Network News

  • Indian Girl Commits Suicide to Donate Organs to Family Members
  • 7/09/2011
  • (First Things) - Awful. I have advocated-to some criticism-that the organ transplant community should make it very clear that organs that become available due to suicide will not be procured.* *Now, in India, a 12-year-old girl killed herself for that very purpose. From the Times of India story:
  • Rediscovering Consciousness in People Diagnosed as "Vegetative"
  • 7/08/2011
  • (Discover) - Often people with bad brain injuries seem unresponsive, but many still have thoughts, feelings, and memories flickering in and out of consciousness. Can neuroscience rescue these lost brains?
  • House Passes Traumatic Brain Injury Amendment
  • 7/07/2011
  • (Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation) - U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX-Thirty Two), a Member of Home Republican Headship, this day secured Home agreement of his adjustment to expedite new and inventive treatments, not at present accessible in military and veteran healthcare facilities, to our nations' veterans and active duty troopers having a tough time with Traumatic Brain Traumas (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
  • 'Brain Dead' Quebec Woman Wakes Up After Family Refuses Organ Donation
  • 7/06/2011
  • (LifeSiteNews.com) - Last week, Madeleine Gauron, a Quebec woman identified as viable for organ donation after doctors diagnosed her as "brain dead," surprised her family and physicians when she recovered from a coma, opened her eyes, and began eating.
  • Hugh Grant: Assisted Suicide Campaigner a 'Tremendous Force for Good'
  • 7/05/2011
  • (The Way) - Hugh Grant has applauded the efforts of well-known British assisted suicide campaigner, Dr. Ann McPherson, who died recently. "She was a tremendous force for good," the British actor told The Independent.
  • Celebrate Independence By Helping Our Veterans
  • 7/04/2011
  • (Weekly Standard) - This week we celebrate the fact that 235 years ago, our Founding Fathers declared our independence. We should never forget though, that the freedom proclaimed in words on July 4, 1776, did not become reality for five more years - only after the Continental Army sacrificed untold amounts of blood, sweat, and tears.
  • Duty to Die Gains Traction
  • 7/03/2011
  • (First Things) - The so-called "duty to die" has been quietly discussed in bioethics for more than a decade. Now, a major British Medical Association leader proposed an implicit duty to die by stating that terminally ill people may have to be denied life-extending treatments due to the costs of their care. From the Scotsman story:
  • Judge: Impossible to Understand that a Mother Would Deliberately Starve Her Child to Death
  • 7/01/2011
  • (Philadelphia Inquirer) - Common Pleas Court Judge Benjamin Lerner said he found the conclusion unfathomable: that a mother, however destitute, could purposely starve to death her infant over two months.
  • Personal Faith, Key for TBI Survivors
  • 6/30/2011
  • (Christian Post) - Mere "positive thinking" is not enough. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) victims who believe they are close to a "higher power" report better emotional and physical rehabilitation success, according to a Wayne State University research. Many TBI victims are known to use religion and spirituality to cope but it remained to be scientifically investigated what elements of religion and spirituality actually affected rehabilitation outcome.
  • Former Governor: Emphasis Should be on Quality of Life, Not Quantity
  • 6/29/2011
  • (First Things) - I am repeatedly amused by those who decry Obamacare critics as alarmists for warning that it will lead to rationing-who then argue we need rationing. I have posted about a few of those examples before. I don't know if Richard Lamm supports Obamacare, but he has wanted rationing for years.