Archive for October, 2008

Technology helps Fla. group home residents

Posted on October 5th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/5/2008 12:04 AM By LISA ORKIN EMMANUELAssociated Press Writer PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) _ From the outside, the one-story pink house on the quiet, tree-lined street looks like any other in South Florida’s suburbia. But once you go through the glass double doors, it’s obvious: This home is different. Doors..
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Largest study of US children to begin in January

Posted on October 3rd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/3/2008 2:23 PM WASHINGTON (AP) _ The largest study of U.S. children ever performed — aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21 — will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January. The ambitious National Children’s Study aims to learn how the environment and..
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Girl with brain injury won’t testify in abuse case

Posted on October 2nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 9/30/2008 6:31 PM By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) _ A girl who survived an infamous Massachusetts end-of-life case will not be called to testify against the man accused of beating her into a coma and injuring her brain, according to a notice filed Tuesday. Prosecutors said they..
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Idaho fair accused of evicting paralyzed woman

Posted on October 2nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/1/2008 2:49 PM By JESSIE L. BONNERAssociated Press Writer NAMPA, Idaho (AP) _ Rose Harn peers out at the world with one working eye, her arms curled tightly against her shriveled body. A rag under her chin catches her drool. In the two decades since Harn was left brain-damaged..
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