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THE REEVES' LEGACY
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
Reeve is the 28-year-old son of Christopher Reeve, and he has taken up the torch for spinal cord research. It's not a torch he sought, but one he says he is ...
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Jackson: Capital Games
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
Lautenberg wants the Army Corps of Engineers to investigate whether erosion of beaches is contributing to a spike in spinal cord injuries to Cape May ...
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Review of TWISTED CONSEQUENCES
By Irie Parker
Tyson is a C5 quadriplegic (the result of a severe neck injury in an auto accident ten years prior to the time of this story) who lives well with specially designed computer equipment and assistance devices monitored by hired nurses ...
Disaboom - http://www.disaboom.com/Blogs/
Euthanasia
By Richard
Another similar case is that of Joni Eareckson Tada, a quadriplegic who suffered a spinal-cord injury. She now paints, draws and has a wonderful ministry of encouragement and blessing to perhaps millions. These two girls prove that, ...
Wonders of Creation - http://creation.mightymag.org/
Quadriplegic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury C5 Walker
By admin
C5 - C7 Incomplete Quadriplegic Re-learning to walk between parallel bars, working on balance and co-ordination. spinal cord injury videos physical therapy and spinal cord injuries incomplete spinal cord lesion quadriplegic paralysis ...
Video Channal : Fun with Video - http://vidchannal.com
Helmet high-tech can prevent athletes are quadriplegic
The technology has brought comfort to the helmets of cyclists. Now an innovation also brings an additional item of security, as has happened recently with the traditional safety helmets. Protection for the column Engineers University of ...
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Chiropractic: Strokes and Class Action
By Am Ang Zhang(Am Ang Zhang)
“After life-saving surgery at the University of Alberta Hospital, Sandy, a senior land administrator in the oil and gas industry, was left almost completely paralysed, a quadriplegic totally dependent on machines, hospital staff and her ...
The Cockroach Catcher - http://cockroachcatcher.blogspot.com/ 

Chris Finn nominated for SCI Hall of Fame
San Leandro Times - CA, United States
By : Julie Barsamian : 9/5/08 San Leandro resident Chris Finn has been nominated to be inducted into the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Hall of Fame. ...
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Kyle Metcalfe reflects on life-altering injury, personal journey ...
Amador Ledger-Dispatch - Jackson,CA,USA
The devastating spinal cord injury he sustained that afternoon put his energy on a new path - one that included months of hospitalization; a roller coaster ...
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Contemporary Analysis of Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal ...
Cardiosource - Washington,DC,USA
The frequency of spinal cord injury was 4.3% in the ER patients and 7.5% in the SR patients (p = 0.08). The development of spinal cord ischemia correlated ...
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HS Football Player Airlifted From Game
NBC5i.com - Fort Worth,TX,USA
The athlete suffered a concussion and a contusion of his spinal cord and was released from the hospital Friday morning, according to family members. ...
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Life Rolls On contender for best surfer volunteer video...
Global Surf News - USA
They Will Surf Again is an award-winning, bi-coastal series of events that empower young people affected by spinal cord injury with the opportunity to surf ...

REHAB Hospital to create new gait and wheelchair clinic
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
Each year, the organization treats nearly 8000 patients recovering from strokes, brain injury, spinal cord injury, orthopedic injuries, sports injuries and ...
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Experts Provide Insights Into Emerging Field of Brain and Spine Repair
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
The ability of neural stem cells to generate new neurons in adults is not spread evenly throughout the brain and spinal cord. For example, as far as we know ...
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Coming in from the Cold: Did Hypothermia Therapy Allow Kevin ...
Scientific American - USA
Everett's doctors would later confirm that a spinal cord injury had left the young player paralyzed from the neck down. The prognosis: that he would be ...
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Back Disorders
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
The spinal bones are connected by the facet joints at the back and by the discs at the front. The nerves of the spinal cord run through the spinal canal, ...
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Swimmer to go the distance
Wokingham Times - Wokingham,England,UK
Deborah Lamont, 19, from Eversley

 Yuma Marine's wife blogs to update friends, family on injured ...

Yuma Sun - Yuma,AZ,USA
A neurosurgeon eventually performed an upper-spine fusion because the bones were getting too close to the spinal cord. Then, in April, a blood clot formed ...
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Turning disability into ability
KING5.com - Seattle,WA,USA
It's too soon to know how much movement Jerold will regain, but he's working hard in rehab, getting stronger every day. Sixty percent of spinal cord injury ...
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Paraplegic woman found in pool, dies
The Rolla Daily News - MO, United States
... Phelps County Sheriff’s Department. “She’s been known to swim alone,” Davis said. Memorials are suggested to the Rusk Rehab-Spinal Cord Injury in Columbia.
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Woman Protects Service Dog From Pit Bull Attack
By The WillaWoman(The WillaWoman)
Wirtjes, who is a quadriplegic, said she thought the pit bulls might kill Rue, her golden retriever. Rue is a service dog for Wirtjes. Whatever she can't do... Rue can. But on Monday night, it was Wirtjes who came to Rue's aid. ...
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Interview of Congressman James Langevin on Stem Cell Research
By Disabled Politico
Langevin is known for being the only quadriplegic ever to serve in Congress so far, he also is a strong advocate of stem cell research and spoke on that topic at the DNC in 2004. Langevin became a quadriplegic at the age of 16, ...
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Encountering Someone Different
By Laura(Laura)
seen a fellow human, a quadriplegic who in fact has a great deal in common with her. And one other thing about those of us who look or act different. My grandson Sam, who is on the autism spectrum, is almost 8 years old. He is ...
As The World Spinns

 November Could Be Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month in Norfolk

CD98.9 - Simcoe,Canada
November 2008 is one step closer to being named 'Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month' in Norfolk County. Council members received and approved a motion ...
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John Cena: WWE wrestler undergoes neck surgery after injury
Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
... by other WWE wrestlers (Edge, Steve Austin, Chris Benoit), Maroon removed a fragment from Cena’s spinal cord, which had been blocking a nerve. ...
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Soon, bank on menstrual blood to treat diseases
Times of India - India
... neurological disorders like spinal cord injury, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, in addition to cosmetic applications such as anti-aging therapy. ...
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Adding spinal cord stimulation to treatment plan gives best ...
The Virtual Medical Centre - Perth,Australia
They showed that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy significantly enhances pain relief and improves quality of life in patients with failed back surgery ...
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