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Back injuries can make people miss work or even force them to give up their jobs. These injuries may be so debilitating that even the smallest movement causes excruciating pain. This is especially ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- A robotic device is giving hope to millions of patients who have been told their paralysis would confine them to a wheelchair. Paraplegic patients at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital ...

A July 2010 accident left Aaron Bloom, 27, paralyzed from the waist down. "It's really important that you just get up after something like that. I think that's what's most important," said Bloom. And ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- It could be the key to recovery for many stroke survivors. As CBS 2's Alexis Christoforous reported, a new bionic suit is helping stroke victims learn to walk again.

A British man left paralyzed by cancer defied the odds to walk his daughter down the aisle thanks to a bionic suit that reportedly costs more than $1 million. The Telegraph reported that Chris Palmer, ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The U.S. Census indicated that there will be more Americans older than 65 than those younger than 5 by 2020. Applied Mind's Bran Ferren created a bionic suit that ...

Once a week, Cyndi Corcoran gets to walk again for at least an hour, thanks to modern medical technology and her own unflagging determination. At other times, Corcoran – who is partially paralyzed due ...

With help from bionic suit, Londoner enters grueling race. LONDON, May 8, 2012— -- For five years, Claire Lomas hasn't been able to walk, hasn't been able to feel her legs. But that hasn't ...

We’re still quite a ways away from wielding proper Power Loaders but advances in exosuit technology are rapidly changing how people perform physical tasks in their daily lives — some designed to help ...

Twenty-two-year-old Mary Beth Davis of Guthrie was injured in a car accident on her way home from school in Stillwater in 2010. She was left paralyzed from the chest down. Like many millions of people ...