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Terri's Life & Hope Network Newsletter!

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:44:56 -0400

May 16, 2012 - As you might have read, last week we issued a press release that the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network has moved its headquarters to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

There were several reasons why it was decided to make this move to the Philadelphia area. Not only has there been a growing amount of our time spent in the New York and Washington DC region, but our family is from the Philadelphia suburbs and it was hard to ignore the level of support we still maintain from this area. (continue reading ...)

War, Combat Provide Opportunity to Advance Medicine

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:56:48 -0400

(Deseret News) - It is a lamentable but undeniable fact that wars are a great boon to medical research. Some historians suggest that modern medicine has its roots in the Civil War, with the development of protocols to remove the wounded quickly from the battlefield to special military aid stations, to new surgical methods, to successful treatments for gangrene - and even developments as simple as sterilized instruments and surgeons washing their hands.

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'Futile Care' Duty To Die May Be Coming To A Hospital Near You

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:41:54 -0400

(Dailey Caller) - When a Canadian man named Hassan Rasouli suffered complications after brain surgery, his doctors wanted to pull the plug. But his Muslim family said no. It was against Hassan's values, and moreover, they believed he showed signs of improvement.

In any event, they wanted him to be able to continue to fight for life. But that didn't end matters. The doctors claimed that continuing treatment was "futile" because he would never get better. (continue reading ...)

Even Mild Traumatic Injury May Alter Brain Function

Sat, 12 May 2012 14:29:18 -0400

(psychcentral.com) - Even mild head injuries can cause significant abnormalities in brain function that last for several days, according to new research. Scientists at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine say this may explain the neurological symptoms experienced by those who have experienced a head injury associated with sports, accidents or combat.

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Community Rallies Around Boy Struck by Train

Fri, 11 May 2012 07:57:57 -0400

(clickondetroit.com) - February 28 was the day everything changed for 14-year-old Jacob Marion. The Roosevelt High School freshman was walking along railroad tracks near his home in Wyandotte.

Police say he was wearing headphones and had no idea danger was quickly approaching. "I heard something hit, and then the train locked its breaks," said a neighbor who lives nearby. Marion was in bad shape. A train had struck him, leaving him on the side of the tracks. "If he made it, it was a miracle," said his mother, Monica Marion. (continue reading ...)

Minnesota Grand Jury to Review Right-To-Die Case

Thu, 10 May 2012 07:49:15 -0400

(AP) - A grand jury is expected to hear evidence this week about the involvement of a national assisted suicide group in the death of a Minnesota woman in 2007. Apple Valley resident Doreen Dunn, then 57, suffered through a decade of intense, chronic pain before she reached out to the New Jersey-based Final Exit Network.

She used helium and a plastic bag to suffocate herself in May 2007, said Robert Rivas, a Florida attorney representing the group. He said he believes four members are now at risk of indictment. Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom issued a statement Monday confirming his office is investigating Final Exit Network and that he will be convening a grand jury. (continue reading ...)

Officer Shares Traumatic Accident with Students

Tue, 08 May 2012 19:01:13 -0400

(Trib Local) - Six years later, Timothy Sheehan, 55, doesn't remember much about the car accident that changed his life. The Arlington Heights cop was stopped at a red light on Euclid Avenue and Northwest Highway in February 2006 when an intoxicated driver plowed into his squad car, causing traumatic injuries to Sheehan's brain, heart and body.

The Arlington Heights resident was in a coma for eight and half weeks and suffered more than 65 fractures. (continue reading ...)

Cuomo Seeking New Agency to Police Care of Disabled

Tue, 08 May 2012 07:50:42 -0400

(NY Times) - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, seeking to strengthen the state's chronically weak response to abuse of disabled people who live in publicly financed homes, plans this week to propose creating an agency dedicated to investigating problems with the care of nearly one million vulnerable New Yorkers.

The new law enforcement and oversight agency would monitor those in state or private care who have developmental disabilities like autism or cerebral palsy, mental illnesses including schizophrenia, and other conditions, among them traumatic brain injuries, that put them at risk. (continue reading ...)

Vatican Newspaper Wrong: Euthanasia & Abortion Proponents Not Sieg Heil

Mon, 07 May 2012 08:53:47 -0400

(First Things) - It is very tempting sometimes to fall back on the Nazi analogy. And occasionally, there is a legitimate equivalence, as in the call for euthanizing disabled infants, which was not specifically a "Nazi" program but promoted enthusiastically by a German medical establishment that had swallowed the eugenics poison in one gulp.

Yes, Peter Singer's ideas in this regard are chillingly similar to the justifications made for the medical murder of Baby Knauer, the first known victim of the medical Holocaust. (continue reading ...)

Traumatic Brain Injuries on Rise, Doctors Say

Sun, 06 May 2012 07:05:44 -0400

(amarillo.com) - The number of traumatic brain injuries related to sports, including baseball and softball, have risen sharply in the past decade, according to emergency room physicians across the country. That's no surprise to Amarillo neurosurgeon Jeff Cone.

"I see trauma all the time, especially in the spring and summer months," Cone said. On April 14, Randall High School junior varsity baseball player Austin Chontos was hit in the head by a pitch in a game against Caprock High School. (continue reading ...)

