for therapy August, 2002. Chuck Melton, a burly 24-year-old factory worker, is living a good life in southern Illinois. He...

Augie swimmer survives broken neck

In watching Ramsey Vens dive off the starting blocks at Augustana College in preparation for the CCIW championship now under way, it’s hard to...

‘Exciting times’ for spinal cord research

Thank you Prime Minister Stephen Harper! Thank you Rick Hansen! Thank you Tony Clement and Steven Fletcher! Thank you, thank you and thank you....

Spitzer willing to bet on research

Lt. Gov. Paterson takes the lead in persuading voters on a bond issue in 2008. About one-third of the women who come to the CNY...

A wounded GI’s new battle

Sugar Land soldier is one of thousands returning home disabled Humvee gunner Spc. Dillon Cannon scanned left, then right. It was about 1 p.m., and his...

Neighbors extend helping hand

Family, friends build home for accident victim and his family ST. GEORGE - Community members have banded together to assist a family through its tragedy. On...

Plano East wrestler receives support

Donations roll in for Plano East junior, who faces more surgery today Ammon Butcher was never a star as a high school wrestler. His...