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Manning films ad to support Summitt's foundation

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:27:25 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - Peyton Manning and Kara Lawson are taking part in a new commercial due out nationally this fall hoping to bring awareness to Alzheimer's and support the Pat Summitt Foundation's push to find a cure.

Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:02 -0400

GORAKHPUR, India - A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade.

Records sought in fungal meningitis outbreak

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:01 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Three Tennessee clinics have received subpoenas for documents related to drugs from a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak last year.

Va foundation receives grant for Parkinson's study

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:10:04 -0400

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - The Michael J. Fox Foundation has awarded a $600,000 grant to a Virginia organization to help pay for a Parkinson's disease study.

Parents awarded $1.72M in death of 2-year-old girl

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:56:06 -0400

READING, Pennsylvania - A jury in Berks County has awarded a couple $1.72 million in a malpractice case involving their 2-year-old daughter who died after contracting bacterial meningitis.

Ga. radio hosts fired; mocked ex-player with ALS

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:09:08 -0400

ATLANTA - The cast of an Atlanta sports radio show has been fired after mocking a former NFL player who has Lou Gehrig's disease, a station official said Monday.

Lou Gehrig's disease clinic at LSU in New Orleans

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:02:31 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - The Muscular Dystrophy Association has designated the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine as Louisiana's first specialized MDA clinic for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

1 case of rare brain disease confirmed in B.C.

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:15:32 -0400

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - One case of a rare, degenerative brain disease has been confirmed in British Columbia's Fraser Valley, and a health official says two other cases are now suspected.

Cellucci remembered at funeral Mass in hometown

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:01:25 -0400

HUDSON, Massachusetts - Former Gov. Argeo Paul Cellucci was remembered Friday for his kindness and the courage he showed facing the disease that ultimately took his life.

Lilly stops mid-stage Alzheimer's drug study

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:49:11 -0400

NEW YORK - Eli Lilly and Co. said Thursday that it stopped a mid-stage clinical trial of an experimental Alzheimer's disease drug because of potential side effects on patients' livers.

Political colleagues recall ex-Mass. Gov. Cellucci

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:22:09 -0400

BOSTON - Massachusetts political figures of both parties paid glowing tribute Thursday to former Gov. Argeo Paul Cellucci - a Republican who never lost an election in a Democratic-leaning state - in the building where he spent nearly a quarter of a century in public life.

Mass. insurer ends coverage of compounded drugs

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:41:13 -0400

BOSTON - The second largest health insurer in Massachusetts will soon stop covering specialty medications known as compounded drugs because of cost and safety concerns.

Ill. boy bitten by monkey to seek rabies treatment

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:46:22 -0400

GODFREY, Illinois - A southwestern Illinois prosecutor says a boy bitten by a pet monkey during a dog event will undergo precautionary rabies vaccinations rather than having the primate euthanized to see if it's infected with the disease.

Immigrant dies in custody from rabies

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:11:31 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An immigrant from Guatemala died while in U.S. custody from what doctors diagnosed as rabies, immigration officials said Wednesday.

Mich. may add checkoff funds to income tax forms

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:36:35 -0400

LANSING, Michigan - Michigan residents could contribute to funds aimed at fighting Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease through their income tax returns under legislation nearing final approval in Lansing.

State seeks input on draft Alzheimer's plan

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:07:39 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Rhode Island's lieutenant governor is seeking public input on the draft of a state plan for dealing with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

Former Mass. governor, ambassador Cellucci dies

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:16:21 -0400

BOSTON - Just before former Gov. Argeo Paul Cellucci announced publicly that he had ALS, he told the chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School that he was determined to do something to turn the diagnosis into a positive.

Former Mass. governor, ambassador Cellucci dies

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:41:09 -0400

BOSTON - Former Massachusetts Gov. Argeo Paul Cellucci (sel-LOO'-chee) has died of complications from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 65.

With help, wheelchair-bound teen tackles Narrows

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:41:34 -0400

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah - Doctors gave Kellisa Kain no chance to live when she was born. But in late May, 14 years later, she finished hiking the Narrows at Zion National Park.

Columbia Falls seeks dismissal of stun-gun lawsuit

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:53:11 -0400

HELENA, Montana - Columbia Falls police officers were justified in using a stun gun on a 77-year-old Alzheimer's patient who had wandered away from the Montana Veterans' Home and died a few weeks after the confrontation, an attorney for the city said in a court filing Tuesday.

Senate votes to establish Cellucci ALS Registry

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:02:06 -0400

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate has voted to establish a Department of Public Health ALS registry named after former Gov. Paul Cellucci.

Merck ends development of Parkinson's disease drug

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:14 -0400

WHITEHOUSE STATION, New Jersey - Merck & Co. says it is ending development of an experimental Parkinson's disease drug because the drug wasn't working.