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...Ohio, hasn't walked since 1978 after a car crash left her paralyzed from the bottom of her rib cage down. Shortly after she awakens, Davis signals with a thumb and index finger that she can feel nearly two inches lower than before. "My goal," she says, "is to regain my stomach and back muscles enough to sit up straighter...
...That might not sound like a breakthrough, but more strength in her trunk would significantly ease the pain in Davis' joints. And she's not alone in pinning her hopes on Huang. In three years, Huang says, his cell-transplant surgery has helped nearly 500 paraplegics and quadriplegics regain functions that received medical wisdom said were lost forever. Word of his success has spread, and Huang has already drawn 40 patients from the U.S., with about 200 more Americans on the waiting list. Near the hospital, a dozen recovering foreign patients have turned a hotel's fifth floor into...
...while riding his bicycle back from class, he was struck from behind by a motorbike. He hit his head on the concrete road and was knocked out. Doctors managed to save his life, but he was almost completely paralyzed. Vinh struggled through an agonizing six years of rehabilitation to regain control of his right hand. He has this advice for his fellow commuters: "Go slowly and obey...
Patrick's challenge is to find a way to regain the confidence of advertisers, many of whom have abandoned Martha Stewart Living, the company's flagship magazine. Ad revenue dropped 54% in the first quarter, and over the past 18 months the magazine has lost about 500,000, or 22%, of its subscribers. In an impassioned statement delivered outside the New York City courthouse where she heard her sentence, Stewart made a sales pitch on behalf of her "beloved company." Standing in a sober black suit with her daughter Alexis behind her, she thanked fans for sending thousands of letters...
Unlike last year, this squad will remain fully intact heading into next year. The Crimson will also regain the services of Cusworth, who will be returning to school in the fall. And if the luck returns to Lavietes Pavilion, maybe a few of the bounces will go to the Harvard side as well...