Tag: Hope
GH mother learning all over with son
Grand Haven resident Kim Talaga's Mother's Day present won't come with a bow and ribbon this year.
The gift arrived almost daily over the last...
Paralyzed man lashes out at Pacman
DENVER (AP) - Tommy Urbanski fidgets in his electronic wheelchair, trying to find a comfortable position.
No luck. The pain just shifts.
Urbanski, paralyzed from an...
He’s come back from the depths
Ensenada — THE marathon swimmer churned a solitary path through the chilly current, his wave-sculpted shoulders and arms dragging his lifeless legs through the...
Odds high, funds sparse for stem cell researchers
Patrick's $1b offer a temporary boost
For all the hype and hope surrounding stem cell research, most of the companies trying to develop treatments from...
‘I feel stronger and stronger every day’
Wheelchair-bound Andrew Merryweather reckons that by Christmas, he will be walking again - at least with crutches.
Merryweather was attacked at a Newlands petrol station...
Banning stem cell research prolongs suffering
Diabetes affects 140,000 young Australians, who would die unless they received multiple insulin injections each day of their lives. The cause is the self-destruction...
Climber survives 120ft mountain fall after tourists spot him through telescope
Climber Michael Garton's life was saved by a man with a telescope after he survived a fall down a sheer rock face on a...
Shot for Paralysis
(WFRV) PHILADELPHIA, PA Right now.. there are no effective therapies for spinal cord injuries.
But a protein injection may help some patients walk again.
Two years...
Celling the Elixir of life
Stem Cell therapy is being touted as the answer to many chronic ailments. But even as research is being done, many are already benefitting...
Cord blood banking called ‘biological insurance’ – but is it worth the cost?
(CP) - Tania and Michael Gurr are expecting their first child in July, and among the decisions the soon-to-be parents must make - from...
