Tag: Nonprofit Organization
Scientists Clone First Human Embryo
Genetically Identical Cells May One Day Cure Disease
Researchers in South Korea say they are the first to successfully clone a human embryo and use...
Dana Reeve Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Dana Reeve, wife of actor Christopher Reeve, a director of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) and...
Current Interventions 2004
Drug Therapy
Effective drug therapy for spinal cord injury first became a reality in 1990, when methylprednisolone, the first drug shown to improve recovery from...
Spinal Cord Tumors
Definition
A spinal cord tumor is a benign or cancerous growth in the spinal cord, between the membranes covering the spinal cord, or in the...
Iraqi Child’s Life In Balance
12-year-old Paralyzed by Accidental Mortar Being Evacuated to USA
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A U.S. mortar attack that hit the wrong target has...
The Kresge Foundation Awards Jewish a $1.5 Million Challenge Grant for Frazier Rehab
Louisville, KY… The Kresge Foundation has awarded Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services (JHHS) a $1.5 million challenge grant to aid in the completion of Frazier...
Spinal Cord Regeneration
For successful Regeneration to occur following spinal cord injury, several things must happen. First, damaged nerve cells and supporting cells must survive or be...
The best move of my life
I finished college in May of 1990 just three years after my injury. That summer was spent trying to figure out what I was...
Understanding the Importance of Language
Every day more than thirty people become paralyzed from spinal cord injury (SCI) or disease. SCI generally results in one of two types of...
Facing the Realities of Managed Care and HMOs
Bill, 55, was repairing his roof on a Saturday afternoon when he fell, sustaining a C4 spinal cord injury. He was rushed to the...
