Spinal Cord Injury In The News

When they were 15, Tim O'Shea and his friend Ben Harvey were keen rugby players. But a week before his sixteenth birthday Ben was tackled during a game and his spinal cord was injured, rendering him a quadriplegic. The tragedy has inspired Tim, a QUT biomedical engineering graduate, to go into spinal cord repair research - in a big way.

On a chilly Tuesday night in America's heartland, the cockles of my heart were warmed in a manner I never would've expected.

An elk hunter was seriously injured Sunday when he was thrown from his horse near Rye Creek. Craig Petersen of Missoula was unable to move and may have suffered a spinal cord injury, officials said.

TUSCALOOSA | Director of player personnel Tim Davis' stay on the Capstone proved to be a short one.Tuesday morning, Minnesota coach Tim Brewster named Davis the Gophers' running game coordinator/offensive line coach. Davis, who was at the Crimson Tide's practice later that day, will begin his new job Monday.

Courage Center's Jr. Timberwolves won the 26th annual Courage Center Classic Jr. Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Nov. 8 and 9 at Hastings High School in Hastings.

Researchers at University College London are to carry out integrated circuit design and packaging for a project to develop an inner ear implant for people with conditions that affect their balance.

By Eric Gaertner | Geoff Newmyer of Fruitport Township married his girlfriend of three years, shot a trophy 14-point deer while bowhunting, worked to keep his business running and volunteered to help another injured person. All this was done while Newmyer, who is paralyzed from the waist down after a hunting accident last October, worked on recovering from his own injury. (Chronicle photo/Ken ...

The University of Washington has been awarded a five-year, $4.5 million grant to research specific challenges related to aging with a disability.

(NOV 24) In an effort to benefit the Life Rolls on Foundation, an organization that supports and benefits young people with spinal cord injuries, Convicted Artists is proud to present the “Extreme Sports & Artists Charity Event.”

Cast your memory back to the age of 5 or 6, when your adult helper let go and you wobbled off on your first solo bicycle ride. What was that incredible feeling? Freedom. But what if that freedom was never available to you? A woman named Meida recently...