Tag: Health Care
Paralyzed harp technician suggests a tune for health-care reform
For years, the job of a harp technician has been a coveted position, reserved for an elite, slightly buttoned-up few. Servicing such an instrument...
SCI Outcome: Environmental Factors Linked to Mortality
Just got the latest issue of Spinal Cord, the official journal of the International Spinal Cord Society. This publication is the mother ship for...
ADA publishes practice guidelines for nutrition care for patients with spinal cord injury
The American Dietetic Association has published new evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines for registered dietitians on nutrition care for patients with spinal cord injury.
The guidelines...
Once a helping hand, now in need of aid
Time running out on local man's medical coverage
PANAMA CITY — Pictures of Michael Harris and children in wheelchairs, children with cancer and veterans home...
The scourge of bedsores is being confronted
What do you know about bedsores? They come from too much pressure on your skin in one place for too long. If you are...
Spinal Cord Injury Health Byte
Spinal Cord Injury is a very serious injury that can be very severe depending on the injury.
Paralysis is a Catastrophic Injury
For an injury to be considered catastrophic, it must occur without any warning. It must also disrupt your life is some way, whether by...
Climbing Mountains
K. Eric Larson and a few pals had planned a mountain climbing trip to Mount Rainier when the idea hit him: turn the trip...
Seeking cancer survivors with limited mobility
Are you a cancer survivor who had limitations in activities of daily living prior to your cancer?
If you have completed active treatment for your...
How you can help our most severely wounded warriors
Today's Care. Tomorrow's Cure.
Half of what we do here is about the care! And as many of you know, care costs a lot.
Our friends...
