Tag: Spinal Cord

‘Wheels in Motion’ money to buy signage

Some of the money raised at last year’s Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion event last year in Whistler will be used to enhance signage...

Soothing words ease rough times

HAINES -- It got a little rough under the basket when the Haines Lady Glacier Bears played the Metlakatla Miss Chiefs Saturday night. A...

First Products Derived From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Aruna Biomedical, Inc. Announces Technology Licensing Agreement to Commercialize the First Products Derived From Human Embryonic Stem Cells ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Aruna...

More than $1.3 million for people with spinal injuries

The Queensland Government will provide more than $1.3 million to help people who have acquired spinal cord injuries to return from Rehabilitation to community...

BIKER BACK HOME SIX MONTHS AFTER CRASH

Biker Steve Booker has been discharged from Sheffield Hospital spinal unit six months after he broke his neck in a Superstocks qualifying accident at...

Newport High School graduate recovering from December snowboarding accident

Graduate of Newport High School and former Newport resident Luis Acosta was injured in a snowboarding accident at Mount Hood Ski Bowl Dec. 8,...

Thinking With The Spinal Cord?

Two scientists from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the spinal cord use network mechanisms similar to those used in the brain. The...

Golden gains wheelchair access

The efforts of a handful of racers and organizers are helping make Golden a better place to live for people in wheelchairs. Funds raised at...

What’s the difference between a paraplegic and a quadriplegic?

What's the difference between a Paraplegic and a quadriplegic? Spinal cord injuries occur when there's damage to the spinal cord. The result is loss of...

19-year old woman paralyzed in sledding accident

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Sledding accidents sent hundreds of people to the emergency room last year, most of them children, and a sledding...