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" The host nation, which topped the medals table at the 2004 Athens Paralympics with 63 golds ahead of Britain and Canada, is widely expected to dominate again -- and even more comprehensively than at last month's Olympics. ADVERTISEMENT "China is currently very strong across the board in Paralympic sport and, having seen their efforts at the Olympic Games, have shown that they intend to fully benefit from the home advantage of these Games," said British Chef De Mission Phil Lane. Aside from... (Yahoo! Asia News)
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Alcohol health warnings by 2008 Sep 5, 2008
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'No alcohol in pregnancy' advised Sep 5, 2008
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New guidance given on autism care Sep 5, 2008
Page last updated at 12:44 GMT, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:44 UK. The public health minister has announced new guidelines on autism. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
Deaf audiences can 'see' dialogue Sep 5, 2008
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Florida Researchers Build Off-Road Wheelchair Sep 3, 2008
Rehab Ideas' products add to a commercial field that includes advanced prosthetics, swimming fins for amputees and adaptive equipment for hunting and fishing. And while there are other beach wheelchairs on the market, Rehab Ideas' product is unique in that users don't have to buy a separate wheelchair, they simply board the platform and ride into the sand. (Fox News)
Thunder Basin Coal mine rescue team wins competition Sep 3, 2008
He added that last year, during a bus accident scenario, they found a man who had really had his leg amputated to play the part of an amputee. The winning team. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Sierra Leone:Questioning the Use of Aid Sep 2, 2008
Fatmata Kamara, 23, is a double amputee who spends her time daily begging on the streets of Freetown, the country's capital ... Apart from tiny mud houses for a few amputees in Kosso, built by the NGO Norwegian Refugee Council, the bulk of them rely on begging to upkeep their families ... It is the case of the amputees, for instance, that the effectiveness of aid is been questioned, even by implementing partners. (allAfrica.com)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 31, 2008 Sep 1, 2008
"I hear this a lot from liberals. They are absolutely fixated on the past. When only Daddy worked, Mommy stayed home, Unions flourished, and taxes were skyhigh. You knw, the good ole days.In virtually every liberal statement, they are attempting to recreate a time that will never exist again. This is not progressive, folks. This is Status Quo thinking. And they have the nerve to talk about conservatives living in the past.This is why I say, they need to be held accountable for their failing... (North County Times)
Critics' Picks Aug 30, 2008
It began as a propaganda tool in Hitler's Germany, which had a state television service from 1935 to 1944, broadcasting the Nuremberg Rallies and demented anti-Semitic speeches alongside beauty tips for Aryan brides, a variety show shot in a rooftop beer garden, live events from the 1936 Olympics (watched by an audience of 160,000 at public "television parlors") and time-wasting interviews with low-level bureaucrats: "I can't tell you how much our Strength Through Joy program has accomplished!"... (Salon)
Triathlete (and amputee) takes court Aug 29, 2008
Bruno, a Duke alum who lives in Durham, was born with several defects in her left leg and has been an amputee since she was 6 months old ... In June, she turned up to the first round of tryouts as one of two amputees -- the other one became a court attendant -- amid roughly 400 hopefuls ... In 18 years as the Open's director of the ball program, Tina Taps said she had never seen an amputee apply to be a ball worker. (News & Observer -- Sports)
'Dancing' stars lined up for fall Aug 26, 2008
"We get tons of calls. But as much as people think the show casts itself, it gets more difficult; it's become a year-round job," says Stars senior talent producer Deena Katz, who in past seasons tapped amputee Heather Mills and deaf actress Marlee Matlin, both of whom quickly became fan favorites. "There's also the time commitment. They have to be able to clear 14 to 15 weeks" for rehearsals and the show. (USA Today)
Now that Olympic Games are over, the answer still is . . . Aug 25, 2008
