Tag: Hope

Castaic Paraplegic to Walk Marathon Finish

This morning, for the second year in a row, Castaic resident and Web site designer Marc Richards, paralyzed from the middle of his chest...

Remembering Dana Reeve: Why Did Stem Cell Research Disappear From Memory?

The national media was full of broken hearts last week when Dana Reeve died at 44, after nearly a decade of caring for disabled...

AaronBakers.com

Hello everyone, Aaron here. I am intoducing a daily blog/journal for AaronBakers.com to share my trials and tribulations enroute to one of my ultimate goals, riding a...

One year after wreck, Archer family still making adjustments

It's been a year since the wreck, most of their scars are fading and they have returned to a fairly normal routine. The Archer...

Pictures of hope

An exhibition of posters aims to challenge the perceptions of severe spinal cord injury and show that life is still worth living. "I DIDN'T want...

Travis Roy to Chat Live on CSTV.com’s “Tuesday @ The Rink”

BOSTON – Former Boston University hockey player Travis Roy will chat live on “Tuesday @ The Rink” presented by CSTV.com and USCHO.com tomorrow, Tuesday,...

Science soon might catch up to athlete’s desire

The experimental surgery that gives hope to Tara Blackwell and others with spinal cord injuries is being developed in clinical trials under the direction...

Exploiting Paralysis 101

Hwang Mi-soon was paralyzed from the hips down for 19 years when, in 2004, South Korean researchers implanted umbilical-cord stem cells in her spinal...

Stem-cell research at U of L ‘major step’

Nerve-repair work offers hope for treating array of disorders A laboratory rat unable to use its right front paw because of a spinal cord...

Crestwood man recovers from spinal cord injury

It is Larry Biven's first trip away from home since December 10. Eight months ago to the day an accident on I-71 changed his...