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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- A firefighter brain-damaged in a 1995 roof collapse had an "amazing" weekend, recognizing and speaking with his four sons and other family and friends for the first time in years, a family spokesman said Monday. "I want to talk to my wife," Donald Herbert said out of the blue Saturday at the skilled nursing facility where he has lived for more than seven years. Staff members put Linda Herbert on the telephone. It was the first of many conversations he had during a 14-hour stretch, Herbert's uncle, Simon Manka said. "How long have I been away?"...

Researchers at AntiCancer Inc have found a method of turning adult hair follicle stem cells into brain cells, a ScienCentral News report has said. Using mice for experiments, scientists managed to coax their adult stem cells into becoming neurons, the brain’s nerve cells. Stem cells differ from other cells since they have the capability to turn into specialized cells required by the body for maintenance and repair. Stem cells in hair follicles are located in a tiny protrusion on the side and are required for helping the follicle maintain itself. According to the researchers, the results of the experiment indicate...

Cost of Schiavo's care may exceed $1 million At Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., where Terri Schiavo edges closer to death each hour, her care costs between $150 and $200 a day. "It can get higher," said Jay Wolfson, the University of South Florida professor who served as Schiavo's court-appointed independent guardian 16 months ago and asked hospice officials about the cost. "But there's very little medical care." Over a 15-year period - Schiavo collapsed in February 1990 - that calculates out to a cost between $821,000 and $1.1 million.In 1992, Michael Schiavo received a settlement from a malpractice...

Judge won't order Schiavo's tube returned Tampa, FL, Mar. 22 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Florida refused Tuesday morning to order the reinsertion of a feeding tube into brain-damaged Terry Schiavo. The ruling in Tampa by U.S. District Judge James Whittemore came after Congress and President Bush enacted legislation early Monday to allow federal courts to review the controversial case. * * * Attorneys for Schiavo's parents said they would immediately file an appeal at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, CNN reported.

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35309 Tuesday, October 28, 2003 MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATHPresident Bush backs Jeb on Schiavo caseBrother 'made the right decision' to restore Terri's feeding tube Posted: October 28, 20032:00 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Florida Gov. Jeb Bush could face a constitutional showdown for his decision to use a special law to order Terri Schindler-Schiavo's feeding tube restored, but he received support today from the president. "I believe my brother made the right decision," President Bush said at a Rose Garden news conference this...