Tag: Ventilator
Rugby star Matt wins his hardest game ever – the battle for hope
Matt Hampson might well have been in Auckland this summer, playing for the England rugby team as they took on New Zealand. After all,...
Overseas treatment risky
Stem cell procedures lack evidence
PHILADELPHIA — In February, Marcela DeVivo took her baby son to the Dominican Republic and paid $30,000 to have him...
Wheelchair-Bound Coach Ricker Still Sharing Knowledge
The sound of basketballs rhythmically hitting the gym floor filled the inside of Eastview Recreation Center.
In one corner, a man’s face familiar to basketball...
Blackwell continues pursuit of dream to walk again
Three years have passed since Tara Blackwell had her life altered in a split-second of tragedy.
She has clung to hope. She has been fueled...
Stem-cell tourism troubles experts
In February, Marcela DeVivo took her baby son to the Dominican Republic and paid $30,000 to have him injected with blood stem cells from...
A surgeon’s struggle to regain his life and career
Accident paralyzed his body but not the love for his work
Sweat soaked his Aggie baseball cap as Eugene Alford lurched upright over the parallel...
First stem cell trials might start in O.C.
An Irvine company could be the first to win federal approval for clinical trials.
A tiny start-up company in Irvine has a shot at becoming...
FDA Approves Diaphragm-Pacing Device
Device can help paralysis patients breathe without a Ventilator for at least four hours
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it approved...
A case reopened as murder
Matthew R. Nagle was stabbed in the neck on July 3, 2001, and spent the last six years of his life in a wheelchair....
Unstoppable
Justin Cochran may be disabled from the neck down, but that has not stopped him from skydiving, parasailing, hiking or organizing a golf tournament.
The...
