Tag: Hope
Recovery process slow, continuing for Ringling football coach
An old adage says, "Time heals all wounds." While the axiom may have a more emotional meaning, for Ringling football coach Rick Gandy, it's...
Quadriplegic fights to pass legislation to help people with spinal cord injuries
Tiffany Garner - Of the Suburban Journals/Belleville Journal
Matt Langenhorst's life was changed forever in an instant on Feb. 8, 2001 when he and his...
Back on His Feet
MIRACLE man John Burgess is back on his feet and defying doctors' diagnosis just six months after being told he might never walk again.
Doctors...
Whatever it takes
She's strapped into what looks like an adult version of a baby walker. Amy Foels doesn't care. "Whatever it takes," she says. She's a...
Moving Stem Cells Front and Center
IRVINE, Calif. - Hans S. Keirstead might be the Pied Piper of stem cells - and not just because he makes rats walk. He...
Eastwood Continues Disability Vendetta with “Million Dollar Baby”
Bethesda, Md. - Score one for Clint Eastwood for his award winning film, "Million Dollar Baby," a brilliantly executed attack on life after spinal...
Paralyzed Floridian hopes to walk again
By Tal Abbady - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - He once was a swimmer and scuba diver whose idea of a quick afternoon...
Helping to heal complications from spinal cord injury
By: News-Medical in Medical Research News
A London scientist has received a major grant to help improve the quality of life for individuals with spinal...
‘BrainGate’ Brain-Machine-Interface takes shape
An implantable, brain-computer interface the size of an aspirin has been clinically tested on humans by American company Cyberkinetics. The 'BrainGate' device can provide...
Spine therapy works on dogs, may help humans
By Lee Bowman, Scripps Howard News Service
Researchers have successfully tested injections of a liquid polymer to heal spinal injuries in dogs in an experiment...
