, according to a new report in the journal
. The child had a rare, deadly brain disease called ataxia telangiectasia, or A-T. The disease can lead to degeneration of a region of the brain; most people with A-T die by their teens or early 20s. The boy had traveled to Russia at age 9, when he was injected with fetal neural stem cells in his brain and spinal cord, the Associated Press reports. He received two additional sets of injections at ages 10 Read the rest of this entry »
Oak Cliff baby, brain damaged after injury, taken off life support
09:29 PM CST on Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Darlene Diles spent the first 17 days of her life in her mother’s care before an injury on Jan. 30 left her with severe brain damage.
She spent the remaining days of her life hooked to tubes and machines inside Children’s Medical Center Dallas, where doctors blamed her head injury on child abuse.
On Tuesday afternoon, Read the rest of this entry »
Two people have been arrested after drugs worth thousands of pounds were seized in Aberdeen.
Crack cocaine with a street value of about £14,000 was recovered by police in the Torry area.
A 44-year-old local woman and a 37-year-old man from Birmingham were detained.
A Grampian Police spokesperson said they were expected to appear from custody at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
The Times reported Saturday that Beasley — whose name became public when he appealed his initial termination — was hired by county officials a decade ago despite disclosing his convictions for rape.
Beasley pleaded no contest to raping two women under color of authority while on duty and in uniform as an LAPD officer in the early 1990s. His actions cost the city of Los Angeles $290,000 in civil settlements for his victims.
Beasley’s initial Read the rest of this entry »
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — South Africa’s
, a
double amputee who made history by winning an appeal to allow him
to compete against able-bodied athletes, was admitted to a
Johannesburg hospital last night after he was injured in a
boating accident.
“At this point he’s in a critical but stable position in
intensive care,” Amelda Swartz, a spokeswoman for the Millpark
Hospital said today. It was too early to say whether he would
make a full recovery, Read the rest of this entry »
ALBION — Judy Christopher remembers the naysayers 18 years ago when she and her husband Gene opened Phoenix Fitness in Albion. Many people doubted the small town could support a health club.
But the community has been supportive, with about 150 members who have access to the gym on East Bank Street 24 hours a day, seven days a week through a key-pad system. Customers enter the code and the doors open at all hours of the day.
The Christophers Read the rest of this entry »
UNION COUNTY, Fla. – Four students in Union County were rushed to an area hospital on Wednesday after a pickup truck driver rear-ended their school bus.
The wreck took place at about 3:15 p.m. after school on State Road 121 just south of Raiford.
Union County Sheriff’s deputies said a pickup truck driver failed to stop at an intersection and rear-ended the bus.
Four of the students onboard the bus were take to Lake Butler Hospital as a precaution. Read the rest of this entry »
A man was taken to the hospital around 1 Thursday Morning after being stabbed sometime yesterday.
A man was taken to the hospital around 1 Thursday Morning after being stabbed sometime yesterday.
Police and Rescue crews responded to 102 Oak Street in the City of Syracuse just after 1 in the morning. Onondaga County 911 tells CBS 5 they received a call for a man who was stabbed in the back the day before and was now in need of medical attention.
INDIANAPOLIS – Power has been restored at St. Francis
Hospital on Indianapolis’ far south side after a power outage
forced the hospital to stop accepting patients for several hours.
St. Francis spokesman Joe Stuteville said the hospital returned
to normal operations shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday after operating
on backup power.
Indianapolis Power & Light spokeswoman Crystal Livers-Powers
says a line failure cut electricity to customers on the Read the rest of this entry »
This week I have decided to discuss what we cold expect from potential replacements for former Senator Daschle. On my blog, www.healthitpolitics.com, I talk about the Governor of Kansas. Here I discuss Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee.
Healthcare is a signature issue for Gov. Bredesen. He focused mostly on Medicaid reform and covering the uninsured. His first attempt at reform of Medicaid, (TennCare) included full enrollment but limits on Read the rest of this entry »