Tag: Hope
Crash test dummies don’t represent kids
We’re not protecting young car passengers as well as we could, according to researchers at Sydney’s Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute.
They’ve shown that...
Dare to Dream: The search toward a cure for paralysis.
An in depth look into individuals living life as quadriplegics.
Amazing Inspirational Teen's Graduation Address
Our 17-year old son's journey with spinal cord injury. His Graduation Address to Hants East Rural High, 2008.
Mannford student struggling to recover from paralysis
MANNFORD — In most ways, Meagan Waffle is a typical teenager. She laughs a lot, talks about boys, loves her friends, and is constantly...
A surgeon’s struggle to regain his life and career
Accident paralyzed his body but not the love for his work
Sweat soaked his Aggie baseball cap as Eugene Alford lurched upright over the parallel...
Superman’s battle with George Bush … and his legacy of hope to millions
Film star Christopher Reeve was best known for playing Superman until he was paralysed from the neck down after a riding accident in 1995....
UBC researchers believe new helmet could prevent spine injuries
Helmets are supposed to protect the head, but researchers at the University of British Columbia say their Pro-Neck-Tor helmet can also protect the spine.
A...
First stem cell trials might start in O.C.
An Irvine company could be the first to win federal approval for clinical trials.
A tiny start-up company in Irvine has a shot at becoming...
Kevin Everett recovers, reaches out
Mornings are the worst time for Kevin Everett. That's when the pain is at its most intense, when he's reminded that things probably will...
Riders find hope on the road
Think of it as the cost of the first two sips of a morning coffee.
“Thirty cents, that’s all we have to get from each...
