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Christopher Reeve’s son reveals how his family helped paralysed patients to walk again

‘Dad was told – this is your wheelchair, get used to it’: Paralysed Superman star Christopher Reeve’s son reveals his dad would be ‘ecstatic’ as patients walk again thanks to pioneering treatment supported by late actor’s foundation Jered Chinnock, from Wisconsin, recently walked again after being paralysed He’d received a pioneering treatment supported by the foundation of… Read More: Christopher Reeve’s son reveals how his family helped paralysed patients… »

Gait: Identifying The Abnormalities

The way you walk, including the speed, cadence, and stride constitutes the gait. Stress, injury and other health conditions can lead to a person’s inability to walk in the usual way. Physical therapy, correct posture, wearing the right footwear can go a long way to help manage the abnormality. But one needs to go to… Read More: Gait: Identifying The Abnormalities »

Parents accuse CDC of not reporting children's deaths from polio-like AFM

The parents say by not publicly acknowledging the two deaths, the agency is intentionally downplaying the severity of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a disease that paralyzes healthy children in a matter of hours. “I feel like they’re just sugar-coating this,” said Katie Bustamante, whose son Alex, age 6, died in May. “It eliminates my trust… Read More: Parents accuse CDC of not reporting children's deaths from polio-like… »

Did John McCain really kill the House GOP majority?

Rep. Jason Lewis, R-Minn., who narrowly lost his suburban House district south of the Twin Cities last Tuesday, wrote in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., killed the GOP House majority when he voted down the “skinny” Obamacare repeal bill last July. Instead of getting conspicuously offended by… Read More: Did John McCain really kill the House GOP majority? »