Because of Natalie Du Toit, an amputee from South Africa, who swam a marathon with one leg. Because of Eric Shanteau, who arrived with testicular cancer but still competed in the breaststroke, serving notice to his disease: you will not kill my dreams - or me. (Anchorage Daily News)
Little class shown by this Olympic class Aug 25, 2008
"My message isn't just to disabled people," the amputee said. "It's to everyone out there. ... Set dreams. Never give up." In the same event, Britain's Cassie Patten cried because she had placed third. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Court Calls $8-a-Day Med-Mal Award for Amputee a 'Miscarriage of Justice' Aug 23, 2008
com - Court Calls $8-a-Day Med-Mal Award for Amputee a 'Miscarriage of Justice ... Court Calls $8-a-Day Med-Mal Award for Amputee a 'Miscarriage of Justice. (Law.com)
Limb Centre faces imminent shut down Aug 23, 2008
In addition to the standard artificial limb for everyday use, many amputees have special limbs and devices to aid in the participation of sports and recreational activities. 22 Aug. 08. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
U.S. Sued Over Dropping of Benefits for Disabled Aug 22, 2008
Two years ago, the government told the amputee he would have to make do with less. Kaplan, who is from Ukraine, lost his $603 in Supplemental Security Income after he missed a seven-year deadline to become a U.S. citizen. (Yahoo News -- Disabilities and the Disabled)
Elderly double amputee saved from fire Aug 22, 2008
FORT WORTH A 92-year-old double amputee was rescued by a neighbor from his burning home in Fort Worth Thursday morning. A fire got underway at Alfred Crosby's house at in the 5500 block of Geddes Avenue in Fort Worth's Como area shortly after 11 a.m.. (KHOU.com, TX)
Touch your heart, touch your soul Aug 22, 2008 Amputee inspires in Olympic debut Aug 21, 2008 A Lifelong Pursuit To Understand Olympics Owen Canfield Aug 21, 2008 Shawn Johnson finally gets her gold Aug 21, 2008 Amputee swims women's 10K marathon Aug 20, 2008 Johnson, Liukin finish 1-2 Aug 20, 2008 First high-profile drugs case hits Games Aug 20, 2008 Rep. Atkins offers snapshot of House session Aug 20, 2008 Du Toit inspires in Olympic debut Aug 20, 2008 Quake victims in China rally from painful losses Aug 19, 2008 Young multiple amputee tells success story at War Amps Toronto Seminar Aug 16, 2008 Amputees hit the surf in Pismo Aug 16, 2008 More of this story Aug 16, 2008 Click here to read more. Aug 15, 2008 Durbin in Spring Valley Aug 14, 2008 Review: Comedy 'Tropic Thunder' Equally Offends Aug 13, 2008 Health Glance 8-11-08 Aug 11, 2008 VISTA volunteer digs into community service Aug 10, 2008 Dogs Test Osseointegration Prosthes... Aug 10, 2008 Disabled Athletes Breaking Olympic Barriers Aug 9, 2008 China Led by Liu Races to Surpass U.S. With Olympic Medals as Games Begin Aug 8, 2008 Prosthetics take the high-tech route Aug 7, 2008 Iraq veteran excels at Paralympics shot put Aug 6, 2008 8 internationals worth watching Aug 6, 2008 In Beijing, "one world" but dreams for many Aug 6, 2008 Going Going Games Aug 6, 2008 YRMC Wound Care Center speeds up healing for patients Aug 4, 2008 CAMP PENDLETON: Injured veterans learn surfing Aug 3, 2008 Cancer 'Survivor' to speak at Relay For Life Aug 2, 2008 Welsch ready for Pan Mass Aug 1, 2008 Cyclist urges others to embrace life Aug 1, 2008 Sentinel Morning Update: Carlisle residents pack borough police meeting Jul 31, 2008 Suffolk veteran competes in Veterans Games Jul 30, 2008 Limbs of Love helps desperate Houston woman walk again Jul 30, 2008 Boosting Child Safety Jul 28, 2008 Groundhogs cast shadow on summer Jul 28, 2008 Surgery Will Put Dog With Amputated Leg Back On All Fours Again Jul 28, 2008 Taking construction step by step Jul 26, 2008 Amputee Athletes Ready for Extremity Games Jul 24, 2008 For Your Eyes Only: Custom Interfaces Make Computer Clicking Faster, Easier Jul 23, 2008 Deadly TollsSick truckers causing fatal wrecks Jul 23, 2008 Heavyweight havoc on highways Jul 23, 2008 The Comic Book Universe Jul 20, 2008 Pistorius doesn't make relay squad, ending his Olympic dream (Today) Jul 19, 2008 'Blade runner' fails to qualify Jul 17, 2008 U.S. Sued Over Dropping of Benefits for Disabled Jul 17, 2008 Double amputee fails to qualify for Olympic 400-meter Jul 17, 2008 Patriot Games Jul 17, 2008 Olympics Notebook: Amputee sprinter fails to qualify (Today) Jul 17, 2008 Stone angers PETA again Jul 16, 2008 IAAF: Bladerunner is dangerous Jul 16, 2008 Last chance for Pistorius Jul 