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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,
Troops risking their lives, babies fighting for theirs get special ... 23 Nov 2005
Another project is making red, white and blue butterfly magnets “in loving memory of.’’ And she remembers the amputees who only need one slipper. ...
- Mesabi Daily News,
Hidden Heroes Semper Fi philanthropy: Cookbook raises funds 23 Nov 2005
...colleague Leo R. (Bob) Fair work closely with the VA and other groups, taking them sailing and running support groups such as ACES (Amputees for Communication ...
- Tampa Bay Newspapers,
MODINE LEFT STUNNED BY VISIT TO AMPUTEES Nov 22, 2005
Actor MATTHEW MODINE has been left a changed man after visiting returned Iraq War amputees in Washington DC. The FULL METAL JACKET ...
- Contactmusic.com,
Amputees figure could reach to 1000 in various hospitals Nov 19, 2005
Out of total registered 633 amputation cases, around 50 per cent are female patients and rest are male, sources said adding over 111 amputees are children or ...
- Pakistan Link,
Study aims to improve care for war amputees Nov 15, 2005
Providing the best possible rehabilitative care for war amputees is the goal of a new joint project between Indiana University and Ohio State University. ...
- Indianapolis Star,
NSW Govt urged to help amputees Nov 14, 2005
An amputee from Port Macquarie says it would take less than $2 million for the NSW Government to greatly improve the lives of most of the state's amputees. ...
- ABC Online,
Crutches and wheelchairs needed for amputees Oct 24, 2005
No wheelchairs, crutches or physiotherapy is available for the amputees and doctors warn of a soaring demand for prosthetic limbs, according to a report by the ...
- Daily Times,
PAKISTAN: Amputees need crutches, wheelchairs, prostheses Oct 24, 2005
No wheelchairs, crutches or physiotherapy are available in the area and doctors warn of a soaring demand for the prostheses needed to grant amputees a degree ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
Indian River County support groups: November 23 Nov 22, 2005
Amputees: Amputees Support group, 5 pm first Tuesday, HealthSouth Rehab Facility, 1600 37th Terrace, Vero Beach; (772) 460-4347. ...
- Sebastian Sun (subscription),
Knifing suspect reveals 2 facets Nov 22, 2005
..."I am always willing to share my story with new amputees and answer questions, no ... "He developed a forum for amputees to communicate with each other online. ...
- Albany Times Union,
Prevention is No. 1 with Diabetes Nov 21, 2005
As it is, over 500 of our amputees have lost limbs because of diabetes. ... This method is cleaner and more convenient for the amputees. ...
- Scoop.co.nz (press release),
Rotary aids MUK teargas victim with plastic hand Nov 20, 2005
During the handover ceremony at the Mulago orthopaedic department on Thursday, 33 other amputees who lost their hands in accidents, thefts and the LRA ...
- New Vision,
Visit with Iraq War vets an eye-opener for actor Modine Nov 20, 2005
News. Matthew Modine reports that his recent visit with returned Iraq War amputees in Washington, DC, left him a changed man. His ...
- Rocky Mountain News,
Regaining ambitions Nov 21, 2005
...lives. Reyes' firm, Redi Auto Sport of Camarillo, is now trying to develop a niche market: sports cars for amputees and paraplegics. ...
- San Jose Mercury News,
Winter Volunteers Still Needed at Maine Handicapped Skiing in 2006 Nov 21, 2005
...including traumatic brain injury, stroke, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, spinsal cord injury, blind and visually impaired, deaf and hearing impaired and amputees ...
- MaineToday.com,
This Thanksgiving, she'll celebrate her 80th with a skate Nov 20, 2005
...stare. Dad and his buddies got together and acquired a piece of land . . . where amputees could swim and bring their families.". In ...
- Boston Globe,
CSI: New York - The First Season Nov 20, 2005
Meanwhile, Mac and Danny learn of a subculture obsessed with the amputation of limbs and of amputees when they investigate the death of a man and the discovery ...
- DVDTimes.co.uk,
Cherie calls for long-term commitment Nov 19, 2005
Cherie Blair said no one country could alone handle such a crisis hence she urged the Britons to continue their support, for instance the amputees would need ...
- Gulf Times,
National Call for Competitors for the 2006 O&P Extremity Games Nov 17, 2005
Organized to raise awareness of the ability of amputees to compete in extreme sports, the O&P Extremity Games will allow participants to demonstrate skill ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
His loss is his gain Nov 20, 2005
...distributes his prosthetics. In that role, he has shown physicians and amputees how technology allows him to walk and run. He's also ...
- San Luis Obispo Tribune,
Learning to walk again Nov 10, 2005
...reports on how Catherine Cobb is proposing to take her already considerable engineering expertise further, to try to make improvements for British amputees. ...
- Chesterfield Today,
Ossur's Power Kneeâ„¢ wins Popular Science magazine's 2005 Best of ... Nov 8, 2005
...of prosthetic and orthopedic devices, takes pleasure in announcing that its POWER KNEE, the first powered prosthesis for lower limb amputees -- and the next ...
