November 2008
Posts published in November 2008
Death of 43-pound disabled woman cues NJ probe
Date: 11/25/2008 By GEOFF MULVIHILLAssociated Press Writer CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) _ The state is investigating the death of a 28-year-old woman who had dwindled to 43 pounds in a state-licensed home for developmentally disabled adults, officials said Tuesday. The Division of Developmental Disabilities caseworker responsible for keeping tabs on the woman has been suspended and ...
Nap without guilt: It boosts sophisticated memory
Date: 11/24/2008 By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the flip side, taking a nap may boost a sophisticated kind of memory that helps us see the ...
Man denies hitting brain-injured stepdaughter
Date: 11/21/2008 Associated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) _ A man accused of beating his stepdaughter so severely that she suffered a permanent brain injury — triggering a right-to-die case — testified Friday that he never hit her and believed his wife’s claims that the girl injured herself. Jason Strickland denied prosecutors’ claims that he ...
Prosecution rests in case of brain-injured girl
Date: 11/20/2008 By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) _ Prosecutors wrapped up their case Wednesday against a man accused of beating his stepdaughter into a coma, triggering a right-to-die case that was resolved when the girl began to recover. Jason Strickland, a 34-year-old auto mechanic, is charged with abusing his stepdaughter, Haleigh Poutre, ...
‘Mind spa’: This is your brain on exercise
Date: 11/19/2008 By RASHA MADKOURAssociated Press Writer SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) _ Seniors in this retirement hotspot diligently packed the local Y, sweating to keep their bodies in shape. But after their workout, several couldn’t remember where they put their car keys. Watching this scenario unfold, neurotherapist George Rozelle thought: Wouldn’t it be great to have ...
Texas officials say layover mystery a homicide
Date: 11/18/2008 DALLAS (AP) _ A mysterious disappearance of an Alzheimer’s patient during a layover at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport seven years ago became a homicide case Monday after an examination of skeletal remains found miles from the airfield. The Tarrant County medical examiner used DNA tests to identify the remains as 70-year-old Marjorie Dabney ...
When Alzheimer’s hits at 40
Date: 11/14/2008 By SHIRLEY S. WANGThe Wall Street Journal Brian Kammerer, the 45-year-old chief financial officer of a small hedge fund, called his wife one day from a cellphone in the men’s room of his Manhattan office building. A colleague had just asked him for something, he whispered, but he had no idea what it ...
Italy: Father can end daughter’s life support
Date: 11/13/2008 By ARIEL DAVIDAssociated Press Writer ROME (AP) _ Italy’s highest court ruled Thursday in favor of a man’s request to disconnect his daughter’s feeding tube and allow her to die after 16 years in a vegetative state. Courts, politicians and the Vatican have weighed in on the fate of Eluana Englaro, who fell ...
Baucus wants to overhaul health care in ’09
Legal Comment: The below story about progress already being made in healthcare reform, in conjunction with the overwhelming consensus of the just completed campaign that some type of meaningful reform is coming, is the best of news for the disability community. Particularly important highlights are the proposal to eliminate the waiting period for Medicare, the ...
Massive malaria vaccine trial to begin in Africa
Date: 11/10/2008 By DONNA BRYSONAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) _ Researchers trying to create the world’s first malaria vaccine are launching a large medical trial as early as next month involving 16,000 children that could be the largest such trial ever conducted on children in Africa. British-drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC is teaming with the PATH ...
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