16, 2008 More female soldiers serve 'inside the wire' Jul 14, 2008 Stone slammed by Peta over spider amputation Jul 14, 2008 Navy nurse pioneer leads renewal of Corps vows Jul 14, 2008 A soldier's tale: Wounded in Iraq, struggling for a life Jul 13, 2008 Nothing stops Valley soldier Jul 13, 2008 Author Doris Lessing on Her Final Book Jul 13, 2008 President Bush Attends Ceremonial Groundbreaking of National Military Medical Center Jul 4, 2008 More of this story Jul 3, 2008 Can a disabled model make it in fashion? Jul 2, 2008 Spray Reduces Pain In Children Undergoing Intravenous Procedures Jul 2, 2008 Legs fail, but his drive won't Jun 30, 2008 Running Strong Jun 29, 2008 That's no mean feet, Fergus Jun 28, 2008
His conquest of extreme adversity is as inspiring as that of South Africa's Natlie du Toit, an amputee swimmer who completed the women's open water race one day early. Natalie Du Toit of South Africa talks to her coach after women's marathon 10km competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games swimming event in Beijing, China, Aug. 20, 2008. (Xinhuanet, China)
Softball team gets a scare Four-run ninth get U.S. team past Japan 4-1 Aug 21, 2008
Natalie du Toit, the South African amputee who removed her prosthetic left leg before diving in, finished 16th. TRACK AND FIELD: Sanya Richards was on the medals stand and she wasn't happy about it. (Pekin Times, IL)
Hoping to contend for a medal, the 24-year-old South African amputee fell off the pace toward the end of the grueling 6. 2-mile race and finished 16th on Wednesday, more than a minute behind gold medalist of Russia. (MSNBC)
Marathon swimming is more arms and less legs and that's a good thing for an amputee. She would overcome the dunking and flailing elbows of gang swimming to become the first female amputee to compete in the Olympics. (Hartford Courant)
Natalie du Toit of South Africa, an amputee who removed her carbon-fiber prosthetic left leg before diving in, finished 16th 1:22. 2 behind Ilchenko's winning time. (Havre Daily News, MT)
Amputee swimmer completes 10K marathon - CNN.com ... Amputee swimmer completes 10K marathon ... South African amputee Natalie Du Toit finishes 16th in the 10km marathon swim. (CNN -- International)
Natalie du Toit, the South African amputee who removed her prosthetic left leg before diving in, finished 16th. Track and field Sanya Richards was on the medals stand and she wasn t happy about it. (Montana Standard, MT)
South Africa's Natalie du Toit, created a record as the first amputee to qualify for the Olympic Games, finished 16th in the 25-strong field women's swimming marathon field and pledged to be back in 2012 to do better. "I don't even think about not having a leg and if I want to keep competing I will have to continue to qualify with the able-bodied. For me it's not about the disability at all," said du Toit who lost her left leg in a motorcycle accident seven years ago. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The number of amputees returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is increasing at an alarming rate. These young men and women deserve the greatest possible amount of assistance as they transition into successful members of civilian society. (Chelmsford Independent, MA)
Hoping to contend for a medal, the 24-year-old South African amputee fell off the pace toward the end of the gruelling 10-kilometre race and finished 16th, more than a minute behind gold medallist Larisa Ilchenko of Russia. Natalie du Toit of South Africa removes her prosthetic leg before the start of the women's marathon swimming event. (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
Amputee Li Yiaoyao, 5, laughs as she plays with her dolls at the Sichuan Limbs Maim Restoration Centre in Chengdu, Sichuan in China, July 22, 2008. (Shiho Fukada for The New York Times). (International Herald Tribune)
TORONTO, Aug. 16 /CNW Telbec/ - For some, being born a quadruple amputee might be considered an obstacle, but not for Lindsay Hilton, 22, of Halifax. Today (Saturday August 16) at 1:30 pm in Ballroom South of Toronto's Westin Prince Hotel (900 York Mills Road) Lindsay will tell her success story to multiple amputee children - or Super Champs - from across Canada attending The War Amps 2008 Multiple Amputation Seminar ... In a session called "They Did It: You Can Too!," Lindsay will tell her... (Canada Newswire)
