http://www.youris.comyouris.comA new prosthetic hand developed at the University of Lund, Sweden, gives hope to amputees to regain hand mobility and touch feeling. (Sep. '09) Tue, 18 May 2010 20:46:20 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/The_Magic_Touch.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/The_Magic_Touch.kl Repairing a defective ear or even an eye is no longer science fiction. Nano-technology can help to make medical history.Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:39:10 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Regenerating_The_Ear_And_The_Eye.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Regenerating_The_Ear_And_The_Eye.kl Research groups in several countries are making progress in retinal prosthesis development. If they achieve their aims, patients who have gone blind, due to loss of their photoreceptors, could recover a better simplified form of vision than with available prostheses. One of the groups shows that diamonds could lead the wayMon, 13 Jun 2011 11:09:23 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Nanosized_Diamonds_Restoring_A_Useful_Vision.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Nanosized_Diamonds_Restoring_A_Useful_Vision.kl For millions of people hearing disorders make a negative impact on their lives. Scientists are looking into new ways of treating hearing disorders, by using different sorts of nanoparticles as original inner ear delivery devices. Their hope is that nanoparticles will be able to deliver drugs that can improve or restore hearingWed, 08 Jun 2011 14:32:51 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Nanoparticle_Therapeutics_Might_Help_People_Suffering_From_Hearing_Disorders.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Nanoparticle_Therapeutics_Might_Help_People_Suffering_From_Hearing_Disorders.kl Millions of people worldwide experience spinal cord injuries. Breakthroughs bring researchers progress, but a complete cure is a long way offFri, 05 Nov 2010 11:31:30 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/What_Research_Brings_Spinal_CordInjured_Patients_Closer_To_A_Cure.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/What_Research_Brings_Spinal_CordInjured_Patients_Closer_To_A_Cure.klReconstructing the neuronal circuitry of a damaged spine looks like a much closer goal now. European scientists for the first time demonstrated the presence of neural precursor cells in the adult human spinal cord. (Sep. '09)Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:33:30 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Tackling_Paraplegia.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Tackling_Paraplegia.klNew stem cells techniques open exciting perspectives in the treatment of severe spinal cord injuries, and give hopes to cure paraplegia in humans. (Jul. '09)Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:18:45 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/A_rescue_for_spinal_cord_injuries.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/A_rescue_for_spinal_cord_injuries.kl Scientists are looking for new ways to transform complex and organized structures already existing in nature to rebuild bones out of woodMon, 22 Aug 2011 13:30:51 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Wooden_Bones.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Wooden_Bones.kl Regenerating bones with materials of natural origin that can bear a lot of weight might not be science-fiction anymore. Scientists are looking for new ways to transform complex and organized structures that already exist in nature into a device to improve bone and ligament substitutionTue, 16 Aug 2011 16:52:25 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/From_Wood_To_Bone.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/From_Wood_To_Bone.kl Professor James Geddes is Associate Director at the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center at the University of Kentucky. He talked about forefront spinal cord injury research and novel bioengineering changing patients’ lives Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:56:49 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Prof_James_Geddes_Talks_About_Forefront_Spinal_Cord_Injury_Research_And_Novel_Bioengineering_Changing_Patients_Lives_One_Person_Said_It_Allowed_Him_To_Stand_And_Kiss_His_Wife_For_The_First_Time_In_Years.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Prof_James_Geddes_Talks_About_Forefront_Spinal_Cord_Injury_Research_And_Novel_Bioengineering_Changing_Patients_Lives_One_Person_Said_It_Allowed_Him_To_Stand_And_Kiss_His_Wife_For_The_First_Time_In_Years.klSarah lives in Cornwall with her parents. She is 20 years old and has been quadriplegic since she was 18 months old. Despite being paralysed from the neck down, Sarah is independent and uses a mouth pointer to type on her PC. (Jan. '05)Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:23:25 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Click_where_You_Look.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Click_where_You_Look.klAndreas Dahl has been hard of hearing since early childhood. He is not deaf, but he needs to look at the person he is talking to, to be able to lip-read and understand the conversation. (Feb. '05)Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:43:12 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Telephone_Lip_Service.klhttp://www.youris.com/Health/Disabled/Telephone_Lip_Service.kl