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  • First Private, Door-to-Door Euthanasia Service Opens in Netherlands
  • 2/08/2012
  • (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Netherlands Right-to-Die Association (NVVE) has announced that it will soon fulfill a promise made last year to open a private euthanasia "clinic" that offers door-to-door service, for people who can't convince their regular doctor to kill them.
  • Georgia Anti-Assisted Suicide Advertising Law Unconstitutional
  • 2/07/2012
  • (First Things) - This is the consequence of the ridiculous practice of legislating to headlines too often seen in the states' legislatures and Congress. In this case, Jack Kevorkian was publicly promising to assist suicides. And what did the brainiacs in the Georgia Legislature do in response? Ban assisted suicide?
  • Family's Tragedy Results in Goal to Educate About Impact of TBI's
  • 2/06/2012
  • (The Altoona Mirror) - On the morning of Aug. 17, 2006, 12-year-old Devin Maurer of Patton was a normal kid, a bit big for his age, who liked football and swimming. By that evening, everything had changed. After a day at the Patton Park pool, Devin was riding his bike home for dinner when he clipped an oncoming car.
  • Doctor Wakes from Coma Just Hours Before Feeding Tube to be Removed
  • 2/05/2012
  • (examiner.com) - A 74-year-old Macomb chiropractor suddenly awoke from a 10-day coma on Sunday just hours before doctors were to remove his feeding tube. "He sprung to life and is breathing. It's unbelievable. It's overwhelming," his son, Steven Chism, said Monday.
  • Horses Help Brain Injured Veterans Regain Direction
  • 2/04/2012
  • February 4, 2012 (mercurynews.com) - Paul Gregory was guarding a Baghdad power plant in 2006 when a suicide bomber broke through the gate and detonated a dump truck filled with explosives. The blast killed two men and ended the Army sergeant's military career.
  • Fort Belvoir Opens TBI Department
  • 2/03/2012
  • (Military.com) - The Department of Defense's new $1.03 billion hospital at Fort Belvoir opened the doors to a new, state-of-the-art Traumatic Brain Injury Department Friday.
  • USF Receives Grant for Battlefield-Related TBI Research
  • 2/02/2012
  • (News-Medical) - The University of South Florida (USF) has received a $1.57 million U.S. Department of Defense grant to conduct translational research on traumatic brain injury and other battlefield related injuries and diseases.
  • Friends Help Family with Brain Injured Teen
  • 2/01/2012
  • February 1, 2012 (News 10) - He was once a vibrant, athletic, outgoing teenager, but now, Kenneth Williams is at Modesto Memorial Hospital fighting to regain the life he once had. The 17-year-old, who recently moved to Mariposa, was in a car accident in mid-January.
  • Long-Term Care Facility for Young Adults Planned
  • 1/31/2012
  • (Riverhead News Review) - There are few services on Long Island for young people in need of constant medical care. Now, some families that have found this out the hard way are taking matters into their own hands.
  • A Day in Sergeant Alexander's Recovery from War
  • 1/30/2012
  • January 30, 2012 (wbay.com) - Twelve weeks ago a soldier, originally from Potosi in southwestern Wisconsin, now with the Ashwaubenon-based 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, was shot in the head during a small arms battle while serving in Afghanistan. Sergeant Adam Alexander had two emergency surgeries in Afghanistan to remove parts of his skull -- space was needed to allow for his brain to swell.