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They filmed the soldiers being treated in the Amputee Physical Therapy Unit at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. They filmed them training with members of the Achilles Track Club in New York City. They visited with the soldiers and their families in homes across the country. (Newport Daily News, RI)
But when she took her spot on a New Jersey track at last month's International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation Junior World Games, the loudspeaker announcement gave her a much greater reward. "Kelsie Kellen, for the United States of America.". (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Durbin said the No. 1 injury among Iraq veterans is traumatic brain injury, and there are also amputees and veterans with post traumatic stress disorder. We ve got a lot of returning veterans, soldiers and Marines and sailors and airmen who ve served overseas, and they need help when they get home, Durbin said. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
But be forewarned: If you can't take 90 minutes of a movie that takes swipes at the mentally disabled, drug addicts, amputees, gay men, over bloated Hollywood actors (especially ones who undergo pigmentation in order to get the leading African-American role in a war movie), Asian drug lords, Sean Penn or the Academy Awards, then you probably should stay away from "Tropic Thunder.". Already there are folks lining up to protest one continuing offensive storyline in "Thunder," in which Ben... (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Amputee Support Group The Amputee Support Group meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital, 901 W. 24th St.. Sports physicals offered Pinnacle Healthcare, 3939 S. Avenue 3E, is doing school and sports physicals. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
"As an amputee, Dad came home with one leg and went back to farming, never complaining. Maybe that gives me an edge. He is 87 now and still going.". Looking ahead, Hohensee said she would like to spend a second year as a VISTA volunteer if the city can obtain another grant to pay her salary. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Dogs Test Osseointegration Prostheses: Canine Research to Benefit Human Amputees ... Canine Research to Benefit Human Amputees. (Suite101.com)
Single amputee Natalie Dutoit of South Africa will compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing ... A double amputee, Pistorius was ruled ineligible for the Olympics because his artificial limbs were thought to give him an unfair advantage over able-bodied runners. (R News)
South African swimmer , who lost her left leg in a car accident, will become the first amputee to compete at an Olympics since 1936; 41-year-old of the U.S. is set to be the only swimmer to take part in five Olympics; Ethiopian runner will try for an unprecedented third 10,000-meter title; Natalia Patyka, born without a right forearm, will represent Poland in table tennis. Ban Lifted. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
In the US, more money than ever is going into developing smarter, lighter and more comfortable prosthetic limbs, partially driven by the huge number of amputee soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq - at least 900, according to the US Department of Defence ... Researchers are refining this technology, hoping to make even delicate manual tasks possible for amputees ... This year a South African double amputee, Oscar Pistorius, made headlines when his bid to run alongside able-bodied... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
"I can't tell you how important sport is in rehabilitation, not just in the physical side, but the mental side," said Huebner, whose amputee grandfather was once featured in "Ripley's Believe it Or Not" for being a one-armed pitcher with a. 400 batting average. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
2- Natalie du Toit, South AfricaOPEN WATER SWIMMINGShe became the first amputee to qualify for the Olympics when she finished fourth at the world championships, 5. 1 seconds behind the winner. (News & Observer -- Sports)
But even though Pistorious, a double amputee, eventually gained permission to run in the Olympics with the carbon fiber blades that are his substitute for lower legs, he could not reach the qualifying time in the 400. Du Toit, whose left leg was amputated at the knee after a car accident in 2001, qualified for the inaugural 10-kilometer open water swim and has a slim chance at a medal. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Earlier this year the authorities had had another Olympian hiccup when after banning Oscar Pistorius, the South African double amputee sprinter, for using artificial legs which they claimed gave him an unfair advantage, an apex court of sports arbitration reinstated him. It's a different matter that Pistorius didnt qualify but had he gone through, it would have initiated a renewed era of discord. (India Times, India)
