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Monthly Archives: May 2013

Department of Defense Awards $2 million to Spinal Cord Injury Research

SHORT HILLS, NJ -- (May 28, 2013) -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation and Capstone National Partners are pleased to announce a $2...

Stem Cell Injections Improve Spinal Injuries in Rats

An international team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reports that a single injection of human neural...

Wheelchair challenge helps raise awareness

OTTAWA — Brampton West MP Kyle Seeback was one of more than two dozen federal politicians who participated in the 6th Annual Chair-Leaders Campaign...

‘I hope I can walk again’

Paralyzed man says he chooses to have more good days than bad NORTH ANDOVER — The past two years has been a tough road for...

Five things they don’t tell you in rehab

Writing, cooking, buttoning buttons and the always fun balloon toss — we learn and do a lot in rehab after a debilitating injury. They...

Adapting to life with a spinal cord injury

Life without pain would be "incredible", says 24-year-old Justin Levene from London. "It would be nice to have a bit of variety." Three years ago, two...

Hannah pens her inspirational memoirs

WHEN Hannah Rose was left paralysed in 1999 after a virus damaged her spine, she knew life would never be the same. But now the...

Bad choices can change lives forever

In April 2007, Amanda left a prom after-party with a friend who had been drinking. On the way home, the driver crashed into a ditch....

Paralympian turns politician

Michelle Stilwell one of three B.C. MLAs with a physical disability In much the way she views her wheelchair racing career - she is an...

United Spinal And The Buoniconti Fund Team Up To Improve Peer Support For People...

NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Spinal Association and The Buoniconti Fund today announced their plans to create a coordinated national network...