NEJM Pushes Medical Discrimination-Again

Sat, 05 May 2012 08:47:51 -0400

(Secondhand Smoke) - The New England Journal of Medicine is a major player, perhaps the major player, among the Medical Intelligentsia. Its editors really, really want health care rationing.

After all, a rationing regimen gives the posse with which they ride a lot of power since technocratic regimes need "experts" to impose societal decisions. It promotes an ideology that seeks equality of outcomes. It moves us toward a bureaucratic state. (continue reading ...)

Disabled Couple Fights for Right to Care for Newborn

Fri, 04 May 2012 09:03:31 -0400

(CTV News) - A new mom and dad in Mississauga, Ont. who both have cerebral palsy are fighting to keep their newborn son at home, after social workers threatened to take the boy away over concerns about their ability to care for him.

Maricyl Palisoc and Charles Wilton became parents to a healthy baby boy named William last month. But before the child was even born, the social worker at the hospital had called in the Peel Children's Aid Society. (continue reading ...)

Georgia Governor Signs Ban on Assisted Suicide

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:13:33 -0400

(LifeSiteNews.com) - Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill banning assisted suicide that will now take effect immediately. The bill, HB 1114 sponsored by Rep. Ed Setzler (District 35), was passed in response to last February's decision by the Georgia Supreme Court that struck down the state's previous law that pro-lifers considered weak and ineffective.

It had only prevented advertising assisted suicide services, but did not prohibit the procedure itself. "Stopping the immoral and barbaric practice of killing in the name of compassion is the right thing to do," said Dan Becker of Georgia Right to Life. "Governor Deal deserves credit for endorsing this measure." (continue reading ...)

Teen Born With No Arms, Legs Addresses UN on Disabilities

Tue, 01 May 2012 08:09:45 -0400

(LifeNews.com) - A teenager from Ireland is one of several people with the rare medical condition known as Total Amelia syndrome, which caused her to be born without arms and legs. That hasn't stopped 16-year-old Joanne O'Riordan from making the most out of life.

The teenager with a bright and positive outlook on life addressed the United Nations - delivering the keynote speech to the UN's International Telecommunication Union in New York.
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Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network Announces New Headquarters

Tue, 01 May 2012 14:46:04 -0400

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 1, 2012 / -- The Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network is pleased to announce that it has moved its headquarters to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Terri's Life & Hope Network selected Philadelphia because of its proximity to New York and the Washington DC area.

More importantly, it is where the Schindler family lived for over 22 years and has an extensive network of friends and supporters that will aid the organization in their fight to save the lives of those in situations similar to Terri Schiavo. (continue reading ...)

Critical Organ Donation Warnings in New Pamphlet

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:10:57 -0400

(LifeSiteNews.com) - Dr. Paul Byrne has been on a personal mission for many years to warn the public about the alarming facts and dangers of the $20 billion dollar-a-year organ transplant industry.

At the International Conference for Life in Vatican City February 25, Byrne and other distinguished speakers, including Cardinal Raymond Burke, addressed serious concerns regarding so-called "brain death", the apnea test and organ transplantation. (continue reading ...)

Actor, Martin Sheen Wins 2012 Spirit of Life Award

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:11:25 -0400

(One News Now) - A pro-life organization is honoring veteran actor Martin Sheen for his outspoken opposition to assisted suicide and abortion. Sheen will receive the 2012 Spirit of Life Award at the second annual Life Fest Film Festival in Los Angeles, scheduled for May 5-6.

Festival spokesman Derrick Jones tells OneNewsNow Sheen has made some solid pro-life statements in the past. And in 2008, he even served as a spokesman for Washington state's Coalition Against Assisted Suicide. (continue reading ...)

Brain Injury Gives Man a Second Chance to Be Kind

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:01:30 -0400

(KQED) - Four years ago, Marco Ferreira was riding his motorcycle down an isolated road in Los Angeles when he hit some grout and had an accident. Though he was wearing a full helmet, leather pants and jacket, Ferreira suffered a traumatic brain injury.

When he woke from a six-week coma, his wife, Wendy Tucker, was there. "You didn't walk, you didn't talk, and you couldn't feed yourself for seven months," she says during a visit with the 48-year-old Ferreira to StoryCorps in San Francisco. "Since then, it's just been getting better all the time."
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'Thumbs-up' From Man Physicians Rather See Dead

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:10:42 -0400

(cbcnews) - The lawyer of a family fighting to keep a man on life-support says a new diagnosis vindicates what they've been saying all along, that Hassan Rasouli is conscious and aware. The Rasouli family believes that a "thumbs-up" gesture Hassan made from his Toronto hospital bed proves he is conscious.

"The family has said all along that they felt that Hassan Rasouli was communicating with them, that he was conscious, that to some extent he understood what they were saying and was responsive," Rasouli family lawyer Gary Hodder told CBC News. (continue ...)

Teen Declared Brain Dead By Doctors, Makes Miracle Recovery

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:28:12 -0400

(MailOnline) - They were told there was no chance of their son surviving after he suffered devastating injuries in a car crash. But Steven Thorpe's parents refused to give up hope - despite four specialists declaring that the 17-year-old was brain dead.

Convinced they saw a 'flicker' of life as Steven lay in a coma, John and Janet Thorpe rejected advice to switch off his life support machine. They begged for another opinion - and it was a decision that saved him. (continue reading ...)