- EurekAlert (press release),
Quake aid must to fight terrorism: Musharraf Nov 15, 2005
...the president said the government would also focus on restoring lives of vulnerable segments, including orphaned children and amputees and lodge them at a ...
- Ispoline,
Reconstruction of quake-hit areas: Parliamentary body to monitor ... Nov 16, 2005
...hygiene and sanitation. He said that 1,200 people had been listed as amputees but the actual number might be more. He added that ...
- Daily Times,
Real success lies in materialization of reconstruction ... Nov 19, 2005
Taking care of all affectees of the earthquake including homeless, injured, orphans the disabled the amputees the paraplegics and the quadriplegics. ...
- PakTribune.com,
Indian aid conducive in these hard times: Gen Farooq Nov 17, 2005
...from tomorrow. The General also announced full rehabilitation of amputees, and said that they would not be left helpless. Ministry ...
- PakTribune.com,
ICRC – Bulletin No. 23 - South Asia earthquake Nov 18, 2005
This may include the establishment of a new prosthetic/orthotic centre in Muzaffarabad which will offer adequate services to the numerous earthquake amputees. ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
BRINGING AN END TO IMPUNITY---Things falling apart for Charles ... Nov 18, 2005
A few weeks ago, a Federal High Court in Nigeria upheld a lawsuit by two Nigerian amputees, (who are victims of Taylor’s war in Sierra Leone) to lift the ...
- Awareness Times,
Pakistan: President appeals for large participation donors ... Nov 15, 2005
...rehabilitation, the President said the Government would also focus on restoring lives of vulnerable segments including orphaned children and amputees and lodge ...
- ReliefWeb (press release),
Pakistan: PM announces evaluation of relief camp's management Nov 16, 2005
The Prime Minister said according to the information there were 1200 amputees and three artificial limbs centres would be set up in Islamabad, Muzaffarabad and ...
- ReliefWeb (press release),
Military Update: Iraq vet says she’s no hero, just an amputee ... Nov 8, 2005
...answers, Tammy suggested I shadow her through a day at Walter Reed in Washington, starting in the third floor physical therapy gym for amputees, the “Miracle ...
- Stars and Stripes,
Daily Planner: Monday Nov 13, 2005
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,
Sierra Leone’s court of reconciliation Nov 18, 2005
...mornings, up and down the country. But these boys are chasing the ball on crutches: they are amputees. While the game lasts, they ...
- Le Monde Diplomatique,
Pakistan lauds UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA work Nov 17, 2005
The Federal Health Minister said the amputees and those disabled in the tragedy would be re-integrated back into the society and this aspect has been clearly ...
- Pakistan Link,
Standing Strong Nov 10, 2005
The Coombs family hopes by telling their story they will help Lucy and other amputees as well. ... There are about three thousand amputees in Massachusetts. ...
- WHDH-TV,
Adaptive Rowing and the Paralympics Nov 18, 2005
...well as trunk and arms. Fitting into this event includes amputees for example with one foot or missing fingers. It also applies to ...
- WorldRowing.com,
Asian News reports from disaster zone Nov 16, 2005
Begum interviewed child amputees, those who had lost their families and hitched a ride with a group of Kashmiri women who were taking £1 million worth of ...
- Press Gazette,
Special ski school adapts to all ages and abilities Nov 9, 2005
TASS was originally started as a way for Vietnam veteran amputees to develop adaptive ski techniques and equipment and continue enjoying the sport. ...
- Sierra Sun (subscription),
Warner to represent SA at Winter Paralympics Nov 16, 2005
...in Torino, Italy, in March. Warner, who is based in the United Kingdom, will compete in the amputees category. He was a member of ...
- Independent Online,
Icelandic bionic knee wins Popular Science award Nov 9, 2005
The POWER KNEE is the first powered prosthesis for lower-limb amputees - it enables amputees to ascend stairs, facing forward - something that has not been ...
- IcelandReview,
Dorothy J. Newhall Nov 19, 2005
She was active in support groups for amputees and stroke victims and was a member of the Labor and Access Board, as well as the Vermont Council For Independent ...
- Barre Montpelier Times Argus,
No time for pity Nov 5, 2005
Each morning he reports to a physical therapy exercise room where he works out alongside other amputees. ... He now works with amputees at Walter Reed. ...
- Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),
Volvo Searches For Top Community Heroes Nov 16, 2005
Previous winners include an amputee who is working to collect and donate used but reusable limbs to amputees overseas; a domestic abuse survivor helping ...
- Indiacar.net,
What the US death toll in Iraq reveals Oct 25, 2005
...and fewer Americans believe that.". Improved rates of survival also mean that there are more amputees coming home. On a US base in ...
- ABC News
Court grants prayer against Taylor’s asylum Nov 2, 2005
An Abuja Federal High Court has thrown out the Federal Government’s objection to the suit filed by two Nigerian amputees, David Anyamele and Emmanuel Egbuna ...
