Patients have followed the progress of the construction as they learned to walk on the hospital’s veranda. “You see the guys walking out there [and] you can’t help getting emotionally involved,” says ...
Carlos Gonzalez stands out from an athletic group gathered on a grassy field at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. The gregarious 32-year-old sports a stylish fauxhawk and walks with a confident yet ...
When a car slammed into their motorcycle, June and Ted DiStefano knew the horrific accident would change their lives forever. They didn’t realize it would give them the power to help others. Both were ...
SAN DIEGO – The sailor had been back from war for just over a year when friends invited him to watch an unusually emotional training exercise for troops preparing to deploy. The drill happened not on ...
Sgt. 1st Class Greg Robinson has become the first amputee to complete Army air assault school, a course so grueling his prosthetic leg broke twice over the 10 days spent rappelling down ropes, ...
KATY – Amputees have what they call an “ampu-versary,” a date when they celebrate how far they’ve come since losing a limb. At this week’s Katy triathlon, Samantha Gower will celebrate her one-year ...
Christy Gardner is paying it forward in the best way possible: with a puppy! In 2006, Gardner, a U.S. Army Military Police Officer at the time, was injured during a peacekeeping mission. Due to ...
FRISCO A group of soccer players is in Frisco, training for the pinnacle of their sport. But as crazy as it sounds, they've never played a single organized game. The men are from earthquake-ravaged ...
After a year of training, a Brevard County dog will help open doors for a quadruple amputee who lost her arms and legs to a flesh-eating bacteria. The dog has finally been united with its owner, Aimee ...
KATY – Amputees have what they call an “ampu-versary,” a date when they celebrate how far they’ve come since losing a limb. At this week’s Katy triathlon, Samantha Gower will celebrate her one-year ...
Amputees from the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, patients at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., for the past year have been watching the progress of a new structure ...