Network News

  • UK People with Disabilities Worry About Legalizing Assisted Suicide
  • 5/11/2011
  • (Secondhand Smoke) - People with disabilities are among the most effective and dedicated opponents of legalizing assisted suicide. Now Scope, the disability rights charity from the UK, has conducted a poll showing that the opposition by leadership is reflected among the community as a whole.
  • UVA Fights Traumatic Brain Injury at Home
  • 5/10/2011
  • (c-ville.com) - For the past five years, UVA's neurotrauma laboratory has gathered the school's top doctors to study what has been called a "signature wound" in American military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Traumatic Brain Injuries-known as TBIs-have afflicted 200,000 soldiers since the start of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001.
  • Humor Helps Family Heal After Brain Injury
  • 5/09/2011
  • (Rapid City Journal) - Lee Woodruff shared the compelling story of her husband's recovery from a traumatic brain injury with a conference room full of people on Thursday night, many of whom have also had the "big, bad thing" happen to their family.
  • Suicide Drugs Over the Counter if Assisted Dying is Legalized
  • 5/08/2011
  • (Christian Institute) - Suicide drugs could be available over the counter in chemists if assisted suicide is legalised, two of Britain's top legal and medical experts have warned.
  • VA Relief is on the Way for Soldiers' In-Home Caregivers
  • 5/07/2011
  • (reviewtimes.com) - The U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs will begin accepting applications for the long-awaited Caregiver Support Program on Monday. This development means help may soon be on the way for Cindy Parsons of Fostoria and her son Shane, who was injured by a roadside bomb in Baghdad.
  • The Brain's Amazing Potential for Recovery
  • 5/06/2011
  • (CNN) - In January, a bullet fired from point-blank range tore through her brain. Just last week, she was seen walking, albeit with effort, up the stairs of an airplane. Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is making a remarkable recovery after a gunshot wound to the brain, doctors say. Her case shows off the brain's capability to restore some functions after substantial injury, a phenomenon called "plasticity" that is helped by rehabilitation.
  • Wife Faces Life-or-Death Decision for Her War-Injured Husband
  • 5/05/2011
  • (Kansascity.com) - Doctors told Ivonne Thompson to prepare for the worst. Her husband might not survive the night. It was Aug. 9, and Navy Corpsman Anthony Thompson, a Houston native, had just undergone routine surgery to install a catheter. Hours after the operation, he started running a high fever and his blood pressure spiked.
  • Creator of Camp for Disabled Honored by Award
  • 5/04/2011
  • (The Record) - Catherine Carisi couldn't have looked more shocked if some stranger had handed her a check for $50,000. Which, in essence, was just what happened to her Tuesday. The 39-year-old Lodi resident was awarded the top prize in the 15th Annual Russ Berrie Awards for Making a Difference for her work with severely disabled children and young adults.
  • Cardinal Burke to Keynote Upcoming Conference on Catholic Care of the Disabled and Dying
  • 5/03/2011
  • (Christian Newswire) - St. Gianna Physician's Guild announced today, the feast of St. Gianna, that this summer they will be hosting a conference addressing the "Culture of Death" as it relates to end of life.
  • Media Pushes Suicide Assistance
  • 5/02/2011
  • (First Things) - This is disgusting. CBS LA News has glorified an elderly woman selling suicide kits as "death with dignity." From "91-Year-Old Grandma Sells Suicide Kits To Help Terminally Ill Die With Dignity":