- Daily Independent,
DOOM AND GLOOM FOR THE ROCK ON PRAGUE MOVIE SET Oct 25, 2005
Movie action man THE ROCK had a miserable time on the set of new film DOOM in Prague, Czech Republic - because he was constantly stepping over amputees. ...
- Contactmusic.com,
Of a giant butcher and so many children Oct 28, 2005
But the amputees and the plastered ones are lucky, it is the ones with shattered pelvic bones and collapsed lungs and damaged heads that will have an even more ...
- NewKerala.com,
Vets let nothing stand in their way Oct 30, 2005
Stewart is one of more than 400 amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a new breed of veteran who hasn't let a lost limb deprive him of an active ...
- New York Daily News,
Paraplegic athlete offers hope to student-athletes Oct 27, 2005
The victory boosted her confidence, so she decided to enter the long jump, an event that double amputees were not supposed to be able to do. ...
- The Brown and White
'Purple Hearts' brings home war's human toll Nov 11, 2005
...his thighs by duct tape. "Amputees shouldn't be forced to use duct tape to secure their prosthetics," Berman says. "Every guy I've ...
- Chicago Sun-Times,
The diabetes explosion Nov 15, 2005
Cases of kidney disease will nearly triple from 41,000 to 119,000. We often lament the amputees in civil wars abroad. Amputations ...
- Boston Globe,
Scarred generation emerges in quake zone Oct 26, 2005
The challenges ahead are steep, she said - depression, trauma, physical needs for the many amputees who had limbs crushed by falling homes, schools or boulders ...
- Seattle Post Intelligencer
Dad fights to keep amputee daughter walking Nov 9, 2005
...lifetime. Of the roughly 3,000 amputees in Massachusetts, 2,200 are covered by private health insurers, Rogerson said. Rogerson ...
- Boston Herald,
Reconstruction, govt top priority: PM Nov 15, 2005
...manner. He said that government has established a rehabilitation home at Ghazi-Bharotha where orphans and amputees will be kept. ...
- Kashar News,
Honoring veterans with wish for peace Nov 11, 2005
...equally as much a day to think about Gold Star mothers, about wives and husbands and children of those who've been deployed to serve, about amputees and those ...
- Bismarck Tribune,
The Fox network gets even more offensive Nov 13, 2005
Past plot lines have involved blowing up boats, teaching lessons to your children with the help of amputees and a loud, racially insensitive puppet named ...
- Purdue Exponent
Stubborn pilot's tale of survival inspiring Nov 5, 2005
I shadow her through a day at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, starting in the third-floor physical therapy gym for amputees, dubbed the ...
- Everett Herald,
Hospital gets noticed for veterans' care Nov 5, 2005
Reed Army Medical Center. But in recent years, the medical center has gained notoriety for its care of amputees. "Because of the ...
- Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),
Italy urges Europeans for more quake aid Nov 10, 2005
A special programme would be started in Italy with non-government organizations to provide artificial limbs for quake amputees and disaster management training ...
- NewKerala.com,
Owens proposes more money for colleges, transportation, health ... Nov 15, 2005
...measures in the nation, by threatening reduce college stipends and Medicaid funding, and eliminating a program to provide artificial limbs to indigent amputees ...
- The Coloradoan,
Honor disabled veterans with site Nov 14, 2005
More than 15,000 troops have been wounded in Iraq, including over 7,000 with severe injuries to the spine, head, organs and limbs. Over 400 are amputees. ...
- Sun-Sentinel.com,
Disabled win hearts at NYC Marathon Nov 8, 2005
Handcycles passed intermittently with powerful pushes of their front pedals. Some were paralyzed, others were amputees. Members ...
- Times Herald-Record,
USAA honors WWII Navajo code talkers Nov 9, 2005
..."Every day I'm at the hospital I see burn patients and amputees from (Iraq and Afghanistan), but to see (USAA) pay tribute to one of their own fellow employees ...
- San Antonio Express (subscription),
North Palm Beach County community clubs: November 13 Nov 11, 2005
Amputees For Life meets the third Tuesday of the month at 1:30 pm at Good Samaritan Medical Center, 1309 N. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach. ...
- Jupiter Courier (subscription),
They shoot for a crowd, acceptance Nov 5, 2005
Paraplegics with no abdominal movements are rated a 1; paraplegics with abdominal movements, 2; amputees with no paralysis, 3; amputees who can walk, 4. ...
- Charlotte Observer,
BHS Students Learn the Battle Never Ends for Most Veterans Nov 11, 2005
...country for service-connected disabilities. And I don’t just mean those who were wounded or are amputees. "For example, during the ...
- Bluffton News Banner,
ACC hosts emotional Veterans Day event Nov 11, 2005
...“Many wounded, a lot of amputees and head injuries, will be going into the VA system and there’s not enough money to take care of the veterans we already ...
- Glen Falls Post-Star,
How will we treat a new generation of soldiers? Nov 11, 2005
And now they're cutting the budget on the VA. “Go down to Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda and ask the kids who are amputees if they're given enough.�. ...