He said, "85 percent of amputees start out with a little wound on their toe or foot, so it's a big deal to get people into the hospitals that we can treat the wound early and aggressively.". Jerry's wife, Joy, said they couldn't have chosen a better place for medical care - "and that's very important when you're our age.". (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Weekend camp helps amputees re-engage with life ... Brokaw and 15 other current and former service members --- most of them amputees ---- were guests at an instructional surf camp Saturday at Camp Pendleton's San Onofre beach hosted by "Operation Amped," an organization that helps injured veterans learn adaptive sports. (North County Times)
He is the only amputee to appear on "Survivor" (Survivor Vanuatu, Season 9. . (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
An amputee, Welsch swam 14 miles of the Connecticut River to raise more money for PMC. ... He s persistent at getting stiff done and is an example for amputee athletes. (Burlington Union, MA)
Amputees Across America brings message of hope to physical therapy patients in Mechanicsburg ... Wednesday afternoon, Sapere and the organization he founded, Amputees Across America, visited the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Mechanicsburg to bring a message of hope to patients who had suffered debilitating injuries ... Myers first encountered Amputees Across America in 2003 Sapere when visited him in a HealthSouth rehab hospital. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Video on the Amputees Across America stop in Mechanicsburg ... Bicyclists bring stories, hope to recovering amputees ... Wednesday afternoon, Sapere and the organization he founded, Amputees Across America, were at the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Mechanicsburg to bring a message of hope to patients who had suffered debilitating injuries. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
They also compete within classes according to the level of their physical ability, with three quadriplegic-level classes (IA, IB, and IC), and four paraplegic-level or amputee classes (II, III, IV, and V). Slaughter competes as a Class IV in the Novice division. (Suffolk News Herald, VA)
Right now, there are as many as 5,000 amputees in Texas who have health insurance. But insurance doesn t cover artificial limbs. (KHOU.com, TX)
Regarding "Running Strong" (June 29): Thank you for providing hope to amputees everywhere. At Dover Rehabilitation and Living Center, I work with recent amputees who are receiving months and months of physical therapy and rehabilitation, and the work of scientists to create orthotics for runners and others is the hope I can pass on to them to help them through this arduous time ... Prosthesis designer Hugh] Herr makes an astute observation about the cultural tension regarding prosthetics and the... (Boston Globe)
Bode-McManus, a leg amputee, is nervous about walking around out back for fear of falling. Her 67-year-old mother, Lillian Bode, who owns the house, is just as scared. (New Haven Register, CT)
24, 2007) Phantom limb pain occurs in at least 90% of limb amputees. In a new study, one group of amputees viewed a reflective image of themselves in a mirror (mirror group); a second group viewed a covered. (Science Daily)
" After doing Australia's only prosthetics degree at La Trobe University as a mature-aged student, Harrison began his new career 10 years ago and specialises in transfemoral, or above-the-knee, amputations. His patients include the Herald reporter Cynthia Banham, who recently walked on her new limbs in public for the first time after losing her legs in last year's Garuda plane crash, and Gerry Jenkins, the Australia-Pacific boss of Chrysler who lost his right leg in a 2004 motorbike accident.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
7 million people living with limb loss in the United States, though more than 40 percent of those are age 65 and older, according to statistics compiled by the Amputee Coalition of America. Amputee athletes have become increasingly ambulatory since the mid-1980s, replacing the wheelchair team sports that became popular with Vietnam veterans, said the coalition's CEO, Paddy Rossbach ... The modifications help amputees get onto the surfboards and preserve the physical benefits that come from... (Fox News)
