The September 2011 issue of SPORTS ‘N SPOKES, the sports and recreation magazine of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), features the results of a contest they initiated this summer with the nonprofit program Life After Spinal Cord Injury (LASCI). The joint outreach...
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SPORTS ‘N SPOKES, the recreation magazine of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), has spotlighted UroMed founder Bert Burns’ success as a wheelchair athlete in an article that is part of a series meant to encourage people with disabilities to “Get Out & Enjoy...
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I think this is absolutely wonderful! I hope this invention is able to help a lot of people! " The ReWalk can help paraplegics to stand and walk - using crutches for stability - when they lean forward and...
Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles have been able to return function to paralyzed rats using a combination of exercise, drugs and electrical stimulation. The study has important implications...
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I hope the doctors and nurses at the Apollo Hospital here in Sri lanka can help this child. The doctors have not been able to remove the whole tumour but only half of it because of her age. The doctors don't know whether she will fully recover and since she still has half of...
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A ten-year-old turtle just got a custom fit skateboard strapped to her belly. Arava has been overcoming paralysis of her hind legs, and now that she’s got wheels she has started to get her groove on by...
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These things goes unnoticed in developing countries especially Africa, no wonder we have very short life expectancy. We import virtually everything so long as it is coming from the industralised countries - God help Africa!"Scientists only now are unraveling a legacy that has...
Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University, Diana Cox-Foster and
her colleagues points the finger at Israeli acute paralysis virus. The
lurgy in question was, the researchers suggest, was imported...
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Iraqi PM calls emergency meeting."Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, has called for a summit of the nation's main political factions in an attempt to break Iraq's political paralysis.
In recent weeks almost all...
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Paralyzed lab rodents with spinal cord injuries apparently regained some ability to walk six weeks after a simple injection of biodegradable soap-like molecules that helped nerves regenerate.
The research could have implications for humans with similar injuries.
"It will...
This is very good news for families and current victims of the horrible crash; shame on the city for trying to implement an age-old rule with little current applicability. "A federal judge today rejected New York...
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