- Lowell Sun,
Veteran recalls helping wounded recover Nov 11, 2005
She treated soldiers returning to the US as amputees and with spinal cord injuries. Seeing her fellow service members so disabled was always hard, she said. ...
- Wisconsin Dells Events,
Performers Salute Troops, Vets at American Freedom Festival Nov 12, 2005
The foundation places special emphasis on the welfare and education issues facing those wounded in action, amputees, and the families and children of ...
- US Department of Defense (press release),
The Last Lie of the Iraq War Exposed Nov 9, 2005
Walter Reed Hospital. And Bush hadn't even tried to visit amputees, or attend funerals, before his reelection campaign. But he had ...
- Antiwar.com,
Bulletin BoardPublished: Thursday, November 03, 2005 -- The Truth ... Nov 2, 2005
Open to all amputees and their caregivers. Seeking amputees from all over the Michiana area. Meets the first Saturday of every month. ...
- Elkhart Truth,
Hovde tells of life after war Nov 10, 2005
...few of us (Vietnam vets) in Fertile." When all was said and done after the cease fire of 1973, only about 5,000 Vietnam double or more amputees returned to the ...
- Crookston Daily Times,
A story for Veteran’s Day Nov 9, 2005
...“They were doing their best,� he recalled of the staff, “but they were overwhelmed. They had 10 wards, with 30 to 40 guys on each ward, all amputees.�. ...
- East Central Minnesota Post Review,
Dealing with pain Oct 25, 2005
Usually, more than two-thirds of amputees have phantom pain, but only 20 per cent of those treated with the medication developed it, says Herta Flor. ...
- Independent,
Vets' true friend now hall-of-famer Nov 11, 2005
...now lives in Irondequoit, has been helping veterans ever since he was a sergeant in the Army stationed at a hospital for paraplegics and amputees in Atlantic ...
- Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
To do this week Nov 12, 2005
Sandy Fletchall of Occupational Therapist at Capabilities for Living will speak on "Outcomes of Specialized Services: Upper Extremity Amputees Returning to ...
- commercialappeal.com (subscription),
Friday, 11th November, 2005 Nov 10, 2005
...examinations. By Vision reporter. A TEAM of American rotarians is in Uganda to donate prosthetic (plastic) limbs to amputees. The ...
- New Vision,
Ironwoman amputee made of stronger stuff Nov 12, 2005
Certainly, it was an accomplishment, but Reinertsen wanted to finish the race — not just to prove something to herself, but to inspire amputees everywhere. ...
- Canton Repository (subscription),
90 benefit from free artificial limb fitting camp Nov 14, 2005
...institutions and hospitals. On the first day of the camp, the amputees are checked by the technicians and measurements taken. Later, after ...
- Newindpress,
ANOTHER WEEK IN LOONEY LAND Nov 13, 2005
303,678 US personnel were injured, 150,375 of them were hospitalized and some 74,000 were left as quadriplegics or multiple amputees. ...
- NewsWithViews.com,
Support program changes names Nov 14, 2005
The program, which debuted in April 2004, is aimed at soldiers with a disability rating of 30 percent or greater, including amputees, severe burn cases, and ...
- Stars and Stripes,
LUTH to build N250m Diabetic Centre Nov 10, 2005
Also, out of every 10 patients with ulcer wounds, eight would end up with amputation of a limb and we are often confronted with new amputees on a weekly basis. ...
- Daily Independent,
US Groups Organizing Dental, Medical Care for Rural Vietnamese Nov 9, 2005
VNAH is a Virginia-based nonprofit organization originally established to assist war amputees and other disabled people in Vietnam. ...
- Washington File,
Nigerian Court dismisses objection on Sierra Leone Special Court ... Nov 9, 2005
High Court in Abuja has dismissed a preliminary objection filed by the Federal Government in the suit instituted by two Nigerian amputees; David Anyamele and ...
- Awareness Times,
Are the US media and public ready to deal with the troops severely ... Oct 30, 2005
There have been few stories in the media about the amputees, the multiple amputees, the troops with shrapnel in their bodies and heads, the troops with ...
- American Chronicle,
Reflection; Wai Whips Freetown Journalist in Sierra Leone Nov 9, 2005
There are loved ones we’ll never see again, the remains of burnt houses, the amputees, the lost generation of kids forced to fight in a war which they weren ...
- Awareness Times,
Reaction; In Defence of nothing in Sierra Leone: That Gbondima ... Nov 9, 2005
...are still going for months without pay…that our customs tax is the highest in the sub-region, thereby ebbing businesses away….that amputees are languishing ...
- Awareness Times,
An arm and a leg 02 Oct 2005
When her world fell apart on that Sunday she locked in with the physically impaired and other amputees. ... In our country there are too many amputees. ...
- Daily Star - Lebanon
Beating all odds to stay afloat 02 Oct 2005
Their disabilities differ — blind, deaf, mute, amputees, mentally challenged — but they all have something in common — a will power to excel. ...
