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The young man in this video looks like he's riding a Segway. But Yusuf Akturkoglu was paralyzed after falling from a horse five years ago,...

Who will be named the Top CNN Hero of the Year and receive $100,000 to boost their selfless projects to help others around the...

After surviving a storm of slings and arrows over the course of her life, Amanda Boxtel could never have imagined that a paralyzing skiing...

CNN announced its Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2011, while opening online voting that will determine the winner of the $250,000 grand prize. All...

Not all the donations to victims of the Joplin, Mo., tornado in May were delivered to the two-legged survivers. A dog named Sugar, found...

(Continued from pg. 1) Wall Plank Stand in front of a wall at arm’s length. Reach forward from your shoulders and plant your palms on the...

Fifteen years ago, I was not acting my age. Since I would recoil from any form of exercise, as well as any green foods,...

After Rob Summers was paralyzed below the chest in a car accident in 2006, his doctors told him he would never stand again. They...

A Rutgers football player, now confined to a wheelchair, hasn't let his devastating injury slow him down. Defensive tackle Eric LeGrand, who suffered a serious...

Veterinarians and rehabbers give their time to a baby raccoon, orphaned and paralyzed shortly after birth. One brain scan and spinal operation later, and...

Scientists have taken another important step toward understanding just how sticking needles into the body can ease pain. In a paper published Sunday...

In a "dramatic" breakthrough that has positive implications for Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, researchers have transformed ordinary mouse skin cells directly into functioning nerve cells,...

Most injured turtles are never spotted, and die at sea. The lucky ones are taken to the Turtle Hospital in the Florida...

Of the ten men on the court to play wheelchair basketball, none is older than 26, each has lost at least one limb in...

Women who take folic acid supplements for at least one year before they become pregnant may cut their risk of having a premature baby...

Any list of the top achievements in science and energy is a list that glows with promise and hope. During the year 2008 we...

At the Tennessee elephant sanctuary, where animals usually pair up with each other, one elephant instead has formed a lasting bond with Bella the...

Monkeys were able to overcome wrist paralysis with an experimental device that might lead to new treatments for patients with stroke and spinal cord...

UK researchers have used strands of silk-like fiber to create a scaffold that prompted nerve cells to grow. The hope is that the silk...

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