Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Young Tornado Victim Comes Home
A homecoming for a young tornado victim.
Thirteen-year-old William Pfingston suffers from a paralyzing spinal cord injury when a twister tore through the Eastbrook mobile...
Bikers most at risk of spine injury
Car and motorcycle crashes and falls are the most common causes of spinal cord injury in Australia, a new report shows.
And men are more...
Drayson Center¹s new equipment makes it no sweat for wheelchair users to work out
Delmon Dunston clenched his teeth and drew a deep breath as he lifted weights.
It was a relief for Dunston to use the new wheelchair-accessible...
Botox smooths over bladder problems for injured
AUSTRALIA'S biggest trial of Botox -- a toxin most commonly associated with cosmetic surgery -- aims to put an end to the embarrassing bladder...
‘Hwang myth’ spurs dubious stem cell tests
Rush to develop therapies leaves 12 dead, 80% in worse condition
KOREA - Hwang Mi-sun, 39, was once hailed as proof that miracle cures can...
Lawsuit raises liability issues
Officials, coaches still support sport
When a former high school gymnast in Sioux Falls filed a negligence lawsuit against her coaches, her school and a...
Brg-1 appears to control how stem cells become various kinds of brain cells
Researchers at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University ( OHSU ) have discovered one key gene that...
Monkey Helpers Lend a ‘Helping Hand’
People who lost the use of their arms and legs face challenges the rest of us can hardly imagine. Some of them are unable...
Program fights mistakes that last lifetime
Chad Thomas said that one moment in the summer of 1998 changed his life forever.
Then 18 years old, the now 25-year-old Thomas fell asleep...
The State of Stem Cells, 2006
Hwang Woo-suk's reputation, and the hopes of millions of disabled people, balanced precariously on the outcome of the investigation into his alleged cloning successes....