- Kolkata Newsline
Diabetic walks to benefit children's camp 02 Oct 2005
...said. "When I was diagnosed, I was shown pictures of diabetics who were amputees and internal pictures of their kidneys," he said. ...
- Patriot-News
New Prosthetic Technologies Help Amputees Sep 27, 2005
This week, creators of the latest innovations to help amputees are in Las Vegas for an annual assembly. Extreme sports are among ...
- KLAS-TV
Over Reparation: Amputees Demand $ 300 From Government Sep 21, 2005
After national consultative conference on Wednesday at the Stadium Hostel between the government and Amputees and War Wounded Association the latter wrote to ...
- AllAfrica.com
Amputees looking to make a difference worlds away Sep 23, 2005
Orthotists Paul Harney and Stuart Furusho set up the support group to unite amputees in the Nashua area who seemed to all say the same things during their ...
- Nashua Telegraph
No money for S Leone amputees Sep 22, 2005
..."Our government is hard-pressed financially and economically to meet the demands of the amputees," he said, noting that Freetown had not received any help from ...
- News24
S Leone's war amputees 'ignored' Sep 16, 2005
Amputees of Sierra Leone's civil war say they are being neglected by the government and want a $3,000 monthly payment each to start immediately. ...
- BBC News
Survivors to Inspire Local NYC Amputees Sep 14, 2005
Shark Attack Survivor, Car Accident Survivor, and Dysvascular Disease Survivor to Spread Inspiration and Education to NYC Amputees at Day of Disability ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Philly Hospital Helps Indonesian Amputees Sep 4, 2005
Disabled rights activists say amputees across Indonesia face prejudice, with children often barred from schools because they are seen as a burden. ...
- Leading The Charge
Amputees Threaten to Sue SLPP Government Aug 31, 2005
Amputees and War Wounded Association in Sierra Leone Tuesday threatened to sue the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) government for deliberately failing to ...
- AllAfrica.com
Woman forming group for fellow amputees Aug 31, 2005
By Linda Angelo. A Durand woman, who lost her leg in an accident 10 years ago, is forming a support group for amputees. Betty Mince ...
- Flint Journal
Bulletin Board Oct 1, 2005
NORWICH. For new amputees or amputees considering a new prosthesis. Individualized sessions. Free. Registration: 823-6317. BREAST ...
- Norwich Bulletin
Survivors to Inspire Local NYC Amputees Sep 14, 2005
WESTBURY, NY, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Spreading hope and inspiration by example, two incredible NY survivors and one accomplished ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
Bulletin BoardPublished: Thursday, September 29, 2005 -- The Truth ... Sep 28, 2005
Open to all amputees and their caregivers. Seeking amputees from all over the Michiana area. Meets the first Saturday of every month. ...
- Elkhart Truth
Outdoor Notes by Tom Meade: 3rd place in RI gives Conn. diver ... Oct 1, 2005
A special deer-hunting season for hunters who are paraplegics or double amputees is scheduled for Oct. 11-14 at the South End Management Area on the island. ...
- Providence Journal (subscription)
The Exclusive Newspaper of 19th September 2005: from Sierra Leone Sep 20, 2005
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice Frederick M Carew has reacted to demands by amputees that they should be compensated the sum of $ 3,000 to make up ...
- Awareness Times
SIERRA LEONE: Civilian war casualties urge government to provide ... Sep 15, 2005
The gathering was the culmination of two months of meetings of amputees and other war victims organised by the national human rights group, Forum of Conscience ...
- Reuters AlertNet
Army Ten-Miler Features a Cast Of Thousands Sep 30, 2005
...in Iraq. Halfaker is the team captain for Missing (Parts) in Action, a group of military amputees running in the race. She lost ...
- Washington Post
Americans of All Stripes Gave Peace a Chance Sep 29, 2005
He was in the Philadelphia Naval Hospital for his retirement physical and saw the double and triple amputees recuperating from the Vietnam War. ...
- Gay City News
Landmine survivors from Cambodia play at volleyball tournament in ... Sep 30, 2005
...other countrymen have been fighting it out this week against five other teams for the world cup of standing volleyball - a sport played by amputees and people ...
- Brandon Sun
New rehab center at Fort Sam Houston Sep 29, 2005
...leaders broke ground Sept. 22 for what is to be the nation's premiere rehabilitation center for amputees. The $40-million facility ...
- Fort Detrick Standard
WESTERN SKIES - September 27, 2005 *** PARALYMPIC MILITARY SUMMIT ... Sep 28, 2005
Military Summit. The idea is to help disabled veterans, many of them amputees from the war in Iraq, move on with their lives. More ...
- Western Skies
One arm and no limits Sep 29, 2005
...years. "I've just met so many other amputees. We strengthen each other by being around each other. They are all like family to me. ...
- Albany Times Union
Ethical Questions Holding Back Face Transplant Research Sep 29, 2005
So far, about 300 people have been polled, including healthy patients, hand and arm amputees, larynx and kidney transplant recipients, as well as people whose ...
