Tag: Government
Bringing the gift of mobility
Woman gives villagers treatment, wheelchairs
When Physical Therapist Colleen Sullivan Moses and her group drove up to a village in Tibet, they often found an...
Bay Area tackles stem cell debate
If you're paralyzed from a spinal cord injury, walking is the least of your worries.
Tara Blackwell can't grasp an apple. She needs help to...
His ‘Charmed Life’ Offers Ammunition for a Cure
Paralyzed in car crash, millionaire puts up $1 million for more research so he and others may walk again
On the last day Tim Reynolds...
Sweating on a hard sell
The scientific community is holding its collective breath, hoping a change of legislation will allow members to stay in Australia to pursue breakthroughs in...
Paraplegic LI politician seeks state senate seat
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. -- The title of her autobiography says it all about Brooke Ellison's longshot chance of upsetting a two-term incumbent Tuesday in her...
Wheelchair funding to be cut
To combat fraud, Medicare reducing reimbursements
There is no question that Keith Copen needs his motorized wheelchair. The 59-year-old is paralyzed from the thighs down...
Banking your cord blood
Estimated to be a $2 billion market worldwide, cord blood storage market is now beginning to grow at a fast pace in India too,...
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...
HealthSouth earns triple certification
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona has earned the Gold Seal of Approval by becoming America’s first triple-certified rehabilitation hospital.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of...
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Dear Colleague:
As we begin the month of October, we again celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and proudly recognize our workers with disabilities. ...
