All posts tagged 'brain injury'

Back from Summer Recess

Posted on September 4th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

Blogging is one of those job responsibilities that never seem to quit and it is so easy to get behind on. Well, Congress is back soon, the kids are in school, and I better get back to this job as well. It has been an important summer for my brain..
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RNC chairman attacks Obama on health care

Posted on July 20th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

Could this be a sign of real progress on meaningful healthcare reform, that the Republican’s are now attacking the plan and that the Democrats seem to be willing to go ahead for what is in the best interest of the people, without bi-partisan support? The Democrats have the votes, if..
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Obama shifts into campaign mode on health care

Posted on July 15th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

The healthcare industry is spending over a million dollars a day in Washington to lobby Congress on proposals for health insurance reform. It appears that lobbying is working, that the insurance companies have bought themselves another Congress. It really isn’t Obama’s fault and the pressure on him to get something..
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BIA-USA Urges Congress to Increase Funding for TBI Programs

Posted on July 13th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

From the Brain Injury Association of the U.S.:Urge Congress to Increase Funding for TBI Programs!The Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education begins consideration of the FY10 funding bill today! Over the next few days, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education..
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HBO series details Alzheimer’s pain, progress

Posted on May 9th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 5/9/2009 4:23 PM LYNN ELBERAP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Shriver said her role in a major HBO documentary series on Alzheimer’s stems from the professional and the intensely personal. “I approached this project as a child of Alzheimer’s,” she said, a reference to her father, Sargent..
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Loss of the News – The Fabric of Our Democracy in Peril

Posted on April 30th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

The below story from the Associated Press is nearly as disturbing as the news from Pakistan and the debacle that Baxter’s move to globalization of Heparin manufacture has been. Before I went to law school, I went to Journalism school, journalism school in Chicago, at Northwestern University. I aspired to..
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Comment from Reader on Our Webpages

Posted on April 16th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

On Apr 16, 2009, at 6:08 AM, MICHAEL SHELLER wrote: Dear Mr. Johnson, I simply had to stop all activity and send you this e-mail. Please let me explain: Around the very turn of this new decade I suffered a brain injury. I have no memory of the accident at..
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CDC Finding re: Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on March 23rd, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

One of the most difficult to answer and unfortunately way to often asked questions on our 800 number is about coma prognosis and treatment. A study cited on the Center for Disease Control’s website (CDC) discusses new research in this area. With the Natasha Richardson seemingly mild brain injury that..
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Letter to waiting.com

Posted on March 15th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

Mr. Johnson, My name is Teri Curington and I am finishing my graduate work this semester at The University of Texas at Tyler’s College of Nursing. I have worked in the field of ER medicine and neurological intensive care, working with patients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries, among other..
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Hospitals ill from more bad debt, credit troubles

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

Date: 12/28/2008 12:01 AM By LINDA A. JOHNSONAP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gainesville’s first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago. Now, because of the recession, the plug is being pulled on 80-year-old, money-losing..
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