- WAVE
Saudi Arabia, Australia Join Hands on Humanitarian Projects Sep 28, 2005
The ICDR under the supervision of Professor Turaiki has also invented a device, which now enables the Muslim amputees to perform prayers with greater ease and ...
- Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Media invitation (Day 2) - Reminder - The War Amps multiple ... Sep 17, 2005
10:30 to 11:15 am HEALTHY LIVING FOR AMPUTEES (Lac Mégantic/Aylmer Room) This session is packed with information on many aspects of living as an amputee. ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release)
Back in the swim of life Sep 3, 2005
On the television, the Montel Williams show flickered. The topic of the program dealt with American soldiers returning from war as amputees. ...
- Blue Springs Examiner
Media invitation - The War Amps multiple amputation seminar Sep 16, 2005
Super Champs and their families are provided with valuable information, personal encouragement, and the opportunity to meet other amputees. ...
- CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse)
War Amps Adele Fifield named to Order of Ontario Sep 8, 2005
The citation names Ms. Fifield, an Ottawa resident, as "a dedicated advocate for Canadian amputees and veterans in Ontario." A native of Trinity East ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release)
Bombing victim's first agonising steps to recovery Sep 25, 2005
Most amputees are able to keep their knees, which makes the process of learning to walk on prosthetics easier, according to her physiotherapist, Maggie Uden. ...
- Guardian Unlimited
Study into effects of disfigurement Sep 27, 2005
Amputees, trauma survivors, burns victims, cancer sufferers and those born with congenital abnormalities will be among those questioned. ...
- Daily Mail - UK
Llewellyn's move keeps hospitals operating Sep 28, 2005
...the first in the State to do so - leaving stroke patients without vital twice-daily physiotherapy sessions and no rehabilitation for amputees, neurosurgery and ...
- Tasmania Examiner
Media invitation (Day 2) - Reminder - The War Amps multiple ... Sep 17, 2005
In this open forum session, Super Champs will talk about the special concerns of multiple amputees such as dealing with teasing and staring and handling ...
- ArriveNet (press release)
Sports provide renewal Sep 23, 2005
Some were amputees. Others had suffered spinal cord injuries. ... "Amputees, we're called 'hoppies.' Wheelchair athletes are called wheelies. ...
- Rocky Mountain News
For Life and Limb: Amputation Sep 21, 2005
Grant also makes sure that owners of amputees don't have unrealistic expectations in the wake of surgery and fitting of a prosthesis. ...
- TheHorse.com
Survivors face a painful and lonely road to recovery Sep 26, 2005
Driscoll said. The group includes two amputees, a soldier with serious burns and others with shrapnel and gunshot wounds. All have ...
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription)
On equal footing Sep 25, 2005
Why should he start? "A lot of amputees don't consider themselves handicapped," Hector said. He still has many goals ahead of him. ...
- Naples Daily News (subscription)
'Some challenges I have to overcome' Sep 18, 2005
...prosthetist. What he knows for sure is that he wants to travel back to Bethesda and Walter Reed frequently to help other amputees. ...
- Roanoke Times
Local soldier slowly heals from Iraq blast wounds Sep 27, 2005
Medical Center). "There is such as strong bond there, where patients - most of them amputees - all push each other along," she said.
- Daily Democrat
No regrets, and a firmer belief in US Sep 24, 2005
Combat amputees are housed in Ward 57 at Walter Reed. ... Iraq amputees, he said, “have very different lifestyles and very different expectations. ...
- Kansas City Star
Inaugural Paralympic Military Summit comes to a close Sep 28, 2005
The athletes were divided into two groups, one for amputees (Group A) and the other for those with spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries (Group B). Both ...
- USOlympicTeam.com
Study sheds light on phantom pain Sep 28, 2005
...surgery. About one-fourth to one-third of amputees develop phantom pain that last for a substantial amount of time, he said. Patients ...
- Yale Daily News
Tsunami Victims Hog Limelight Sep 18, 2005
Hamdani, age 11, and Tara, age 8, both amputees, arrived in the United States on 19th July to receive artificial limbs at the Shriners Children’s Hospital in ...
- Navhind Times
Maine Handicapped Skiing Seeks Winter Volunteers for 24th Season Sep 26, 2005
...including traumatic brain injury, stroke, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, spinsal cord injury, blind and visually impaired, deaf and hearing impaired and amputees ...
- MaineToday.com
Age no longer a barrier Sep 28, 2005
Team Leader Rosemary Walsh said contestants ranged from people who suffered strokes and Parkinsons disease to amputees, paraplegics and the intellectually ...
- Wodonga Border Mail
The Cohen Children as Metaphor Sep 8, 2005
...it. For many amputees, it takes years for the phantom limb sensations to go away. ... back. The lives of amputees are changed forever. ...
- Arutz Sheva
Jim Fennell: Wilson takes a swing for amputee golfers Sep 3, 2005
Either way, everyone loses.". It also made me think of another article basically saying we should not refer to amputees as amputees. ...
