Network News

  • 'Allowed to Die' - A Quick Lesson in Media Manipulation
  • 7/26/2011
  • (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Saturday the Daily Mail ran a poll with the question, "Should 'minimally conscious' patients be allowed to die? As of this writing (on Saturday), 29% said No, 71% said yes. I have to wonder though, if the people who clicked Yes had given much thought to the form of the question.
  • Mother Fights to Get Treatment for Her Brain Injured Daughter
  • 7/25/2011
  • (Fox43.com) - A mom is fighting to get treatment for her severely injured daughter. 18-year old Corey Beattie suffered a traumatic brain injury, also known as T.B.I., nine months ago in a devastating car accident. She also sustained a broken neck, and multiple fractures.
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Effects 'Long Lasting'
  • 7/24/2011
  • (Serious Injury Law) - The effects of traumatic brain injury last a long time after the initial incident, research has shown. A study published in journal Annals of Neurology discovered microglial activation in vivo up to 17 years after a traumatic brain injury took place.
  • Cardinal Raymond Burke to Headline End-of-Life Conference This Weekend
  • 7/22/2011
  • (National Catholic Reporter) - The conference is sponsored by the St. Gianna Physician's Guild and is billed as presenting "medical, legal and doctrinal analysis of Catholic care of the disabled and dying." Cardinal Burke is to speak at 9:15 a.m. July 23. The title of his talk is "The Mystery of Human Suffering and Dying."
  • German Docs Keep Ban on Assisted Suicide
  • 7/21/2011
  • (BioEdge) - After a heated debate German doctors have voted to maintain a ban on doctors assisting patients who wish to commit suicide. The vote was convincing: 166 against 56, with 7 abstentions.
  • Health Care Savings: Assisted Suicide and Rationing
  • 7/20/2011
  • (First Things) - I told you so. I have said for almost as many years as I have engaged in anti assisted suicide advocacy that eventually killing (ending life) would come to be seen as a splendid way to save money in health care. I used to have HMOs in mind in making that argument.
  • TBI Doubles Risk of Later Dementia
  • 7/19/2011
  • (USA Today) - A brain injury more than doubles the risk of dementia, according to new research. A large study of older war veterans suggests those who experienced traumatic brain injury (TBI) during their lives had more than two times the risk of developing dementia, according to scientists from the University of California-San Francisco.
  • Italy Votes to Ban Euthanasia
  • 7/18/2011
  • (LifeSiteNews.com) - The lower house of Italy's parliament has voted to prohibit the starvation and dehydration of patients in a move that is seen as a response to the killing of Eluana Englaro in 2009. In a 278-205 vote recorded in secret, the Italian Chamber of Deputies voted to approve the bill, which prohibits "all forms of euthanasia and all forms of assistance or aid for suicide."
  • From Tragedy to Triumph
  • 7/17/2011
  • (Marietta Daily Journal) - The story of Danny and Allison Diaz is one of love. Through love, they turn tragedy into triumph. While riding a motorcycle on Aug. 16, 2005, Danny, a skilled enthusiast, was struck by a van and run over. After three weeks in neuro ICU, Danny slowly started emerging from a life-threatening coma.
  • David Brooks's "Bag of Skin" Language Promotes Anti Disability Loathing
  • 7/16/2011
  • (First Things) - NYT columnist David Brooks often disappoints, but he has an awful column out today that not only exhibits (I hope an unintended) loathing of people who are living with serious disabilities, but which could also be fairly construed as the early spade work for establishing a duty to die among those for whom care is very expensive.