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`Amputees' faster, more extraordinary than you'd think 29 Jan 2006
Todd also won a gold medal at the '88 Paralympics in the 100 meter run, competing against other AK amputees. ... Amputees are usually an easy call. ...
- Maryville Daily Times,
Mission: Defeat disability 29 Jan 2006
...to Wintergreen by Disabled Sports USA and Wounded Warrior Project, which helps severely injured soldiers and Marines adapt to their new lives as amputees. ...
- Charlottesville Daily Progress,
Man took up skiing after cancer battle 29 Jan 2006
Norman Jaffe. It was a ski trip to Colorado, and those attending were amputees. The 1982 trip was the first one of its kind. Once ...
- Daily News - Galveston County,
Quad-City Times 29 Jan 2006
...s the potential for an extraordinarily large demand on the VA system as our troops do come back from Iraq, both with the high levels of amputees, but also with ...
- Quad City Times,
LeTourneau Students Plan Another Trip To Help Amputees Jan 25, 2006
The university just announced the students will take their project to Malumghat, Bangladesh in March to fit six amputees there.
- KLTV,
Amputees rehab with difficult sports Jan 22, 2006
...is that evidence suggests such activities, properly supervised, yield physical benefits and are also a powerful mechanism for helping amputees regain one of ...
- Baltimore Sun,
Asia: Artificial limb group aids Pakistan quake amputees Jan 24, 2006
By MANABU KITAGAWA. ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan--The London-based Limb Loss Foundation is helping victims of the powerful Oct. 8 earthquake ...
- Asahi Shimbun,
Amputees in Sierra Leone commemorates ‘war don don’ today Jan 18, 2006
...football matches between East vs. West-one legged amputees at 4 pm and Rokel FC vs. Sengbe Boyz FC at 5pm. Mr. Mustapha told Awareness ...
- Awareness Times,
Akunyili donates N1m prize money to civil war amputees Jan 9, 2006
FAMILIES of amputees of the Nigerian civil war currently residing in a zinc shanty encampment at Oji River in Enugu State are benefiaries of the N1 million ...
- Vanguard,
Amputees have star roles in war games Jan 6, 2006
One day at the war games, Tower was chatting with some of the amputees who play wounded civilians when suddenly a horn went off, signalling the start of ...
- Toronto Star,
Open Prosthetics Project Adopts Alibre Design Xpress Jan 27, 2006
This allows amputees, prosthetists (doctors who custom-fit prostheses), and engineers of medical technology to view, modify and further develop the 3D models ...
- Ten Links,
Ear Amputees Rebuild Their Lives Jan 11, 2006
Khalid is an Iraqi torture victim from Basra. He and another victim, Adel, had been brutally punished for refusing to serve in Saddam Hussein's army. ...
- Mathaba.Net,
Why I Fear Sierra Leoneans Jan 26, 2006
But when the Connaught Hospital was shown with hundreds of freshly wounded amputees with dangling limbs, students that constituted people from across the world ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Bidada trust roped in for cross-border quake rehab Jan 27, 2006
He added that as per primary information, the pressing need was for prosthetics and facilities for rehabilitation for amputees and BST would be sending ...
- Ahmedabad Newsline,
Where the Past Meets the Future Jan 26, 2006
...through its application of 3-D printing, to offer accurate replications of artifacts and residual limbs in one step gives promise to amputees of immediate ...
- Texas A&M University,
Volvo Looking For A Wyoming Hero Jan 27, 2006
Previous winners include an amputee who is working to collect and donate used but reusable limbs to amputees overseas; a domestic abuse survivor helping ...
- Autochannel
Infection, Wound Management and Amputee Care Critical to Improving ... Jan 25, 2006
In this day and. age, more amputees are able to live fully active, functional lives. ... will allow for better restoration and overall care of amputees. ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Marking 60 years of key tags, War Amps is "here today and tomorrow ... Jan 23, 2006
He pointed out that The War Amps began in 1918 to provide practical assistance to returning war amputees, later developing the Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release),
Interview with Phil Mickelson Jan 25, 2006
...to the kids who have lost their parents at war, and the Homes For Our Troops helps to rebuild homes for people that come back handicapped or amputees in any ...