- The Union Leader
Mangled childhoods Sep 3, 2005
The Bogota-based non-profit provides psychological and physical therapy to amputees injured in all types of accidents, from land mines to car crashes. ...
- San Jose Mercury News
Hawaiian teen surfer who lost arm in shark attack inspires ... Sep 21, 2005
She says she has raised funds for Hurricane Katrina victims, entertained children with cancer and visited soldiers and Iraqi amputees at three US military ...
- Newsday
Army adopts Kashmir orphanage Sep 21, 2005
...function organised by the army. The Nowshera brigade has also helped 24 amputees secure artificial limbs in Jaipur. All this is part ...
- Newindpress
Ossur Captures Frost & Sullivan Technology of the Year Award for ... Sep 22, 2005
..."The technological advances made by Ossur with the Rheo Knee will enable transfemoral amputees to free themselves from many of the current limitations they face ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Hawaii surfer who lost arm in shark attack visits New York Sep 22, 2005
She says she's raised funds for Hurricane Katrina victims, entertained children with cancer and visited soldiers and Iraqi amputees at three US military ...
- KPUA
Groundbreaking set for Brooke Hospital’s $30 million ... Sep 20, 2005
The new 60,000 square foot Center will provide those with severe extremity injuries and amputees the best opportunity to regain their ability to live and work ...
- Army Public Affairs (press release)
War Amps "Super Champ" proud to tell story in award-winning ... Sep 20, 2005
CHAMP changes the lives of child amputees through artificial limbs, counselling, regional Seminars and programs like Matching Mothers. ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release)
War Amps CHAMPS present "Gramps" with honorary membership after ... Sep 11, 2005
Evan Calder, 11, of Warsaw, and Rachel Quilty, 6, of Peterborough, both born left arm amputees, will present Mr. Scott with the Honorary Membership today ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release)
Ware takes on the world Sep 20, 2005
Now a graduate student at Georgia Tech, Wong completed the course in 12 hours and 8 minutes and raised more than $1,400 for the Amputees Coming Together ...
- San Bernardino Sun
Our Critics Picks Sep 21, 2005
...subject matter for his art in morgues, medical schools and asylums; his portraits of people on the margins of society feature amputees, hermaphrodites and ...
- Nashville Scene
Photos' artistic touch sheds light on suffering Sep 23, 2005
These scenes are very odd. Witkin collects his human material from morgues, hospitals and asylums. He uses amputees as models or sometimes just body parts. ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
History ought to be swallowed without that spoonful of sugar Sep 20, 2005
Grandmothers, war amputees and teething babies all had to have their "little nip" before bedtime. Everything was available over the counter. ...
- Centre Daily Times
Uncovering the truth: Bush administration cheats wounded soldiers ... Sep 22, 2005
Reed. “It’sa disaster! That is the hospital where the Army brings its most seriously wounded, especially the amputees. President ...
- People's Weekly World
Minefield funded activity in Iraq Sep 20, 2005
...landmines.org.uk /327. Adopt-A-Minefield has been working hard to find ways to assist amputees like Zeynab in Iraq. We are very ...
- PeaceJournalism.com
Runoff Report Sep 23, 2005
What’s unique is that he’s one of the only amputees that has taken the challenge of skating an inline marathon and he’s bettered his times each of the ...
- Lake County News Chronicle
Leading a Rooftop Rescue by the Dawn's Early Light Sep 22, 2005
They included people in wheelchairs, several amputees and at least eight pets. As for his house, Sergeant Sorjonen said he flew over it a few days later. ...
- New York Times
Corbin's...four one-legged men! Runs October 5-23 Sep 22, 2005
It consists of four vignettes that depict four distinct amputees from different backgrounds, seasons and eras: 'A Day In The Life Of Jamie Prince' - a writer ...
- Broadway World
Army amputee wants to pick up where he left off Sep 7, 2005
Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, is considered the military's premier facility for amputees, and Wooldridge went through rehabilitation there ...
- Honolulu Advertiser
Prosthetic specialist does it all Sep 12, 2005
...said. "I help them. And he started a golf clinic five years ago for amputees - he's got me playing golf now.". Rosenberg's aftercare ...
- Cincinnati Enquirer
92-year old prostheticist has penchant for the unconventional Sep 6, 2005
For 44 years, he worked for the Boston Artificial Limb Co. and helped equip countless amputees with new arms, legs and knees. Mooney ...
- Lowell Sun
On the edge without an exit Sep 17, 2005
...a smattering of public housing apartments, members of the city's deep underclass - AIDS patients, schizophrenics, heroin addicts, shriveled amputees with thick ...
- DeRidder Beauregard Daily News
Chaos and confusion Sep 2, 2005
...to notice, residents said. They left behind amputees, people with diabetes and seniors with heart conditions. At the post office ...
- Chicago Tribune
Confusion, chaos and desperation Sep 1, 2005
...failed to notice, residents said. They left behind amputees, diabetics and seniors with heart conditions. At the post office, refugees ...
