Tag: Hope
Paralysis Therapy
NEW YORK (CBS) - It was four years ago this week that Christopher Reeve passed away after a long and valiant battle with...
Grand Lake teen readjusts to life at home after nearly fatal car accident
As he was growing up in Grand Lake, everybody knew Zack Peterson as the kid with the big smile and the tousled blond hair...
Sion hospital opens stem cell centre
MUMBAI: Ravindra Ahire, a farm labourer's son from Malegaon, is happy he can hobble across the road with his walker. "I can manage half...
U.S. Sen. Harkin- Statement Regarding the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D- IA) delivered the following remarks yesterday on the floor of the Senate urging the adoption of...
Improving schools’ support for children with spinal cord injury
This research study was carried out by the Thomas Coram Research Unit, the Institute of Education at the University of London between January and...
Teens Undergo Rehabilitation From Spinal Cord Injuries
Injured Football Players Inspired By One Another
by WAPT.com - JACKSON, Miss. -- A Murrah High School football player is drawing inspiration from a kindred...
Breakthrough Could Help Heal Spinal Cord Injuries Without Pain
AURORA, Colo., Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine say manipulating embryo-derived stem cell precursors prior...
Injured hockey player fighting his way back
Ben Stear struggles to hold his cell phone in his hands; his fingers just won't cooperate.
Dialing a number, text messaging and listening to his...
Stimulator Helps Spinal Cord Patients Take Giant Steps
theDevice Helps Paralyzed Pull Ankle, Toe Upwards
Eleven-thousand people in the United States suffer from spinal cord injuries each year.
Men are more at risk than...
Huge turnout nets $43,000 for Brooks
Mount Shasta, Calif. -Driving around Mount Shasta this week, you may notice a new feature on many cars. Stickers and magnets reading...
