Archive for April 23rd, 2009

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Number of disabled people has increased dramatically

Posted by greg
April 23, 2009

The New York Times has a story about research that was done by the Christopher Reeves Foundation that shows there are many times more disabled people in The US than first thought. Up until this time there has not been any serious research done to determine the number of disabled people in the United States [...]

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New hardware helps spinal cord injured to breathe

Posted by greg
April 23, 2009

Insciences.org has a story about a device that can control the diaphragm in both the number of compressions and the strength of each push. This device is now allowing patients in Austria to breathe on their own since their initial accidents forced them to use a ventilator to stay alive. Using rehabilitation techniques to strengthen [...]