Quadriplegic Sails Solo Around Britain Using Straws
NPR - USA
The 36-year-old quadriplegic, who has a progressive neurological disease called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, is able to move only her head, eyes and mouth. ...
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Disabled man fights for his marijuana
OCRegister - Santa Ana,CA,USA
Charles Monson, a quadriplegic, had his home raided and his medicinal marijuana seized at gunpoint. By EUGENE W. FIELDS ORANGE A swimming accident three ...
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Brave Sailor Hilary to Circle the UK
Sail World - Mandalong,NSW,Australia
The difference is Hilary is a quadriplegic. At 36, she suffers from a rare disorder known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy. This 'genetic blip' means she has ...
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Trio honored for saving quadriplegic man
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
Daniel Briney, a 43-year-old quadriplegic who is developmentally disabled, had been on an outing in the park June 2 when the grips on his wheelchair slipped ...
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Local heroes honored for saving quadriplegic man
9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA
DENVER - Edward Santos has had a lot of firsts lately. Earlier this month he helped save a man from drowning, then received attention from newspapers and TV ...
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Quadriplegic Woman Sailing Solo around Britain
HappyNews.com - Round Rock,TX,USA
(AP Photo/ John Stillwell/, PA) :: Record-breaking quadriplegic sailor Hilary Lister in her Artemis 20 sailing boat as it is towed out of Dover harbour, ...
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'Just you the waves and the wind'
BBC News - UK
Five years and several record-breaking feats later, the quadriplegic has now embarked on her toughest challenge yet, a solo trip around the British coast. ...
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Heroes Honored For Saving Disabled Man
TheDenverChannel.com - Denver,CO,USA
DENVER -- Three people who came together to help a quadriplegic survive a fall into Berkley Lake were honored Wednesday as Daniels Neighborhood hero award ...
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Amplifying The Fight Against ALS
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
For example, spinal cord injury treatment strategies usually focus on repairing or regenerating injured pathways in the spine. But even if researchers can ...
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FDA approves respiratory implant that was tested on Christopher Reeve
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
It lets some spinal cord injury patients breathe for at least four hours a day without a mechanical ventilator. Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down in a ...
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Responders Train for Spinal Cord Injuries
KFYR-TV - Bismarck,ND,USA
On June 18th, Community Ambulance Paramedics, Minot Firefighters and local lifeguards teamed up for a spinal cord injury in-service. ...
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Stem Cell Research - Man vs. God
GNIF Brain Blogger - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Research is currently being carried on to study the applicability of the stem cells in plastic surgery, in Parkinson's disease and in spinal cord injury. ...
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FDA Okays Device to Aid Independent Breathing in Spinal Cord Injury
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
... Md., June 18 -- The FDA has approved an implantable device that stimulates the diaphragm, aimed at allowing patients with a spinal cord injury above C-4 ...
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FDA Approves Diaphragm-Pacing Device
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
The FDA said the NeuRx DPS RA/4 Respiratory Stimulation System, an implantable electronic device, is used by certain spinal cord injury patients to breathe ...
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Synapse Biomedical Receives FDA Approval of NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Dr. Onders will continue to proctor initial surgeries as regional trauma centers begin to offer the NeuRx DPS(TM) to spinal cord patients. ...
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Attacker in Levy case gets jail
Surrey Leader - BC, Canada
Tuan "Tony" Minh Nguyen will go to jail for his part in the attack that left Michael Levy a quadriplegic. The BC Court of Appeal Tuesday overturned a ...
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Ex-state school worker gets 5 years in burn case
KFDA - Amarillo,TX,USA
Prosecutors say the 35-year-old blind, deaf quadriplegic woman can't speak but managed to scream in pain. She still has scars after suffering second-degree ...
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Judge declares mistrial in NH baseball bat death
Boston Globe - United States
Police say Raymond was attacked in 2005 after he confronted some children about firing pellets at vehicles. The attack left Raymond a quadriplegic. ...
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Christopher Harmon's challenges
Minnesota Public Radio - Saint Paul,MN,USA
It's a tough job at the best of times, but Harmon faces the additional challenges of being quadriplegic, deaf, and legally blind. He breathes with the help ...
