Tag: Quadriplegic

Cursor control at the tip of your tongue

Steering a wheelchair with your tongue sounds impressive enough. Doing so with your mouth closed and gadget-free is the feat allowed by a tongue-tracking...

Disabled Newton mom hoping for a miracle

Five years ago, Danielle Shine became a quadriplegic after a car accident. Now, she hopes to raise money for an experimental stem cell transplant...

27 years later: Bice serves as inspiration to all

Former Siena College player returns to site of paralyzing injury With each passing week, it appears more and more likely that Kevin Everett will make...

New Spinal Cord Injuries Study Says Conducting Surgeries Earlier Could Prevent More Nerve Damage

A new study reveals that conducting surgeries earlier when treating spinal cord injuries could lead to better results and less damage to injury victims. Currently,...

Everett’s mom worried but optimistic

At the bedside of paralyzed Bills player, sheembodies can-do spirit for the long road back She arrived at Millard Fillmore Hospital dressed in her Sunday...

Everett’s injury latest in long list of devastating hits

EDMONTON - If Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett is experiencing the "totally spectacular, totally unexpected" recovery from what the team physician earlier had...

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...

Plager lives life full-speed ahead

The dining room table in Angie Plager's living room is taller than most. So is her computer desk. The furniture is arranged along the...

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...

On a roll

Jesse Billauer rolls into the Beverly Hills Hotel with a blonde bombshell by his side and immediately attracts everyone's attention as soon as he...