Tag: Travel
SPASTICITY
Spasticity is common in varying degrees after spinal cord injury. Spasticity is a non-specific symptom, which may occur in many problems associated with spinal...
Making a bid for Beijing
For speed, Maureen McKinnon-Tucker leans as hard as she can to leeward as she and teammate Mark Lewis train with nearly no wind in...
Spinal injury led to helpful invention
Elaine Wolfe was 18 when she broke her neck in a swimming accident.
The spinal cord injury meant she'd never walk again, and would have...
Following in Rick Hansen’s tracks
Supporters of the annual Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion walk are hoping to make a significant difference in the lives of those suffering from...
Adult stem cell surgery may have teen walking again
WAVERLY, Ill. (BP)–Jacki Rabon was riding with some friends in the back of an SUV in August 2003 when she was thrown out of...
Paralysis Cure Worth Waiting For
Every time I turn around I seem to read about some paralyzed person who's traveled to a far-flung country for a miracle treatment not...
Spinal Cord Cures in China
China could provide a new network to safely test therapies for paralyzed patients.
A growing number of patients are heading to China for experimental therapies,...
Hoping to walk again
WILLIAMSPORT -- Robin Larson had just turned 20 when he and his buddies decided to play water tag in a pond. He dived in,...
Cloning, Stem Cell, and Bioethics: Another Look
The world may be missing the most important points of South Korea's still unfolding cloning scandal.
While Hwang Woo-Suk's stem cells fraud grabs the world's...
Taylor Chace hasn’t let a serious accident keep him from hockey
THERE WAS FEAR, of course, along with the invevitable questions: Why did this happen? What’s going to become of me? But the emotion Taylor...