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30 years later, principal helps former student in a big way
Kansas City Kansan - Kansas City,KS,USA
"He is already seeing some arm movement due to the aggressive spinal cord therapy," Mary Guilick said. Quest to Walk is a spinal cord injury recovery center ...
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Community gives accident victim a lift
Elmira Independent - Elmira,ON,Canada
Julie Sawyer photo In February, Doug Weber's life changed forever when he sustained a spinal cord injury on his farm. But, thanks to the generosity of the ...
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Wheels in Motion fundraiser ready to roll into Wolfville
Nova News Now - New Minas,Nova Scotia,Canada
They will raise funds for spinal cord injury research in the hope that a cure will soon be found and to help purchase an arm cycle for a local nine-year-old ...
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Entrepreneur Creates Workplace for the Disabled
Washington Post - United States
... most of whom have developmental or physical disabilities ranging from bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injury or cerebral palsy to quadriplegia. ...
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Indomie Supports Spinal Cord Injuries Association of Nigeria
Nigerian Bulletin! - Nigeria
"Many sufferers of the spinal cord injury give up on life at the incidence of their injury. Sadly, only few try to make success out of their residual ...
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PG man arrested in Springville stabbing
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
In an affidavit filed in Provo's 4th District Court, Springville police said Vaavao may be paralyzed as a result of the spinal cord injury. ...
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West Gables Rehabilitation Hospital to Demonstrate New Lokomat(R)
WELT ONLINE - Germany
Nearly 30% of patients treated at West Gables Rehabilitation Hospital receive treatments for spinal cord injuries, brain injuries and neurological disorders ...
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Surfers' spinal injury can paralyze beginners
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
"She is happily going home without equipment (a wheelchair)," said Hsu, a spinal cord injury specialist also caring for Jessee. "She's not completely normal ...
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Fundraiser helps disabled man attend university
Leader Post - Don Mills,ON,Canada
But after a devastating spinal cord injury left Rayner a quadriplegic, accessibility issues suddenly became crucially important. "At my high school there's ...
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How To Select An Attorney In A Spinal Cord Injury Case ...
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
If you have sustained a spinal cord injury due to the fault of someone else, you will absolutely need an attorney.You must make an extremely important ...
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Botox Injections Bring Relief to Victims of Stroke, Spine, Brain ...
HealthNewsDigest.com - New York,NY,USA
Also referred to as spasticity, spastic paralysis often occurs following a stroke, spinal cord injury, or brain injury. It is estimated that spasticity ...
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A slow nemesis
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic nerve disorder caused by destruction of the insulating layer surrounding neurons in the brain and spinal cord. ...
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National Rehabilitation Hospital Team to Work with US Army to ...
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
She began her career as a staff therapist on an inpatient comprehensive unit treating acute cerebral vascular accidents, spinal cord injuries, ...
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Power To The Paralyzed
WPTV - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
Kevin Grogg, MS, ATP, a rehabilitation technologist at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Ga., explains how important it is to help quadriplegic patients ...
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Dramatic rescue from Roxbury fire
Boston Globe - United States
Her brother, Eliezer, 29, has been a quadriplegic since he was shot in the neck during an armed robbery in Boston in 2002, and she knew she could not move ...
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Prosecution questions second delay in sentencing of quadriplegic
Bakersfield Californian (subscription) - Bakersfield,CA,USA
Californian staff writer A court hearing for a quadriplegic who pleaded guilty to killing a 69-year-old woman in a car crash was postponed again on Thursday ...
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Guillory bouncing back
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
But insiders surrounding the Eskimos camp thought the chances of Guillory ever playing another game after his spinal cord contusion were slim and none. ...
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A case reopened as murder
Boston Globe - United States
The knife severed Nagle's spinal cord and left the 21-year-old former Weymouth High football star paralyzed from the neck down and unable to breathe without ...
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Prevention, education programs credited for decline in hockey ...
The Canadian Press - TORONTO
Soon-to-be published findings from the ThinkFirst Foundation of Canada, which keeps a registry of catastrophic spinal cord injuries, reveal the numbers have ...
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Point Loman makes 600-mile bike trek to raise money for research
Peninsula Beacon - San Diego,CA,USA
by Kate Searcy To support and raise funds for spinal cord injury research, Point Loma native Bob White, 50, recently biked more than 600 miles from San ...
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