- PGA.com
Musharraf lays out template for dealing with disaster Jan 26, 2006
...back home,' he said. 'We gave money to next-of-kin, amputees and everyone who lost a house,' he continued. 'Within two months, this ...
- Monsters and Critics.com,
Teen won't let injury keep her from her dream Jan 26, 2006
She's also serious and talks of becoming a pediatrician. But lately, she's also given thought to working in a trauma center or with other amputees. ...
- Centre Daily Times,
Limb replacements at Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics more ... Jan 22, 2006
Amputees, Cislaghi said, have a wide range of capabilities, more so now than ever before. There are literally hundreds of stories ...
- The Southern,
Heart of a winner Jan 25, 2006
Team members are all amputees who range in age from 16 to 49. The net is eight to nine inches off the floor and 42 inches high. ...
- Arizona Republic,
Veterans' services offered at Hiram G. Andrews Center in Johnstown Jan 26, 2006
...“A guide could show them where to go and what programs are available, like a comprehensive package.�. Especially for veterans coming home as amputees. ...
- Daily American Online (subscription),
No Muslims knighted in New Years Honours Jan 26, 2006
...hour service in London. He keeps the capital healthy around the clock as well as finding time to help amputees. Khan lost his leg ...
- The Muslim News,
Online Mail Call Jan 22, 2006
VA operates 87 multi-disciplinary centers around the country that help amputees in their rehabilitation. We also have contracts ...
- Newsweek
We must do more to reduce smoking Jan 27, 2006
...oxygen? I'll guess that over 90 percent of these people would confess to having been heavy smokers. How about amputees? Smoking ...
- Sun-Sentinel.com,
At sea. Atlantic Rowing Race: Kamacazi flying fish scores direct ... Jan 26, 2006
On a happier note the crew of Bout-de-Vie have completed the race - what makes this all the more amazing is that both crew members are leg amputees. ...
- BYM News (press release),
Infection, Wound Management and Amputee Care Critical to Improving ... Jan 25, 2006
...uncommon combat-related injury. In this day and age, more amputees are able to live fully active, functional lives. Looking down the ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
At sea & Antigua. Another eventful week in the Atlantic Rowing ... Jan 26, 2006
Both Frank and Dominique are leg amputees but they have competed on equal terms alongside their able bodied competitors to prove that anything is possible and ...
- BYM News (press release),
Mia Handshin: An angel rises from carnage Jan 16, 2006
Rapid, study event management at TAFE, prepare for her wedding next year and become more involved in supporting young people through the Amputees Association. ...
- Advertiser Adelaide,
American Airlines Partners with Texas Hospital to Support Ski Trip ... Jan 23, 2006
In a continuing effort to improve the lives of patients, TSRHC found that skiing is well suited for amputees, and with special equipment they quickly become ...
- First Tracks,
Back to the Walk of Life Jan 16, 2006
Northwest Prosthetic and Orthotic Clinic in Bremerton, said it’s common knowledge among those in the prosthetics field that the number of amputees has been ...
- Bremerton Sun (subscription),
Student Moves Past Sierra Leone's Diamond War Jan 17, 2006
Fatu was one of several amputees from Sierra Leone brought to New York through a program sponsored by the Staten Island Rotary Club. ...
- Diamonds.net,
Artificial arms still need work Jan 5, 2006
Within an hour, they'd begun wiring a feedback mechanism that today lets amputees move the prosthesis a little more like a real arm. ...
- Globetechnology.com,
Soldiers to sue MoD for lives blighted by Iraq Jan 21, 2006
...army, but frustrated by his limited options left last October to set up 'Amputee Casualty Simulation' which teaches people how to respond to potential amputees ...
- The Observer,
Amputee Center Being Built at Walter Reed Jan 16, 2006
...the battlefield. It will combine both new and existing counseling, occupational and physical therapy services for amputees. But ...
