Showing posts with label brain death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brain death. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

In the news

It's a little early, but there were a few interesting things in the news lately.

Makes you wonder...
Can diabetic crises be related to running out of food at the end of the month for poor families? Some researchers say it just might be. 

Brain death in the news
While we've been hearing about brain death in the news lately, I ran into this interesting article (from August 2013) recently about The Conundrum of Organ Donation.

It makes you consider more than just brain death, but how things happen on that road.

From the Genetic files
I ran into this interesting article on spinal muscular atrophy in the genetic diseases section at NIH. 

Snow days
We have had our share of winter weather lately. Here's a list I'll have to use on Bubba for the next snow day.