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US family opposes end to care for brain-dead boy

Posted on November 8th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/8/2008 By DAVID B. CARUSOAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ A U.S. hospital has asked a judge for permission to stop treating a brain-dead 12-year-old cancer patient, even though his ultra-religious New York parents want to keep him on life support. Motl Brody of Brooklyn was pronounced dead..
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Arizona health officials issue rabies warning

Posted on November 7th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/7/2008 Arizona health officials issue rabies warning PHOENIX (AP) _ Officials with the Arizona Department of Health Services say the state is on track to count a record number of rabies cases this year. They are warning people to take precautions to avoid being exposed to the fatal disease,..
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DA: Sister will testify that Mass. girl was beaten

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

Date: 11/5/2008 By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) _ The younger sister of a girl who suffered a severe brain injury will testify that she saw her stepfather push the older girl down a flight of stairs, prosecutors said Tuesday. “She will tell you that this was the..
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Author Jon Katz writes of dogs, death and healing

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

Date: 11/2/2008 5:27 PM By MARY ESCHAssociated Press Writer WEST HEBRON, N.Y. (AP) — Jon Katz and companion Izzy, both wearing the photo IDs of hospice volunteers, are greeted brightly as they enter the dining room at Pleasant Valley Infirmary. While Katz chats and jokes with caretakers and residents seated..
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CA surgeon to stand trial in organ donation case

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

Date: 11/2/2008 5:28 PM By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruben Navarro loved horror movies. He watched the “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Friday the 13th” series with his mother, Rosa, and liked to visit Knott’s Berry Farm when it was transformed every October to “Knott’s Scary..
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Mom in China avoids jail after killing mentally ill daughter

Posted on October 31st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/31/2008 BEIJING (AP) _ A Chinese mother who admitted poisoning and smothering her mentally ill daughter to death has been spared a jail sentence, state media reported Friday. Li Daohong fed her 20-year-old daughter, who suffered from brain paralysis, more than 200 sleeping pills in a Beijing hotel before..
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Marshals arrest brother of mummified Ky. woman

Posted on October 29th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/29/2008 GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) _ A Kentucky man arrested after police found the mummified remains of his disabled sister in the trunk of his car was set to appear in court Wednesday for an extradition hearing. Timothy Allen Brown, 36, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in St. Louis on..
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Egyptian boy, kicked by teacher, dies in hospital

Posted on October 28th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/28/2008 By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press Writer CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ An Egyptian security official says police detained a teacher in the northern coastal city of Alexandria after one of his pupils — a schoolboy — died in hospital, after allegedly being hit by the teacher. The official says the..
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Wisconsin Brain Injury Association Seeking Grant Reviewers

Posted on October 27th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

10/27/08 From the Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin (BIAW): The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is looking for newand experienced objective grant reviewers with expertise in traumatic braininjury. HRSA is looking specifically for individuals with specializededucation, knowledge, and experience in the area of traumatic brain injuryto apply to be..
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Hospitals ease ER crowding with ward beds in halls

Posted on October 26th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/26/2008 By CARLA K. JOHNSONAssociated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ There’s no phone and no television. Only a screen offers privacy. But heart patient Edward Gray understands why the hospital put him in a cardiac unit hallway. “They sent me up here to make room for other emergency patients,”..
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