- Forbes
Joint efforts help arouse charity awareness Jan 24, 2006
...brand image" of its key projects, such as an education aid programme named "Your Love, Their Future," one for the disabled named "Help the Amputees Stand Up ...
- People's Daily Online,
Sports help rebuild wounded GIs Jan 20, 2006
The evidence suggests that such activities, properly supervised, not only yield physical benefits but are a powerful mechanism for helping amputees regain one ...
- Chicago Tribune,
(PRN) American Airlines Teams With Texas Scottish Rite Hospital ... Jan 23, 2006
In a continuing effort to improve the lives of patients, TSRHC found that snow skiing is well suited for amputees, and with special equipment they quickly ...
- Houston Chronicle,
Disabled athlete left without a leg to run on Jan 23, 2006
...nonsense grit. 'Running defines mobility for amputees so as soon as I got my prosthesis I took myself off to run,' John recalls. 'I ...
- TMCnet
New Facility Being Built at Walter Reed, Despite Pending Closure Jan 16, 2006
...hearings. Now, hospital officials say they need to provide the best possible care for amputees before the scheduled 2011 closure. ...
- WJLA,
Struggling Back From War's Once-Deadly Wounds Jan 22, 2006
...existing center at Walter Reed. Amputees get the latest technology, including $50,000 prosthetic limbs with microchips. Dr. Mark R. Bagg ...
- Free Internet Press,
Timely provision of essentials to Pakistan's Quake-hit areas main ... Jan 24, 2006
...visiting delegation that we are facing the challenging task to care and rehabilitate over 1820 widows, orphans and destitute, 731 paraplegics and 684 amputees. ...
- PakistanTimes.net,
King's "Revolution in Values" Revisited Jan 23, 2006
A cost borne not only by the more than 50,000 killed in action, but, on a daily basis, by the 70,000 quadriplegics and multiple amputees who were among the ...
- Monthly Review,
Acupuncture & the Military Jan 19, 2006
Niemztow visits each week, to help relieve the pain for amputees back from Iraq. He says he helps 50 percent of amputees suffering from phantom pain. ...
- WTOP,
The Way I See It... Jan 22, 2006
...leg amputated. He made the best of it...telling other amputees that just because they lost a limb, their lives weren't over. He ...
- WSBtv.com,
Snell Laboratory hosts knee seminar Jan 24, 2006
...and health-care professionals can learn about the possibilities available through prosthetic technology, including the C-Leg and Compact for above-knee amputees ...
- Baxter Bulletin,
Darondo "Let My People Go" CD out January 24 on Luv N Jan 23, 2006
...“I'm very versatile so I'd sing everything to them; pop, country and western, jazz, etc. I worked with head trauma cases, amputees and folks like that. ...
- All About Jazz,
A&E Consultants Launches in '06 with Stellar List of New Clients ... Jan 23, 2006
Freedom Innovations, www.freedom-innovations.com, markets advanced technology lower-limb prosthetic products to amputees throughout the US, Canada, Europe and ...
- Business Wire (press release),
No. 1: the story of an American hero Jan 25, 2006
The camera visits a "train victims' hospice" at Christmas, near the Guatemalan-Mexican border, filled with amputees, many of whom lost their limbs because ...
- Globe and Mail,
At sea. Atlantic Rowing Race: Mission Atlantic with 460 sea miles ... Jan 25, 2006
A photo of them has been sent from the MA supporters in Antigua of the boat finishing with to a warm welcome for the two French amputees. ...
- BYM News (press release),
Resources for Wounded Service Members and Their Families Jan 22, 2006
Accommodations are available for wounded service members with vision or hearing loss, upper extremity amputees as well as persons with communication and other ...
- Community Dispatch (press release)
Mesa teacher back 'being productive again' in class Jan 5, 2006
The students asked about how his arms work and about phantom pains and itches, common among amputees. "They're horrible," Lewis said. ...
