Tag: Injury Prevention
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Awards Nearly $2 Million in Individual Research Grants
Foundation Continues Research Initiatives in Search of a Cure and Therapies for Paralysis
SHORT HILLS, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve...
After Spinal Cord Injury, Ohio State Program Gives Hope
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An innovative training device being used at The Ohio State University Medical Center may lead to improved mobility and quality of...
Medical Marvel
Doctors can't explain why Pat Rummerfield is able to run marathons and race cars. Even so, there are scores of quadriplegics who long to...
Quick action key with neck injuries
This is the second article in a three-part series about head and neck injuries in football and how prepared local sports programs are in...
This is about finding cures, not cloning humans
AS I SEE IT: This is about finding cures, not cloning humans
I am a bit perplexed as to who Cures Without Cloning is actually...
Brain or Spinal Injury Linked to Increased Bankruptcy Rates
Newswise — In addition to neurological damage and Disability, survivors of brain or spinal cord injury may face financial disaster, with increased rates of...
Recent injuries highlight hazards of the game
Heading into week four and putting a quarter of the regular season in the books for most teams, there have two major neck injuries...
Red Bull-backed Wings For Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation Comes To America
It happens every 41 minutes: somebody in the U.S. sustains a spinal cord injury. This epidemic, which affects more than 2.5 million people worldwide,...
New DVD aimed at reducing spinal injuries
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Football players usually hoot and holler when viewing tapes of bone-crunching hits.
Recently, however, the West Florida High Jaguars could only gasp...
Paralysis victim ‘returned to life’
As he'd done so many times before, Jonah Shea tackled the chilly waters of Cape Cod Bay by running and diving in head first.
The...
