Yearly Archives: 2010
Spinal Injuries Awareness Week
Meet Martin Hume. Almost three years ago the 21-year-old from Elanora on the Gold Coast suffered major spinal injuries after a wakeboarding accident only...
Monkey Business in Concord
How a Capuchin monkey aids the life of a 27-year-old Concord man and his big family.
Ned Sullivan is taking it one day at a...
We should support stem cell research
I have very strong feelings about the support of stem cell research, and I should – I have a friend whose life could be...
Gering man walks again
After spinal cord injury, Mark Rexus was told by doctors that he wouldn’t
After suffering a spinal cord injury in a work-related accident, doctors told...
Promise of stem cells fulfilled
clinical trial in Atlanta, Georgia, is proof that informed public debate is the key to medical advance
IF I'm honest, my first reaction to recent...
‘Second Opinion’ takes prime-time look at spinal cord injuries
ROCHESTER -- Spinal cord injuries -- which more than 11,000 American suffer each year -- will be the focus of a special edition of...
What research brings spinal cord-injured patients closer to a cure?
Millions of people worldwide experience spinal cord injuries. Breakthroughs bring researchers progress, but a complete cure is a long way off
Spinal cord repair focuses...
Devizes spinal injury man rows ‘boat’
Paralysed Devizes man Andrew Farrow is taking part in a ground-breaking medical study which involves him rowing 100 kilometres.
Mr Farrow, 45, is paralysed from...
‘Murderball’ gives new life to wheelchair-bound athlete
PHILADELPHIA, PA (NBC) - The Philadelphia Eagles wheelchair rugby team gives life back to its members and smashes stereotypes one hit at a time.
A.J....
Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Association to Build Ramp to Help Mother of 7 Trapped...
The Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Association (MSCIA) has chosen to utilize donation money from their first major event to assist a woman in Detroit,...
