|
|
Hybrid Cars Pose Risk to Blind, Visually Impaired
MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- Because they can be nearly silent, hybrid cars pose a serious threat of injury and death to blind and visually impaired people, says the American Council of the Blind, which is pushing the auto industry and government officials to develop ways to reduce this danger.
Source:(HealthDay News)
2008-07-22
Americans would rather be dead than disabled: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than half of Americans would rather die than live with a severe disability, according to a survey.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-11
Device puts steering at the tip of the tongue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only the tip of the tongue, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Source:(Reuters)
2008-06-30
Autistic man recovering after 7 days in Wis. woods
MINNEAPOLIS - An autistic man who could barely speak and had wandered off without medicine for his transplanted kidney likely had just hours to live when he was found after a week in the woods, a doctor said.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-06-23
Soldiers risk ruin while awaiting benefit checks
SAN ANTONIO - His lifelong dream of becoming a soldier had, in the end, come to this for Isaac Stevens: 28, penniless, in a wheelchair, fending off the sexual advances of another man in a homeless shelter.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Gulf War Coalition Forces Source:(AP)
2008-06-16
| Headlines |
|
Matches Shown: | 1-50 | 51-100
|
|
|
