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A jump into a swimming pool in 2003 changed Travis Robinson's life forever. Somewhere between a belly flop and a tuck, Robinson, then 17, hit the pool in such a way that he injured his spinal cord. He now is paralyzed from the neck down. But in January, he hopes another moment will change his life: surgery. Robinson will fly to Portugal to get a breakthrough surgery at the Hospital Egas Moniz. In the procedure, the scar tissue that surrounds his spinal cord will be removed. Doctors will take tissue that contains stem cells from his sinuses and implant it...

My sinuses a casualty of the drug war   Tom Martin OPINION Sunday, September 11, 2005 My breathing is becoming a problem for my wife. Yes, the inhalation of air for the benefit of my lungs has become an annoyance, especially at night when she's trying to sleep. The problem is with the decibel level of my breathing, which is loud because my nasal passages are generally blocked. I'm an allergy guy. Breathing through my nose is not something I take for granted. It takes effort to keep the duct work clear. For decades that effort, along with seeing...