- AZ Central.com,
Amputee An Inspiration To Others Dec 29, 2005
But he was determined to walk again and now serves as an inspiration to other amputees. ... He says his dream is to spend his life helping other amputees.
- CBS News
Nationwide Hero Search Continues: Only One Week Remains to ... Jan 24, 2006
Awards seeks ordinary people doing extraordinary things -- such as an amputee working to collect and donate used but reusable limbs to amputees overseas; a ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Weston Resident and Prosthetics Expert Kevin Garrison Recounts ... Jan 18, 2006
Garrison now devotes his life to helping other amputees at the company he founded and runs, Garrison's Prosthetic Services, Inc., which has three clinics in ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
Joys in the Attic Jan 24, 2006
The village girls, reluctant offerings to the dragon, tuck their hands behind their shoulders, giving them the disturbing look of a chorus of amputees. ...
- Seattle Weekly,
Facility will aid injured heroes Jan 22, 2006
The fund now is attempting to jump-start the financing and construction of a new state-of-the-art health care facility for military amputees and burn survivors ...
- The Gloucester County Times,
Rotarians’ gesture to handicapped Filipinos Jan 4, 2006
SALEM: The Rotary Club of Salem Midtown has planned to fund Rs 20 lakh to help 500 amputees in Philippines get artificial limbs. ...
- Newindpress,
Teacher using 'differently-abled' life as learning tool Dec 28, 2005
This summer, she's scheduled to bicycle across the country along with a few other amputees, making stops at hospitals and clinics, sharing her inspirational ...
- Macon Telegraph,
'We drove past ... they detonated an IED. They got me in the leg' Jan 20, 2006
...was given to the MoD at the end of the second world war on condition it was used to help injured soldiers, has this year been "refocused" to treat amputees. ...
- Guardian Unlimited,
40 British soldiers seriously hurt in Iraq war Jan 20, 2006
There are now 35 amputees in the British military who have returned to active service, according to Lieutenant Colonel David Minden, commanding officer of the ...
- Guardian Unlimited,
Ron Kovic: The Forgotten Wounded of Iraq Jan 18, 2006
Paraplegics, amputees, burn victims, the blinded and maimed, shocked and stunned, brain-damaged and psychologically stressed, over 16,000 of them, a whole new ...
- Yahoo! News
DIABETES AND ITS AWFUL TOLL QUIETLY EMERGE AS A CRISIS Jan 9, 2006
Studies suggest that as many as 70 percent of amputees die within five years. ... "Nursing homes are going to be crammed to the gills with amputees in rehab. ...
- Amherst Times.com,
Brooke Army Medical Center Dec 29, 2005
...face injuries and amputations. Of nearly 17,000 wounded since 2001, about 2.5 percent are amputees. Brooke's surgeons, prosthetists ...
- Dallas Morning News (subscription),
Daily Planner: Monday Jan 9, 2006
876-8321, extention 24. Second Monday. ACTIVE AMPUTEES: 11 am-noon. For amputees and caregivers. Enloe Rehabilitation Center, 340 W. East Ave., Chico. ...
- Enterprise-Record,
Bulletin BoardPublished: Thursday, January 05, 2006 -- The Truth ... Jan 4, 2006
Open to all amputees and their caregivers. Seeking amputees from all over the Michiana area. Meets the first Saturday of every month. ...
- Elkhart Truth,
Ranch students get a lesson in prosthetics Jan 19, 2006
...second.". The high-technology prosthetic came out less than two years ago and is widely used for military, above-the-knee amputees. ...
- Bradenton Herald,
Amputee soldiers find solace in sports Jan 17, 2006
Because the evidence suggests that such activities not only yield physical benefits but are a powerful mechanism for helping amputees regain one of the things ...
- Concord Monitor,
Commonwealth Games team picked Jan 18, 2006
Full team: Athletics: 100m T12 (visually impaired): Andrew Adimo, John Lodomo; 200m T46 (amputees): Simon Wambugu; 800m T54 (wheelchair): Anne Wafula; discus ...
