Tag: Spinal Cord Injury

Linux on Power from IBM for Critical Stem Cell Research

Department of Molecular Biology Displaces Dell, Turns to IBM for Crucial Technology NEW YORK, N.Y., April 1, 2004 - Today at a press conference in...

Most pros risk injury, not death

"You've heard the saying, 'I'm going to break my neck trying?' Well, that's pretty much me." Hard hits, 99 mph fastballs and errant pucks don't...

Concert to benefit spinal cord injury victims

While shooting footage last fall for the film adaptation of "Friday Night Lights," the quintessential novel about Texas high school football and the young...

A man of motion

Jonathan Dehaas doesn't remember the motorcycle accident that robbed him of the use of his legs. The first time he opened his eyes after the...

Their lives go on

When 40-year-old Mindy Idaspe learned she would never walk again due to a spinal cord injury in 2002, she was heartbroken. A nurse and...

New Acute Injury Unit At Groote Schuur

The transfer of the acute spinal cord injury unit from Conradie Hospital to Groote Schuur promises better service delivery to both patients and staff. Western...

Motorist rescued after 36 hours on freeway

Associated Press - Information from: Houston Chronicle FRIENDSWOOD, Texas - A motorist injured after a crash lay paralyzed in the middle of the Gulf Freeway...

ACUTE MANAGEMENT

The emergency medical care system is the patient's point of entry into the medical care system. The goal during this period is for...

A limit, not an end

A local spinal cord injury group forms for networking, information sharing. Pat York always knew he had a bad vertebra and that it could someday...

HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

Generally, the earlier recovery begins and the more rapid its progress, the better the prognosis. In scientific studies, most recovery occurs during the first...