Tag: Government
Atlanta rehab hospital to provide free care to some vets with brain, spinal cord...
ATLANTA (AP) -- An Atlanta Rehabilitation hospital will provide free care to wounded military veterans who need brain or spinal cord injury services that...
Manitoba gives $3M boost to spinal injury treatment
The Manitoba government will spend $3 million over the next five years making sure people with spinal cord injuries receive the most up-to-date services.
Premier...
StemCyte Expands Support of World Renowned Spinal Cord Injury Researcher Through Agreement with Rutgers...
StemCyte, Rutgers Sign Research, Licensing Agreement for Novel Human Umbilical Cord Blood Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury Being Developed by Wise Young, M.D., Ph.D.
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People are more than their wheelchair’; Speaker shares experiences with school classes
A group of Grade 8 boys gained a better understanding of life in a wheelchair through a presentation which complemented some of their in-class...
Paralyzed Veterans of America’s First Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury...
RICHMOND, Va. — Paralyzed Veterans of America's (PVA) first Vocational Employment Counseling Center for veterans with spinal cord injuries (SCI), which opened in...
First Published SF-6D Utility Measures For Paraplegia And Tetraplegia
The cost of care and equipment for a person with a high-level spinal cord injury (Tetraplegia) is estimated as $50,000 to $280,000 AUD per...
Researchers ask: Is China the sleeping giant of biotech?
PARIS (AFP) — China's biotech sector accounts for just a sliver of its pharmaceutical industry and operates under the cloud of a massive review...
After accident, Katie Mathews knows what life is about now
She just wants to be herself. "Normal," she says.
But Katie Mathews, 17d, has had only fleeting glimpses of normal since the wreck in the...
High schools take care to tackle spine injuries
A Toronto-based sports therapist who has attended to teenaged athletes injured in games during the past 25 years says the number of catastrophic injuries...
The Stem Cell Summit
The climate is changing for stem cell research -- for the better!
Stem cell research represents the universal hope for healing and the political...
