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CLEVELAND (AP) -- A 10-year-old boy having surgery in Cleveland could become the youngest person implanted with the same artificial breathing device used by the late actor Christopher Reeve. The device will allow Alex Malarkey to breathe without the ...

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Ohio Boy To Become Youngest For Breathing Device - WCPO

CLEVELAND (AP) - Doctors in Cleveland say a 10-year-old boy will become the youngest person implanted with the same artificial breathing device used by the late actor Christopher Reeve. The device will allow Alex Malarkey to breathe without the ...

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10-yr.-old to become youngest for breathing device - WKRC

CLEVELAND — Doctors in Cleveland say a 10-year-old boy will become the youngest person implanted with the same artificial breathing device used by the late actor Christopher Reeve. The device will allow Alex Malarkey to breathe without the ...

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Boy, 10, Is Youngest Person to Get 'Christopher Reeve' Breathing ... - FOX News

John Kuntz/The Plain Dealer Dr. Raymond Onders, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at University Hospital's Case Western Reserve Medical Center, leans over to show Alex Malarkey, 10, of Bellefontaine the size of the artificial breathing unit he ...

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Paralyzed boy's 'Christopher Reeve' surgery to make medical history at ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer Blog

CLEVELAND: A 10-year-old boy paralyzed in a car crash became the youngest person to receive a device tested by the late Superman actor Christopher Reeve that allows patients to breathe without a ventilator, a hospital said today. The implantable ...

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Ohio boy, 10, youngest to get breathing device - Akron Beacon Journal

CLEVELAND (AP) - Doctors in Cleveland say a 10-year-old boy will become the youngest person implanted with the same artificial breathing device used by the late actor Christopher Reeve. The device will allow Alex Malarkey to breathe without the ...

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10-yr.-old to become youngest for artificial breathing device - Columbus Dispatch

CLEVELAND (AP) - A 10-year-old boy paralyzed in a car crash became the youngest person to receive a device tested by the late "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve that allows patients to breathe without a ventilator, a hospital said Friday. The ...

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Paralyzed Ohio boy youngest to get breathing device tested by ... - The Columbus Dispatch

Derek Edward Burkhead, a Hanover man accused of slaying his girlfriend Jennifer Willis in 2006, went on trial Monday morning. However, by Tuesday morning a mistrial had been declared for the second time. In April of last year, during a recess in that ...

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Second mistrial declared in Burkhead murder trial - Hanover Herald-Progress

Maybe John Harbaugh should have received greater consideration for NFL coach of the year honors for the work he did this season with the Baltimore Ravens. And maybe Rex Ryan should receive greater consideration for any NFL head coaching vacancy this ...

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Injury-riddled Ravens have no need for lame excuses - Dallas Morning News

LONDON, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GlaxoSmithKline and XenoPort, Inc. announced today that GSK has resubmitted the New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...

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Resources


National Spinal Cord Injury Association

Spinal cord injury causes myelopathy or damage to white matter or myelinated fiber tracts that carry sensation and motor signals to and from the brain. It also damages gray matter ...

Spinal cord injury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spinal Cord Injury and Brain Injury Resource Center has the most comprehensive medical and legal information on the internet. Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer information and Brain ...

Spinal Cord Injury | Brain Injury - Information, Treatment, Lawyer

This federally funded website is devoted to providing the most complete resource for SCI and disability related information.

SPINALCORD: Spinal Cord Injury Information Network

Easy to understand explanations of the spinal cord and what happens after a spinal cord injury with message boards, chat rooms, links....

Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center

A nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with spinal cord injuries. Includes information on the organization, opportunities for involvement, and ...