Living with Alzheimer’s
Dothan Eagle Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:06 PM PDT
It is a progressive, degenerative, irreversible brain disease that destroys a person’s brain cells over a period of years, causing memory problems and behavior issues severe enough to impede daily life. |
Injured staffer still sedated
Daily Inter Lake Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:05 PM PDT
The Daily Inter Lake Congressional staffer Dustin Frost remains sedated at Kalispell Regional Medical Center and is being closely monitored for a brain injury. |
Cookbook author Lukins dead at 66 from cancer
Hindustan Times Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:01 PM PDT
Sheila Lukins, a storeowner and cookbook author who helped change how America eats, has died. She was 66. Colleague Laurie Griffith said Lukins died Sunday at her Manhattan home. She was diagnosed with brain cancer three months ago. |
Ave Maria turns out for Randall's benefit
Naples Daily News Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:37 PM PDT
Four bands played all types of rock music Sunday night at a benefit concert in the Ave Maria town center, but the most popular number was a children's song. A large crowd of students and residents joined in a rousing rendition of "The Wheels on the Bus," led by 6-year-old Randall Nychyck, a Fort Myers boy who suffers from a brain tumor. |
Rehberg Released from KRMC After Bigfork Boat Crash
Flathead Beacon Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:31 PM PDT
Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg and his staff member, Kristin Smith, were released from Kalispell Regional Medical Center on Monday after suffering injuries in a boat crash near Bigfork four days earlier. Dustin Frost, Rehberg’s state director who was also in the accident, remained at the hospital with a serious brain injury. “Everybody’s optimistic that he’s going to recover,†Erik Iverson ... |
Cookbook author Sheila Lukins dead at 66 from cancer
The Canton Repository Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:31 PM PDT
Sheila Lukins, the store owner and cookbook author who helped change how America eats, has died. She was 66. Lukins died Sunday at her Manhattan home, according to longtime colleague Laurie Griffith. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer three months ago. |
Military Helmet Design Contributes To Brain Damage
Slashdot Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:18 PM PDT
BuzzSkyline writes "Improvements in helmets have helped modern soldiers survive bullets and blasts that would have killed them in past wars. But increasing numbers of soldiers are suffering long lasting brain damage from explosions, partly as a result of what appears to be a flaw in helmet designs. Although the blast itself may not accelerate the brain inside a soldier's head enough to cause ... |
The Liberal Lion roars no more
New York Amsterdam News Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:10 PM PDT
Sen. Edward Kennedy, last of the brothers who etched an indelible mark on American politics and among the longest serving senators in U.S. history, died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port. He was 77. Last week, Kennedy, suffering from brain cancer and with a premonition of his death, urged Massachusetts lawmakers to change state law and let Gov. Deval Patrick appoint a temporary ... |
Sen. Kennedy loses battle with cancer
The Scottsboro Daily Sentinel Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:08 PM PDT
Sen. Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy (D. of Massachusetts), 77, died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his Cape Cod home after a yearlong struggle with brain cancer. |
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