(June 24, 2008) Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now researchers have taken the. (Science Daily)
-- A Virginia trucker with a prosthetic leg from a farm accident more than 10 years ago is permitted to drive tanker trucks until at least 2012, even though he doesn't have the proper federal paperwork required for amputees. Virginia revoked the medical license for the official who approved him to drive over charges the official was caught illegally distributing controlled substances. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
-- A Virginia trucker with a prosthetic leg from a farm accident more than 10 years ago is permitted to drive tanker trucks until at least 2012, even though he doesn't have the proper federal paperwork required for amputees. -- George Albright Jr., 61, smashed his 70,000-pound tractor-trailer into congested traffic on Interstate 70 in June 2006, killing four women in a Ford sedan about 30 miles east of Columbia, Mo. (San Francisco Chronicle)
An above-the-elbow amputee from a battlefield explosion, Dr. Connors became a biology teacher at Empire State University (Peter Parker s alma mater). Through his advanced knowledge of biology and intense study of how reptiles regrow missing tails, Dr. Connors invented a serum that did regenerate his arm but eventually turned him into a lizard. (Suite101.com)
The double-amputee sprinter was left off South Africa's 1,600-meter relay team yesterday, ending his hopes of running in the Summer Games. Pistorius couldn't hit the 400-meter qualifying time of 45. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius fell short of the 400m qualifying time for the Olympics today, though his lifetime best run could yet get him to Beijing in the relay. The 21-year-old South African shrugged off the pre-race distraction of threatening legal action against the IAAF to finish third in his heat in 46. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Two years ago, the government told the amputee he would have to make do with less. Kaplan, who is from Ukraine, lost his $603 in Supplemental Security Income after he missed a seven-year deadline to become a U.S. citizen. (Yahoo News -- Disabilities and the Disabled)
The double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius said Wednesday that he was happy with his season's achievements despite missing out in his last bid to qualify for the 400-meter race at the Beijing Olympics next month. Pistorius set a personal-best time of 46. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Daubert, who is head of the Americans With Disabilities in Lindsay, said he hopes to inspire Tulare County to hold competitions here for Valley veterans in wheelchairs and amputees. For more information about getting involved, call Timothy Daubert at 562-8041. (The Exeter Sun, CA)
Olympics Notebook: Amputee sprinter fails to qualify ... Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius fell short of the 400-meter qualifying time he needed yesterday to make the Olympics, though the personal best time he ran could still get him to Beijing in the relay. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
PETA president Ingrid Newkirk blasted: "She chose to make a tiny insect an amputee. Perhaps she should change her name legally to 'Heart of Stone.' ". Sharon's spokesperson has laughed off the incident, saying: "If the tarantula was a male, we could add him to her list of her extraordinary leading men, including Richard Chamberlain, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Gere and Dustin Hoffman.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
