Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
You can’t slow Annie Hayes down
Annie Hayes has returned to the things she's always done, knowing that they'll never be the same.
Hayes, a 44-year-old from Pittsfield, has been...
Neurostimulation Comes of Age
Millions of people worldwide live active lives, thanks to implanted pacemakers that deliver electrical impulses to restore normal function to the heart. Now, electrical...
GH mother learning all over with son
Grand Haven resident Kim Talaga's Mother's Day present won't come with a bow and ribbon this year.
The gift arrived almost daily over the last...
He’s come back from the depths
Ensenada — THE marathon swimmer churned a solitary path through the chilly current, his wave-sculpted shoulders and arms dragging his lifeless legs through the...
Pancakes with a purpose
XENIA Monday, the Dayton Veterans Wheelchair Sports Team that includes three Greene Countians will benefit from the proceeds when Xenia's Perkins' Restaurant & Bakery...
New weapon in battle on bed sores
Paralysed from a spinal cord injury, Peter Jones tried to cope with excruciating pressure sores by treating himself with vitamins.
What he and his wife,...
Embryonic stem cells trial on track to start
The first clinical trial of embryonic stem cells is on track to start early next year on patients with spinal cord injury. Geron (NASDAQ:GERN...
Marsupial Genome Sequence to Advance Human Health Studies
Newswise — Being announced this week in the journal Nature is the sequencing of the genome of the gray, short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica, an...
United Spinal Association Test Rides Standard Taxi
Terence J. Moakley, director of the United Spinal Association's Taxis For All- North America project, reversed his wheelchair into the Standard Taxi prototype, the...
Acts of kindness
After dating for more than three years, DeShawn Seals and Chantilla Moore planned on tying the knot on Valentine's Day.
Three days before the couple...
