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  • Wesley J. Smith: The Killing-For-Organs Pushers
  • 2/11/2012
  • (Daily Caller) - If you want to see where our culture may next go off the rails, read professional journals. There, in often eye-crossing and passive arcane prose of the medical intelligentsia, you will discover an astonishing level of antipathy to the sanctity of human life - to the point now that some advocate killing the profoundly disabled for their organs.
  • Investigation into Cardinal Bevilacqua's Death
  • 2/10/2012
  • (NBC 10 Philadelphia) - The day after Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died, officials in Montgomery County asked the coroner to investigate the Catholic leader's death.
  • Community Celebrates Brain Injured Teen's Homecoming
  • 2/09/2012
  • (Orange County Register) - There were hugs, screams and tears Wednesday from neighbors and friends as Rob Pequeno lifted his critically injured son from a car into a wheelchair in the driveway.  "You're home, son," said Rob Pequeno, 47, a deputy with the Orange County Sheriff Department. "You're finally home."
  • First Private, Door-to-Door Euthanasia Service Opens in Netherlands
  • 2/08/2012
  • (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Netherlands Right-to-Die Association (NVVE) has announced that it will soon fulfill a promise made last year to open a private euthanasia "clinic" that offers door-to-door service, for people who can't convince their regular doctor to kill them.
  • Georgia Anti-Assisted Suicide Advertising Law Unconstitutional
  • 2/07/2012
  • (First Things) - This is the consequence of the ridiculous practice of legislating to headlines too often seen in the states' legislatures and Congress. In this case, Jack Kevorkian was publicly promising to assist suicides. And what did the brainiacs in the Georgia Legislature do in response? Ban assisted suicide?
  • Family's Tragedy Results in Goal to Educate About Impact of TBI's
  • 2/06/2012
  • (The Altoona Mirror) - On the morning of Aug. 17, 2006, 12-year-old Devin Maurer of Patton was a normal kid, a bit big for his age, who liked football and swimming. By that evening, everything had changed. After a day at the Patton Park pool, Devin was riding his bike home for dinner when he clipped an oncoming car.
  • Doctor Wakes from Coma Just Hours Before Feeding Tube to be Removed
  • 2/05/2012
  • (examiner.com) - A 74-year-old Macomb chiropractor suddenly awoke from a 10-day coma on Sunday just hours before doctors were to remove his feeding tube. "He sprung to life and is breathing. It's unbelievable. It's overwhelming," his son, Steven Chism, said Monday.
  • Horses Help Brain Injured Veterans Regain Direction
  • 2/04/2012
  • February 4, 2012 (mercurynews.com) - Paul Gregory was guarding a Baghdad power plant in 2006 when a suicide bomber broke through the gate and detonated a dump truck filled with explosives. The blast killed two men and ended the Army sergeant's military career.
  • Fort Belvoir Opens TBI Department
  • 2/03/2012
  • (Military.com) - The Department of Defense's new $1.03 billion hospital at Fort Belvoir opened the doors to a new, state-of-the-art Traumatic Brain Injury Department Friday.
  • USF Receives Grant for Battlefield-Related TBI Research
  • 2/02/2012
  • (News-Medical) - The University of South Florida (USF) has received a $1.57 million U.S. Department of Defense grant to conduct translational research on traumatic brain injury and other battlefield related injuries and diseases.