- Chicago Tribune
10,000 Patients and Staff Members Await Evacuation From Barely ... Sep 1, 2005
Burke said. But that left the immobile and unmovable behind, including stroke patients, amputees and those in intensive care. Dr ...
- Wilmington Morning Star
Here Lies Vera, God help Us All Sep 16, 2005
...of these being Americans...and that of those Americans, almost 11,000 were teenagers…not to mention the living dead, the 10,000 American amputees that the ...
- PakTribune.com
Afghan nomads question benefits of democracy Sep 14, 2005
They also have a high rate of amputees from landmines from their wanderings over strategic plains. That lifestyle may be changing forever. ...
- Wired News
Mo Nunn closes a chapter in his life Sep 10, 2005
...foundation. Zanardi is working to build a new hospital wing for children who might be amputees or have orthopedic challenges. The ...
- Motorsport.com
Kimberly Stewart makes joke in poor taste Sep 9, 2005
Paul McCartney and his wife.". The tasteless joke is set to anger Sir Paul and Heather, who devotes much of her time to charity work for other amputees. ...
- Monsters and Critics.com
Surviving: Illness or disability prevented many from escaping Sep 1, 2005
There were amputees, blind people, mentally ill people. They were people who thought they might not make it. Albert Hall was one of them. ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
Haunted by Katrina Sep 9, 2005
Photographer Thompson and I helped carry amputees, people in wheelchairs and walkers, and people who could barely move from a nearby school onto a boat and ...
- Dallas Morning News (subscription)
Order of Ontario recipients for 2004 announced Sep 7, 2005
Adele Fifield of Nepean - A dedicated advocate for Canadian amputees and veterans and is president of Operation Legacy, a youth-oriented organization sponsored ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release)
Ex-judge to go on trial in child-porn case today Sep 14, 2005
Thompson, a respected jurist considered an inspiration to other amputees and wounded vets, was appointed to Superior Court in Camden County in 1989 after ...
- Philadelphia Inquirer
North Palm Beach County community clubs: September 7 Sep 6, 2005
Amputees For Life meets the third Tuesday of the month at 1:30 pm at Good Samaritan Medical Center, 1309 N. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach. ...
- Jupiter Courier (subscription)
Storm hits juice habit Sep 5, 2005
This reliance has become so reflexive that many of us found ourselves flipping dead light switches after Katrina, like amputees who continue to reach for ...
- 2TheAdvocate
Pat Riley: Gary Payton worth a look Sep 15, 2005
Wednesday, the Heat center spent two hours at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington visiting with amputees recently injured in Iraq. ...
- Sun-Sentinel.com
AID/RELIEF EFFORTS Sep 14, 2005
Amputees in need of repairs or evaluation of their prosthesis can contact the University of Mississippi Medical Center at (601) 815-4844. ...
- Jackson Clarion Ledger
Times honors 10 military Women of Merit Sep 9, 2005
Retired Navy nurse Sandy Holmes cared for Vietnam War amputees, inspiring one man who lost both his legs to find to a reason stay alive. ...
- North County Times
2.2 Million Sudanese apply for Indonesian Citizenship: Jakarta ... Sep 14, 2005
Places like Thailand have a reputation for great sex and Sudan has a reputation for amputees. Who would you rather give your money to? ...
- Unconfirmed Sources (satire)
Fitness Q & A Sep 12, 2005
...of ability with every concievable cycling problem.They include World and National champions at one end of the performance spectrum to amputees and people with ...
- Cyclingnews.com
Handicap couldn't stop them Sep 13, 2005
You may have seen a picture of one used by athlete Sarah Reinertsen, one of the first amputees to test a new type of running foot. ...
- Syracuse Post Standard
Kimberly Stewart Makes Innapropriate Comments Sep 12, 2005
Sir Paul McCartney and his wife are devoted to charity work which helps other amputees after Mills, a former model, lost her leg in a motorbike accident in 1993 ...
- andPOP
Dems gather for Jamboree; Sep 1, 2005
He said with nearly 2,000 service men and women killed and more American amputees per month than any war in US history, the military still doesn’t have the ...
- Cape Gazette
City boys shine in Brazil Sep 1, 2005
...he is back in the country. “There's a purpose-built facility for amputees, it's absolutely phenomonal! In this country we can't ...
- Manchester City Football Club
Group warns Taylor over Liberian elections Sep 1, 2005
...""African leaders and institutions must ensure justice is done for countless victims of rape, child soldiers, journalist’’s, amputees, refugees and others ...
- Vanguard
Medical care, schools ready for evacuees Sep 7, 2005
..."We don't know what type person we will be getting, but Houston, Charlotte, Raleigh, got every age group, some amputees, regular healthy adults -- some in ...
- Greensboro News Record
Taylor to Create Problem for Obasanjo Sep 7, 2005
..."African leaders and institutions must ensure justice is done for countless victims of rape, child soldiers, journalists, amputees, refugees and all those ...
- AllAfrica.com
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