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Yearly Archives: 2012

Shepherd Center’s therapy dogs are more than canine companions

Christian Maynard was just being a kid, a normal teenager having a good time, when it happened. In a flash. So fast he didn’t...

Split second can change a life

CAPALABA'S Patrick Dillon knows that a split second is all it takes to change your life. A diving accident five years ago resulted in quadriplegia. Ahead...

Doctors don’t ‘back’ stem cell therapies

Medical experts advise spinal injury victims not to pin hopes on this therapy as it is ‘not yet fully researched’, say doctors performing this...

Sugar could hold key to treating paralysis victims, experts hope

A NEW method of treating spinal cord injuries with the potential to reduce paralysis in patients has been developed by scientists in Scotland. Researchers at...

Trader imports wheelchairs, for crippled dogs

PETALING JAYA - Businessman Danny Goh Teck Chuan's heart broke when he came across a few paralysed dogs after he started rescuing animals about...

How nerve cells aide spinal injury healing

Here's hope for those suffering from spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders- researchers have found a way to make injured nerve cells regenerate. A team...

Mother, son hosting fundraiser for spinal cord injury victims

A beach accident prompts a Fort Lauderdale mother and son to create Walking With Anthony, a non-profit that raises money to help spinal cord...

Powered exoskeleton provides more independence to people with severe spinal cord injuries

The dream of regaining the ability to stand up and walk has come closer to reality for people paralyzed below the waist who thought...

Young people with spinal injuries face discharge to homes for elderly people

Incurring a spinal injury when you're young is surely difficult enough without having to convalesce in a home for older people Linda Liebenberg did not...

East Coast Cripplers ‘are athletes first’

VIRGINIA BEACH - Eric Ingram gives persons with quadriplegia a bad name – and likes it that way. A Stickum-smeared, cheerful menace, Ingram is an...