Tag: Paralysis
Doctor Says Bills’ Everett Will Walk Again
BUFFALO — Two days after he was paralyzed during a game, and one day after doctors described his condition as potentially life-threatening, Buffalo Bills...
Miracles Do Exist for Spinal Cord Injuries
Not so very long ago, injuring your spinal cord meant paralysis, perhaps death. The higher the injury, the worse the prognosis. For instance, if...
Everett has support from Utley, Byrd, Burroughs and others
An ill-fated tackle on Sunday plunged Kevin Everett into a hellish week of loss. Instead of commanding his finely chiseled body, he could do...
Craig Hospital Doctors Analyze Everett’s Injury
(CBS4) ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Experts in spinal cord injuries at Craig Hospital in Englewood said Monday there appears to be some signs of hope as...
New DVD aimed at reducing spinal injuries
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Football players usually hoot and holler when viewing tapes of bone-crunching hits.
Recently, however, the West Florida High Jaguars could only gasp...
In poor countries, spinal injury still means death
LONDON (Reuters) - A 6-year-old Palestinian girl may be about to experience at first hand the gulf between care of spinal injuries in the...
Paralysis victim ‘returned to life’
As he'd done so many times before, Jonah Shea tackled the chilly waters of Cape Cod Bay by running and diving in head first.
The...
Arts Alliance America to release Reeve documentary
Portion of DVD revenue to be given to foundation
Arts Alliance America in November will release Hope in Motion, a two-part documentary on Christopher...
Christopher Reeve Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Research Network Receives DoD Grant
Newswise — A multi-million dollar grant from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) will allow six hospital centers, including the Methodist Neurological Institute...
Promise Shown For Curing Injured Spinal Cord By Radiation Therapy Combined With Microsurgery
Research on rats with crushed spinal cords, similar to human injury, reveals that treatment soon after injury combining radiation therapy to destroy harmful cells...
