Tag: Paraplegia
Paralysis is a Catastrophic Injury
For an injury to be considered catastrophic, it must occur without any warning. It must also disrupt your life is some way, whether by...
Ray of hope for patients with spinal cord injury
LUCKNOW: Pace of life subdues with age. For 56-year-old Saroj things may be worse. She fell from her roof-top in Basti last week and...
The Whole World Is Watching
Hope—and anxiety—run high as the first clinical trial of embryonic-stem-cell therapy begins this summer.
Six weeks before the hoopla over President Barack Obama's executive order...
Adventure Therapy
A LIFELONG STRUGGLE: People who have suffered spinal cord injuries are at higher risk for obesity than those who haven't. Because they're often confined...
Neuralstem’s Human Stem Cells Integrate into Nervous System of Rats with Animal Model of...
Make Synaptic Contact with Host Motor Neurons
ROCKVILLE, Md., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transplanted human neural stem cells (hNSCs) developed by Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Alternext...
Stationary bike helps spinal cord injury sufferers
People who have suffered spinal cord injuries are at higher risk for obesity than those who haven't.
Because they're often confined to a wheelchair, the...
Paraplegic raising funds
Fenelon Falls resident praises support of association
More than six years ago, a single moment changed Matt Hughes' life forever.
In August 2002, Hughes was involved...
How retired Formula 1 hero David Coulthard now devotes his spare time to charity
SCOTS Formula 1 hero David Coulthard is used to life in the fast lane. And three months after retiring from racing, he's showing no...
Local family grateful for support for son
Ken Majonis, 31, was paralyzed in accident; now convalescing at home
MARLBORO — The Majonis family of Marlboro saw a happy ending to 2008...
Beyond disabilities
Interacting with people who use mobility aids
Probably the most recognisable form of Disability is physical. Yes, it is absolutely true! People using crutches, a...
