Archive for April 9th, 2009
Service dog unwanted at university
DailyLobo.com reports that a woman going to a local university brought her service dog with her to class. The service dog then sniffed the bag of the student in front of her and the student grabbed a book and made a threatening gesture that he was going to hit the dog. There was no instructor [...]
Leg stimulator may help disabled walk again
Canadamanufacturing.com has a story about a team at Simon Fraser University that have a controller that can make a paralyzed leg work again. Taking messages from the brain and then sending it to various nerves and leg muscles, the person gets a near normal movement in their paralyzed leg. The user needs to only walk [...]
Getting help when doctors give up
For those of you that have chronic pain problems, you know how difficult it can be to get help. Unrelenting pain that blasts through your pain medication can quickly stop you in your tracks. While most doctors prescribe pain killers to deal with these problems, there are times when you want to find the problem [...]
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