SAN LEANDRO, CA (NBC) - Technology is taking great strides for people who can't walk. When Guillain-Barre Syndrome paralyzed Shelly Balesteri, she not only lost her ability to move but also her ability to communicate with the world.read more | digg story
May designated as National GBS Awareness Month
PHILADELPHIA, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A number of patients suffering from a rare and debilitating neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) do not receive proper medical care due to the lack of reimbursement for the medical attention and treatment needed, according to a first-ever ...
By Carla McClain
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Reports of paralysis in teenagers — including an Arizona youth — who got the new meningitis vaccine are raising alarms about the shot's safety.
Federal health investigators have not confirmed the new vaccine as the cause of the paralysis. And with case numbers still low, they have ...
TERESA M. WALKER
Associated Press
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - For most of his life, Tennessee Tech basketball coach Mike Sutton has counted wins and losses. Now he measures success in smaller increments.
Raising an arm one week, both the next. Breathing without a ventilator, then having his tracheotomy tube removed a day later. Lying ...
