(What a shame that it should be down to fund-raising to provide the money for prosthetics that should surely be available through the NHS. These prosthetics are, after all, required as the direct result of an illness that Harley was unlucky enough to contract in the first place. It seems to be adding insult to [...]
by CRAIG ROBINSON
Last updated: 30/06/2009 06:00:00
A WOMAN who lost her leg in what should have been a routine knee operation has won more than £1million in compensation.
Karen Flory has been left significantly disabled and continues to experience pain in the affected leg as well as phantom limb pains.
Ipswich Hospital admitted responsibility in 2008 and [...]
Critical new data disclosed Dallas, TX (June 29, 2009)
A team of experts in biomechanics and physiology that conducted experiments on Oscar Pistorius, the South African bilateral amputee track athlete, have just published their findings in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Some of their previously confidential findings were presented to the Court of Arbitration for [...]
We are very grateful to Ray Blackwell for the following article. Also for the very welcome donation he raised for the Douglas Bader Foundation with his efforts.
Thank you, Ray – you’re an inspiration.
You would have thought at nearly 71 I would be pursuing more sedate pastimes like gardening etc, instead of crazy things like [...]
We have received a message from David Kitchenham drawing our attention to Mirror Box Therapy as a treatment for phantom pain. We’d be interested to hear any feedback from people who have tried it.
Please click here to be directed to the Website where you can find out more about it or contact David Kitchenham: david.kitchenham@gmail.com
A paratrooper who learnt to walk again after losing three limbs in a bomb has spoken of his joy at regaining his independence by moving into a new home.
(Please click on the link to see the video clip)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8115626.stm
Lance Corporal Tom Neathway, 25, of Crowle, Worcestershire, was injured by a booby trap bomb in Kajaki, Helmand [...]
The salamander can regrow injured limbs, jaws, skin, organs and parts of its brain and spinal chord. (Reuters: Felipe Leon)
Scientists are genetically modifying a bizarre looking Mexican salamander in the hope its ability to regenerate body parts will one day help human amputees.
The Salamander
Also known as “water monsters,” the 15-centimetre-long axolotl is nearly [...]
Monday 15th June, 2009
The Douglas Bader Young Aviators Day at White Waltham Airfield,
14th June 2009
Picnics in the sun
Airfields all too frequently get a bad press but, had any of their detractors been at White Waltham Airfield, home of the West London Aero Club, yesterday, they would have had to admit that they can [...]
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