- Standard,
PARK CITY '06: Patricia Foulkrod: "I learned to direct from having ... Jan 16, 2006
...a Baja Fresh, and he was sweating and having panic attacks, and I wanted him to be OK, and he wasn't. Next, I was going to dinner with many amputees who were ...
- Indie Wire
Junta Points Finger at Shan Group, NGOs Jan 20, 2006
In the early 1990s, the ICRC began a program offering prosthetic limbs to amputees in upper Burma from a center in Mandalay, a program which was initiated with ...
- The Irrawaddy News Magazine,
Mind Over Matter Becoming A Reality Jan 4, 2006
...computer device. It's a discovery that could someday give amputees and those who are paralyzed power over their lives. He's winning ...
- abc7news.com,
At sea. Atlantic Rowing Race: Support yacht Aurora to contact ... Jan 19, 2006
This amazing duo of French amputees are in now 5th place and finished their last dispatch with “the road is chaotic but still long!� which is probably ...
- BYM News (press release),
Reid to visit soldiers wounded in Iraq Jan 15, 2006
Mr Reid is to visit Headley Court defence military rehabilitation centre, near Epsom in Surrey, the UK's premier location for treatment of amputees and those ...
- The Herald,
TV Highlights for Jan. 19 Jan 19, 2006
...on love, loss and mortality. The title comes from the phantom limb syndrome experienced by amputees. Everybody Hates Chris (7 pm ...
- Kansas City Star,
Medical meet focuses on disability and rehabilitation Jan 21, 2006
Or offering lower limb amputees prostheses surgically attached directly to the distal bone, which will completely eliminate the limb socket interface altogether ...
- Daily News & Analysis,
The independent living unit has been closed since early December. ... Jan 9, 2006
Greater Southern Area Health Service said yesterday that no decision had been made to close the amputees unit but it confirmed options of its relocation in ...
- Wodonga Border Mail,
Looking Back -- January 13, 2006 Jan 13, 2006
...artificial hand in flesh-coloured plastic has been developed for the British health ministry and is scheduled to undergo clinical trials among amputees in 1966 ...
- Brandon Sun,
Pulling together for disabled... Jan 19, 2006
The Prosthesis Foundation was opened in 1992 by Dr Therdchai Jivacate with the aim of providing free prostheses to amputees, irrespective of race or religion. ...
- Gulf Daily News,
Military duty keeps Bristol man on the run Jan 19, 2006
..."The guys who were injured badly were shipped out by Medivac quickly. They shipped a lot of the amputees and badly injured to Germany. ...
- phillyBurbs.com,
The doctor is out Jan 13, 2006
It was 1973, late in the war, but there was still plenty of work. He worked in a rehabilitation hospital, treating amputees. His ...
- Brattleboro Reformer,
Colorado voters have spoken Jan 16, 2006
...close, state parks would close, the veterans' cemetery in Grand Junction would close, senior citizens centers would stop serving lunch, some amputees would not ...
- Marshalltown Times Republican,
We can rebuild you Advances in artificial limbs Dec 27, 2005
..."Percentage-wise, more soldiers in Iraq are surviving their wounds than in Vietnam," he says, "but more of them are coming back as amputees.". ...
- Times Herald-Record,
At sea. Atlantic Rowing Race: Twelve rowing days left to Antigua ... Jan 18, 2006
Bout De Vie, the two French amputees have overtaken Spirit of Cornwall, which could result in an impressive podium finish for the two men. ...
- BYM News (press release),
Bill Bradley, Hank Aaron, Caroline Kennedy and Others to Select ' ... Jan 16, 2006
Bevilhymer, third annual Volvo for life Awards grand winner and a West Jordan, Utah amputee who collects and donates prosthetic limbs to amputees in countries ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Bomber leaves $285K booty Jan 5, 2006
Most families would only receive up to £11,000 under the government's criminal injuries compensation scheme, while amputees could receive up to £55,000, the ...
- Brisbane Courier Mail,
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