A Compendium of Sports Events for United Spinal Members
Living Wills and Health Care Proxies: Avoiding the Schiavo Scenario
United Spinal Reaches Out to Hispanic Community
Nature’s Course: Harvesting Adult Stem Cells for Therapy

Castle Point VA Bowlers Win 5th Annual United Spinal Tournament
For the second year in a row, a team of bowlers with disabilities from the Castle Point VA went home victorious at this year’s 5th Annual United Spinal Association Bowling Tournament. The Castle Point team dominated the event, winning first place and taking home the […]

In late March, it seemed that all the national news media were focused on the fate of Teri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged Florida woman whose family battled in court to determine whether, after 15 years in a persistent vegetative state, she should live or die. Schiavo’s husband insisted that she would have wanted to die […]

Anyone with a spinal cord impairment (SCI) will tell you that it is a life-altering circumstance. That is why, along with family support and the right medical attention, an association like United Spinal, which promotes accessibility in the mainstream as well as independence for individuals with SCI, is essential for the newly injured or diagnosed. […]

After dozens of procedures in Europe, a promising therapy for people with SCI crosses the Atlantic
“A stem cell is a cell that has not begun to develop into any specific tissue type, and it really has the potential to become any different type of tissue in the body,” explains Dr. Steven Hinderer, director of the […]

“I’m one of those people who tends to go into a room and notice what is not represented, as well as what is represented,” says Joan Lipkin, artistic director of That UPPITY Theatre Company in St. Louis, Missouri. “I noticed, so often, when I would go to the theatre, I would rarely see people with […]