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3/23/10Hope these work...
The 5 posts below are test links to stories from the angels. When you click on the story title it should take you to the page that the story is on. I just wanted to see what you think of this method.
3/22/10Labels: losing friends, misunderstanding, relationships 3/20/10Disabled woman ejected from Mac's store
Company apologizes for clerk's actions
A University of Windsor student is filing a human rights complaint after she was asked to leave a Mac's store because of her service dog. Julie Holmes has multiple sclerosis and relies on a wheelchair and a specially trained service dog to get around. "I went to Mac's to get a drink and I was asked to leave because of my service dog," said Holmes, who relies on her dog Fancy to act as her arms when she can't reach service counters. Read the full story here.Hidden disabilities are still disabilitiesWarsaw woman takes time to educate others about MSWARSAW -- Cj Crawford doesn't let the dirty glares bother her anymore as she exits her vehicle from a handicapped parking space. Having lived with multiple sclerosis for most of her adult life, the Warsaw woman chooses to educate those as to why she has the parking placard. Read the rest of her story here. This Week On MS News Channel 3Stem Cells in Menstrual BloodCare for clinical trial participants may be expandedUK, Spain close to approving GW's cannabis drugMS Patient Gets 5 Years in Prison for Growing PotBrain Fitness Software Improves Cognitive Function in Multiple Sclerosis PatientsStem Cells in Menstrual BloodThey Can Even Become Neurons (Posted By: Josi Creek) Since I have Multiple Sclerosis, I am always trying to be on top of new research. In the beginning, stem cells seemed out of reach for most people. Now, as technology is developing, researchers are finding out more about stem cells, and different places they can be obtained. One of the major barriers preventing widespread use of stem cells in therapeutic clinics is the great difficulty of collecting a large number of stem cells from any single person. But this isn’t because our bodies don’t have many stem cells; they are, in fact, present in most tissues. Rather, there are few tissues that freely shed their cells on a regular basis and in great quantity. Read the full story here. Care for clinical trial participants may be expanded
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HARTFORD — The General Assembly’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee this week approved bills that expand coverage of routine care costs for patients who participate in certain clinical trials and change requirements for disclosing records. Sen. Joseph J. Crisco Jr., D-Woodbridge, said one piece of legislation would help patients who stand to be denied coverage through their health insurance provider. Managed care organizations, health insurers or utilization review companies are not required to disclose all records on how a decision was reached for denial. Senate Bill 258, An Act Concerning Appeals of Health Insurance Benefits Denials, would require that records be disclosed upon the patient’s request. A separate piece of legislation, Senate Bill 260, An Act Concerning Health Insurance Coverage for Routine Patient Care Costs for Clinical Trial Patients, would expand coverage of routine costs for those participating in clinical trials on multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. Read the full story, at the New Haven Register here. 3/19/10MS Patient Gets 5 Years in Prison for Growing Pot
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Jersey medical marijuana law too late for John Ray WilsonA New Jersey Superior Court judge gave a man who suffers from multiple sclerosis the lowest possible jail term for growing marijuana plants outside his home two years ago. But that penalty is still five years behind bars for 37-year-old John Ray Wilson. "We're pretty disappointed," Chris Goldstein of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana said of the sentence.[Read the full story here] MS Patient Gets 5 Years in Prison for Growing Pot(Posted by: Josi Creek) Jersey medical marijuana law too late for John Ray WilsonA New Jersey Superior Court judge gave a man who suffers from multiple sclerosis the lowest possible jail term for growing marijuana plants outside his home two years ago. But that penalty is still five years behind bars for 37-year-old John Ray Wilson."We're pretty disappointed," Chris Goldstein of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana said of the sentence. [Read the full story here](SAMPLE OF A PERFECT POST) Brothers going boldly in search of a cure for MS( Posted by Desinie Smith ) Multiple sclerosis sufferers Evan and Duncan Thornton are travelling to Poland to try new and still-controversial surgery OTTAWA — As Evan Thornton sees it, the relatively new and still-controversial surgery he’s about to have in Poland has no real drawbacks, and it’s a chance to get rid of the symptoms he’s been dealing with for the past decade. Best of all? He doesn’t have to go through it alone. (Read the full story here on the Ottawa Citizen) MS Sucks...Sask. man seeks $25K MS therapy in India(Posted by Jennifer Landry) A Saskatchewan man with multiple sclerosis is among thousands in Canada eager to try a promising, but unproven surgical treatment — but he needs to raise $25,000 Cdn so he can go to India for the procedure. Read the full story here. Brain Fitness Software Improves Cognitive Function in Multiple Sclerosis Patients(Posted By Josi Creek) Cognitive dysfunction is a common, often scary, symptom of Multiple Sclerosis. Cognitive evaluation techniques and neurorehabilitation studies have been used to greatly improve the dysfunction. A new brain fitness software by CogniFit Inc. May help improve cognitive function and skills of multiple sclerosis patients.
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