Network News

  • Bill to Allow Organ Farming from Unconscious Patients!
  • 2/24/2012
  • (First Things) - Good grief! A Maryland state legislator has filed a bill that would allow surrogate decision makers to "donate" kidneys and liver lobes. From HB 449: THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY TO A PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN CERTIFIED UNDER § 5-606(B) OF THIS SUBTITLE TO BE IN A PERSISTENT 8 VEGETATIVE STATE.
  • Euthanizing the Mentally Ill in the Netherlands
  • 2/23/2012
  • (Secondhand Smoke) - The latest report from the Netherlands on euthanasia practice includes a case study of a woman killed by her psychiatrist solely due to mental illness, specifically, depression. From the Regional Committees Annual Report 2010:
  • Santorum More Right Than Wrong About Dutch Euthanasia
  • 2/22/2012
  • (The Daily Caller) - The Dutch like their euthanasia - but sure are sensitive when a prominent person describes the horrors that medicalized killing has unleashed. Latest example: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum criticized Dutch euthanasia in an interview with James Dobson, stating in part:
  • Add V-Word to Forbidden Hyphenated Epithets
  • 2/21/2012
  • (First Things) - Another in an endless series of language kerfuffles has broken out, this time over using the common phrase "chink in the armor" in a sentence involving a Chinese basketball player. As is often the case, I think this is an example of people of a certain political stripe reading racism into a statement when it was not really there, and certainly not intended.
  • Promising Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury
  • 2/20/2012
  • (Ivanhoe Newswire) - A new study performed on rats shows promise in helping fight against the harmful effects of traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury causes a decrease in blood flow in the cerebrum of the brain.
  • Terri's Life & Hope Network Monthly Newsletter!
  • 2/19/2012
  • (Terri's Newletter) - As you know, without your ongoing support we wouldn't be in a position to help our brain injured loved ones. A major obstacle we encounter is the influence of our mainstream media and the often bias reporting of this issue.
  • Coma to Dreams: Accident Survivor Eyes College
  • 2/17/2012
  • (clarionledger.com) - Four years ago, physicians were asking Kala Harvey's mother in what nursing home they should place her 18-year-old daughter. A speeding car struck Kala as she was taking a regular fitness walk with her sister in Sledge, knocking her up on the windshield and down on the hard pavement.
  • Obama and Santorum Agreed on the Terri Schiavo Law
  • 2/16/2012
  • (Daily Caller) - Newt Gingrich likes to write "alternate history" novels, such as "Gettysburg," in which the South wins the epochal battle that in the real world saved the Union. Such fantasies are harmless fun because everyone knows they merely are a game of let's play pretend. But some historical revisionism is politically pernicious.
  • Girl Wakes From Coma After Hearing Soccer Legend
  • 2/15/2012
  • (Fox News) - Italian soccer legend Alessandro Del Piero was sporting a new title of miracle worker after being credited with waking a young girl from a two-week coma. The Juventus great was acclaimed by the relatives of 12-year-old Giada Scalise, who said an audio message Del Piero recorded helped to bring her out of her slumber.
  • Facility Provides Hope for Brain Injury Survivors
  • 2/14/2012
  • (Northern Life) - On an average day, 44 Ontarians sustain a traumatic brain injury. Most of them are teenagers and young adults. In fact, it is the leading cause of death and disability for those younger than 45.