PARIS: South Africa's Oscar Pistorius (pic), the double amputee who is hoping to run alongside able-bodied competitors at the Beijing Olympics, was branded a potential danger to other athletes on Monday. Pierre Weiss, the general secretary of the sport's governing body, the IAAF, believes that if Pistorius, who runs on carbon fibre blades, takes part in the 4x400m relay, he could be a risk to other runners once they are bunched on the track. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Amputee sprinter needs lifetime best to make Olympics ... The double-amputee sprinter will run in the 400 meters today at Lucerne, Switzerland, knowing he must run the fastest time of his life to persuade South African selectors to include him in the Beijing team that they'll announce the next day. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Mitchell is one of 599 women wounded in the Middle East and part of the first wave of female combat amputees in U.S. history ... Male amputees typically prefer a titanium leg ... Seven female amputees have been treated at BAMC.. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Spokesperson Ingrid Newkirk tells the New York Post, "She chose to make a tiny insect an amputee. Perhaps she should change her name legally to 'Heart of Stone'". Earlier this month Newkirk wrote Stone a letter, offering Stone a brain scan after the actress suggested China's recent earthquake tragedy was "karma" for the way the nation treat Tibetans. (WOKR13 Rochester)
"I learned even more than I did in training with all the amputees, gas gangrene and so many other things you never saw in the emergency room on civilian duty.". She was assigned to the USS Comfort, a hospital ship, "to set up emergency departments" at a time when the ship was docked. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
"It was days before Dominguez was conscious, weeks before he was lucid, months before he left the ICU.He couldn't use his left hand and he could barely walk. Ivonne got a transfer to Texas from her Transportation Security Administration job in Fort Myers and moved into a room on the hospital grounds. She showed up most days to help her son wash, or to change his wound dressings."I'd never seen so many amputees, so many badly burnt people," she said.After he emerged from the coma, Dominguez... (Anchorage Daily News)
"Such determination is common among amputees wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, said Louis Givens, director of orthotics and prosthetics for the Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Palo Alto. The reporter can be reached at tsheehan@fresnobee.com or (559) 622-2410. DARRELL WONG / THE FRESNO BEE Wagner says attitude is the key, and that losing his leg was only an interruption. Bryan Wagner returned to California this week after a stay at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He says he was lucky to... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
"You get irritable." Her latest book, Alfred and Emily (out in the U.S. on August 5), recounts her childhood on a farm in Southern Rhodesia, and examines the profound effects of World War I on her father, a former soldier and amputee, and her mother, a nurse whose true love drowned in the English Channel. On the eve of the book's publication in the U.K., Lessing spoke with TIME's William Lee Adams at her home in London. (Time.com)
You share the joy of a neurology patient's first recovered words, and an amputee's first steps ... Today, our nation's military doctors are revolutionizing how we approach traumatic brain injuries, Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder, and amputee care. (White House News Releases)
She is an amputee, having lost her right leg in the mid-1990s after a serious injury and some 15 surgeries over the course of two years ... Cruise spreads the message to other amputees and their families to concentrate on their abilities. (Cut Bank Pioneer Press - Golden Triangle, MT)
Are they willing to prove their readiness to accept a different ideal of beauty by buying a magazine featuring a amputee model. It's our collective responsibility. (BBC News -- UK)
18, 2001) Fifty to 80 percent of all amputees experience pain in their stumps or what feels like the missing limbs long after surgical wounds have healed. Now new research from Johns Hopkins suggests the two. (Science Daily)
Determination, plus time on the golf course, helps amputee relearn to walk ... He hopes his story might help other amputees get back on their feet, whether they have feet or not. (Albany Times Union)
When amputee athletes compete against able-bodied athletes, they're called courageous ... It's a hypocrisy that doesn't sit well with MIT professor and double amputee Hugh Herr ... His swagger is an adaptation, a byproduct of being a double amputee. (Boston Globe)
65kmh to become the fastest single-leg amputee skier in the world, he had a recurrence of cancer and last September underwent surgery to remove his oesophagus and much of his stomach. He has now made the elite cycling team for the Beijing Paralympics. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
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