Tag: Urinary Tract Infection

Ontario Government Pays Tribute to Canada’s Man in Motion, Rick Hansen

Hansen Recognized for his Outstanding Contributions to Spinal Cord Injury and Disability Awareness TORONTO, April 29 /CNW/ - Premier Dalton McGuinty and Dr. Marie Bountrogianni,...

Robotic technology teaches spinal cord injury patients to walk again

A 50-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down in a devastating motorcycle accident a year ago is learning to walk again with the help...

Christopher Reeve to Co-Deliver Middlebury College Commencement Address

Christopher Reeve to Co-Deliver Middlebury College Commencement Address With Wife, Alumna Dana Morosini Reeve May 23; Honorary Degree Recipients Include Meryl Streep, Kenneth Feinberg,...

Making A ‘Swift’ Recovery

Yankton Doctor Overcomes Potentially Fatal Car Accident Injuries Dr. Don Swift of Yankton is a survivor, but you won't see him on the popular reality...

Acorda Reports Spinal Cord Injury Miss, Positive Trends Seen In MS

By Karen Pihl-Carey It was a mixed day for Acorda Therapeutics Inc., which said Fampridine-SR missed its endpoints in two pivotal Phase III trials in...

Trojans Swim with Mike

In 1981, a benefit for injured USC swimming star Mike Nyeholt turned into an annual event for athletes. As they were getting ready to leave...

Redevelopment Plans for Lower Manhattan to be Recognized for Accessibility

WASHINGTON, Apr 14, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), a national veterans' service and Disability rights organization, in recognizing...

Restoring Function Through Oec Transplantation

Over the past several decades, I have observed remarkable progress in our understanding of spinal cord injury (SCI), a disorder once considered so intractable...

With Tiny Brain Implants, Just Thinking May Make It So

Can a machine read a person's mind? A medical device company is about to find out. The company, Cyberkinetics Inc., plans to implant a tiny...

Stem-cell funds slow in coming

Potential returns may be years away, and society’s moral concerns make investors nervous SEATTLE — Whoever learns to control embryonic stem cells that can morph...