Tag: Urinary Tract Infection

Back on her feet

This time last year, Gianna Cotroneo was in a wheelchair, her back in a brace and on the mend after a sledding crash fractured...

Injured teen, close-knit town meet challenge

HARTSHORNE -- Bobby Graham's recovery from a paralyzing spinal-cord injury last January has been an example of grace and determination. The 15-year-old and a friend,...

Drew’s Life After paralysis

The Donnellans had their annual Christmas party one week ago. They served the same jerk chicken with rice and peas, made by a friend of...

Life is good after brush with death

With the wounded toll topping homicides, some survivors are gaining insight that makes them whole in a new way Cheating death can make you see...

Risk vs. hope: Heading overseas for stem cells

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - David Aldrich, 49, was paralyzed in a boating accident more than four years ago, and had made his wishes known....

A ‘Miracle’ In Tennessee

A ‘Miracle’ In Tennessee: Charlene Caswell Transforms Herself From Quadriplegic to Hiker, With Help from The Hartford Walking away from a seemingly permanent Disability requires...

Virtual-reality systems help with disability rehabilitation

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — On most days, a tumor on Zvulun Muola’s spinal cord keeps him confined to a wheelchair, but today he...

Surgery seen to aid bladder control

WASHINGTON - Needing a wheelchair isn't always the biggest complaint of people left paralyzed by spinal cord injury — it's also the loss of...

Love Survives

Rick and Angel Young were married at Royal Victoria Hospital. With a pen held in his teeth, Rick Young carefully marked an X on...

New Drug Giving Hope to Spinal Cord Patients

A new medication being tested at Philadelphia's Thomas Jefferson University Hospital gives hope to patients with severe spinal cord injuries. The drug Cethrin has been...