Longtime local Kevin Green killed in skiing accident
Telluride Daily Planet Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:04 AM PST
Kevin Green, an iconoclastic Tellurider and one of the region’s pioneering skiers, was killed Monday afternoon on the ski area when he collided with a rope. The fall, or the collision, fractured Green’s skull near the base of his brain and killed him instantly, according to San Miguel County Coroner Bob Dempsey. |
When the sleeper wakes | Open thread
Guardian Unlimited Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:54 AM PST
Doctors have found a way to communicate with some patients in a vegetative state. What are the implications of this discovery? New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine seems set to revolutionise our medical, legal and ethical understanding of people who had previously been believed to be all but brain-dead â€" patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Most health ... |
Some patients in vegetative state show brain activity, study finds
Newton Daily News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:41 AM PST
(MCT) â€" In a study certain to rekindle debate over life-sustaining care for those with grievous brain injuries, researchers report that five patients thought to be in a persistent vegetative state showed brain activity indicating awareness, intent and, in one case at least, a wish to communicate. |
Huxley man wants tohelp with health care
The Tri-County Times Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:28 AM PST
Health care is something Seldon Spencer of Huxley has a vested interest in. As a neurologist at McFar-land Clinic, Spencer deals with brain, spinal cord and nerve issues, including migraines, epilepsy and stroke dementia, among other things. He also played a key role in getting the McFarland sleep lab accredited. |
Prion leaves lasting mark on memory
EurekAlert! Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:26 AM PST
( Cell Press ) Prions are a special class of proteins best known as the source for mad cow and other neurodegenerative diseases. Despite this negative reputation, according to a new report in the Feb. 5 issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, a prion may also have important and very positive roles in brain function. The researchers suggest that a prion-like protein may participate ... |
CJD linked to vital memory function
Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:09 AM PST
The infectious agents thought to be behind mad cow disease may be important for brain function and memory, research has suggested. |
Support group helps widows, widowers cope
Dayton Daily News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:51 AM PST
EATON â€" Vera King looks back to the loss she felt when she became a widow at 56 in 1982.Her husband had a brain tumor and died suddenly, leaving her and three daughters. |
Patient in vegetative state communicates via scan
Taipei Times Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:26 AM PST
For seven years the man lay in a hospital bed, showing no signs of consciousness since sustaining a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. His doctors were convinced he was in a vegetative state. Until now. |
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