Tag: Legal

$1.4 million in refunds urged

Charity raffle under scrutiny | Officials allege proceeds were spent for personal use. A new lawsuit has been filed after a spinal cord injury research...

Green light for stem cell program

SAN FRANCISCO — California's stem cell agency last week approved a four-year, $151 million grant program focused solely on human embryonic stem cell research...

Slippery-slope concerns are valid

JUST when you think the debate over embryonic stem cells can't get any more degraded, an outfit called the Campaign to Defend the Constitution...

Boy wins battle with state for care

Birth-injury program loses as high court says it won't hear appeal A state program to help children injured at birth has lost a 2½-year legal...

The Advocate

Don Reed, a tireless proponent for stem cell research, is on a quest to see his son walk again IN AN AUDITORIUM at San Francisco's...

Stem-cell center gets $10 million

Famed Newport Beach bond trader Bill Gross is donating $10 million to UC Irvine to support human embryonic stem-cell research at a campus that's...

Backers to push stem cell issue across country

Chris Bell, a Democrat running a longshot campaign for governor of Texas, asserted divine support for turning stem cell research into a major wedge...

Coping with the Pressure of Wound Care

The American Medical Directors Association crafts guidelines specifically for long-term care Pressure ulcers are serious problems not only for nursing home residents, but for the...

Lakeville man’s spinal cord bruised in water park accident

MINNEAPOLIS - A Lakeville man underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his bruised spinal cord at Hennepin County Medical Center after he was injured...

Injury program eligibility appealed

State continues to say Franklin boy does not qualify for assistance The state's birth-injury program has been arguing unsuccessfully since late 2003 that a Paraplegic...