Tag: Hope
The First 72 Hours After SCI: Clinical Practice Guidelines
The Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine has released "Early Acute Management in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury," a guide to managing the critical first...
You’ve got to hand it to them
Paraplegics cross country on special cycles to raise funds for medical research
THE OLDEST MEMBER of this small group of paraplegics is 65 but...
Where Are They Now- Mike Utley
Sense of adventure, sense of humor survived crippling injury
Mike Utley went deaf in his right ear while having dinner in January. He was robbed...
Research aims to put tongues in control of devices
ATLANTA (AP) -- The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add...
Spine injury breakthrough
Scientists funded by Masterton's CatWalk Trust have developed a breakthrough gel that has the potential to improve healing in spinal cord damage repair.
"This is...
Ex-quadriplegic bikes to Tulsa
In a stop on a nationwide tour, he encourages others with disabilities.
Wiggling a single toe was the impossible goal Aaron Baker dreamed about achieving...
Briana Walker on Weekly ‘Holistic Living’ Talk Show August 26th, 2008
Tina Marie is excited to have Briana Walker, author of Dance Anyway on Her Weekly 'Holistic Living' Talk Show on the Voice America Network
Author...
Miracle Michael will walk again
DOCTORS feared Michael Wakeman would never walk again after he crashed a billy-cart into a car.
The 13-year-old had completely dislocated his spine, compressing a...
Blowing away a sniff of a cure
Andrew Commons is determined to walk again - utterly determined. As well as following an intensive daily exercise regime, he's also undergone courses of...
Youth minister adjusts to ‘new normal’ with spinal injury
Accident damages Gainesville man's body but not his spirit
ATLANTA -- Vester Lewis is getting used to what he calls "the new normal."
Normal for him...
