The Idea in Brief What do Alan Greenspan, Warren Buffett, and Sumner Redstone have in common? They're still at the peak of their intellectual powers despite their advanced ages, defying the widespread belief that our mental capacity...
Former Magellan Health Executive to Spearhead Managed Care Adoption of Catasys LOS ANGELES -- Hythiam, Inc. (NASDAQ:HYTM) announced today that healthcare services executive Greg McLane, formerly of Magellan Health, has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. In this capacity he will be responsible for...
Vandre Johnson wanted to vote -- but there was a problem. Johnson, 35, had suffered a brain injury in a 1991 car accident and was declared a ward of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services in 2004. Under state election law, if...
Stay Brain-Active: It's National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- - 'Use it or lose it' is a phrase originally coined to express the benefits of keeping physically fit, but it is equally valid when applied to brain fitness. Numerous studies have...
PHNOM PENH AFP — Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court has denied requests for tests on two former Khmer Rouge leaders to examine if they were fit for trial, according to court documents obtained by AFP Thursday. Lawyers for Nuon Chea and Ieng Sary asked for medical experts to...
AUBURN - Following 30 years of providing health and human services to Central New York, Unity House of Cayuga County Inc. looks to expand its consumer-center services by focusing on new programming, new facilities, staff training, and a new development program, says Paul Marron, director of marketing and development. ...
Erika Elaine Sifrit, found guilty of murdering two tourists in an Ocean City condominium during Memorial Day weekend in 2002, is again seeking to have her convictions and life sentence thrown out. Sifrit claims she was denied the right to effective assistance of counsel because her trial...
For eight years now, we've had a "C" student in the White House. I'd love to say the results have been predictable, but that would be too generous. Frankly, I would like to see America elect a president who is equipped to deal intelligently with whatever surprises may come our...
The venue volleyball match between a group of Peruvian plaintiffs and Doe Run Resources Corp., its owners and officers continues as the defendants -- for the third time -- move the game to federal court. The plaintiffs allege that exposure to lead from the smelting and mining...
The venue volleyball match between a group of Peruvian plaintiffs and Doe Run Resources Corp., its owners and officers continues as the defendants -- for the third time -- move the game to federal court. The plaintiffs allege that exposure to lead from the smelting and mining...
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Social Security Duross v. Commissioner of Social Security 05-CV-368 Judge Treece Background: Plaintiff's claim for disability benefits was denied and this lawsuit was commenced to obtain judicial...
OAKLAND -- A group of armed hijackers, possibly suicidal, have taken over a plane at Oakland International Airport. One hostage has been killed. An officer is down. An Oakland Police Department tactical team storms the plane from the back. People from both sides scream. A gun battle...
:: PENSIONERS Pensioners are losing millions of pounds as their families steal their homes and life savings, Help the Aged warned yesterday. Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are thought to be affected by financial abuse. "Sometimes the elderly are not in a position to know they...
This year's rollercoaster primary elections and the pending national election, with an anticipated record voter turnout, provide the perfect backdrop for an examination of the questions: Who can vote? And, Who will vote? We can examine this question through the NCSS themes of II Time, Continuity, and Change; VII Power,...
A public health professor has expressed concerns about the ability to meet extra demand for services if proposals to link drug users' benefits to successful treatment are implemented. Anglia Ruskin University professor of public health Woody Caan stated: 'Most primary care trusts are disinvesting in secondary mental health...
Proposals to build three huge new jails would "squander" public money and leave Britain the prisons capital of Europe, a coalition of 34 penal reform groups and unions warn today. In a stinging letter to Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, union leaders and campaigners warn that the...
The Canada Foundation for Innovation CFI announced today support for large-scale research infrastructure, under its Research Hospital Fund RHF, for : - Research in major diseases of relevance to the Canadian population, including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus/obesity, rheumatology and neurodegenerative disorders at University Health Network UHN; - Research addressing...
A 22-year-old severely autistic woman from Provo who wandered away from home Sunday night was found Tuesday morning in Salt Lake City. Angel Brooke McKinnley, 22, was found at 9:40 a.m. by a Utah Transit Authority officer on the Old Greek Town TRAX station. ...
Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, Montgomery County Circuit Judge Durke G. Thompson had to resolve a thorny issue less than six weeks before the scheduled start of the double-murder trial of Anthony Q. Kelly, a non-lawyer who insisted on representing himself. On June 19, the high...
Disgraced Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson plans to sue his former lawyer's estate for C$37m (19m), alleging that Edward Futerman took advantage of his "diminished mental capacities". Johnson is seeking to amend a claim, filed last year, in which he asked for C$9m in damages. Johnson alleges the late Futerman "ambushed"...
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