Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Four year old Harvey Slack lost both arms and legs after contracting meningitis in a case that doctors said was the worst they had ever treated.
Now Key 103 is attempting to come to his aid and raise £60,000 [...]
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 [...]
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 law student with a prosthetic arm has told an employment tribunal she “questioned her worth as a human being” after she was forced to work in the stockroom of US clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch.
Riam Dean
Riam Dean, 22, who was born with her left forearm missing, said she was given permission to wear a [...]
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 also [...]
We are very grateful to Margaret Biggs, aka Leggz to all who know her from the Limb Loss Information Centre Discussion Forum, for sending us these great photographs of the Blue Plaque unveiling. It was lovely to have her there on the day.
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