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Brain and Nerve Health

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Bobby Vee: I have Alzheimer's Disease

    Pop heartthrob Bobby Vee has announced via his personal blog that he has been diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease. The 69-year-old, born Robert Thomas Velline, has known about his condition for about a year, but just recently made the news public."As my buddy Fabian says, getting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Justin Morneau sounds like he's on brink of retirement

    ​The last year and a half has surely been an extremely frustrating time for Twins first baseman and former MVP Justin Morneau. In July 2010, Morneau, 30, took a knee to the head while sliding into second base to break up a double play in Toronto. He was concussed, but the impact didn't look severe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Maran Wolston, U of M student, on 'betrayal of trust' by neurologist paid by drug companies

    Courtesy Maran Wolston.Maran Wolston developed symptoms of MS in 2006.​For Maran Wolston, learning she had developed Multiple Sclerosis was frightening enough. But the treatment was a horror in itself. Wolston, a Ph.D candidate at the University of Minnesota, believes she received years of questi ... More >>

  • Music

    October 26, 2011

    5ingles

    Courtesy Maran Wolston.Maran Wolston developed symptoms of MS in 2006.​For Maran Wolston, learning she had developed Multiple Sclerosis was frightening enough. But the treatment was a horror in itself. Wolston, a Ph.D candidate at the University of Minnesota, believes she received years of questi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2011

    Com Truise

    Courtesy Maran Wolston.Maran Wolston developed symptoms of MS in 2006.​For Maran Wolston, learning she had developed Multiple Sclerosis was frightening enough. But the treatment was a horror in itself. Wolston, a Ph.D candidate at the University of Minnesota, believes she received years of questi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Veronica King abandoned dying sister, then stole her Social Security checks

    Veronica King: Left her sister to die on the floor.​Veronica King abandoned her 71-year old sister after she had a stroke in their Madison, Wisconsin home. King didn't help Mary Coleman up, didn't call for medical help, didn't even bring her food. Veronica's son Steven didn't help Coleman, either ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2011

    Shpongle

    Veronica King: Left her sister to die on the floor.​Veronica King abandoned her 71-year old sister after she had a stroke in their Madison, Wisconsin home. King didn't help Mary Coleman up, didn't call for medical help, didn't even bring her food. Veronica's son Steven didn't help Coleman, either ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 16, 2011

    Regis Dialogue and Retrospective: Julian Schnabel

    Veronica King: Left her sister to die on the floor.​Veronica King abandoned her 71-year old sister after she had a stroke in their Madison, Wisconsin home. King didn't help Mary Coleman up, didn't call for medical help, didn't even bring her food. Veronica's son Steven didn't help Coleman, either ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Rachel Reeves's murder charges dropped after sitter flees to Mexico

    Hennepin County JailRachel Reeves is off the hook for murder--but maybe not for long.​Rachel Reeves was supposed to go to trial yesterday on charges that she killed her 15-month old, Julia Leigh Rivera, two years ago. But when a key witness--the babysitter who was with the little girl when she sto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Shirley Schroeder plundered Parkinson's-suffering cousin's bank account

    Photo: Banspy​Back in January we told you about Shirley and Gary Schroeder, a Green Bay couple entrusted with the bank accounts of a cousin in a Minnesota assisted living facility suffering from Parkinson's disease. The looking-not-so-loyal family members were accused of filching hundreds of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Kevin Burkart will jump out of perfectly good airplane 200 times [Video]

    Photo courtesy 200 Perfect JumpsKevin Burkart doing his thing​A couple of years ago, Kevin Burkart completed 100 skydives in one day to raise $40,000 for Parkinson's Disease. But no, that wasn't enough. So tomorrow, June 16th 2010, Burkart's doubling down: He plans to make 200 -- that's right, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Keith Ellison and wife, Kim, file for legal separation

    Via Al JazeeraEllison and his wife are separating​Looks like the marriage of Rep. Keith Ellison and his wife, Kim Dore Ellison, is in trouble. Married for more than 20 years, they have filed for legal separation. They have four children and live in North Minneapolis. Although Ellison is the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Head Game: What would you do if concussed?

    What should the NFL do about the mounting evidence of long-term harm caused by concussions? Reader feedback encouraged.

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Mist of pig brain tissue sickened slaughterhouse workers

    Blowing out a pig's brains with an air compressor and inhaling some of the result will make you very ill.

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Ex-Viking Orlando Thomas isn't really dead, team retracts statement

    Ultimate fail: Announcing someone is dead on an official Web site when it isn't actually true.

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    SlamMN: Grand Slam

    Ultimate fail: Announcing someone is dead on an official Web site when it isn't actually true.

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2009

    X

    Ultimate fail: Announcing someone is dead on an official Web site when it isn't actually true.

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2008

    Broken Brain Summitt

    Ultimate fail: Announcing someone is dead on an official Web site when it isn't actually true.

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2008

    Circumference

    Ultimate fail: Announcing someone is dead on an official Web site when it isn't actually true.

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