Former Israeli President Shimon Peres remains sedated and on a respirator two days after suffering a massive stroke, his office said.
Shimon Peres was responsive when briefly taken off medications keeping him in a medically induced coma, his doctor said a day after the former Israeli president suffered a stroke.
Heart disease and stroke have reached epidemic levels in our country. Heart disease is the leading killer of Americans; stroke is the fourth leading killer. One of every three deaths in this county is caused by cardiovascular disease.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, a leader on pro-Israel and Iran sanctions issues, underwent surgery that was deemed successful after suffering a stroke.
Better known for cosmetic enhancement, Botox injections immobilize key muscles in stricken arms or legs, allowing physical therapy and exercise to extend range of motion and flexibility. Effects wear off, so the Botox is reinjected every three months for a year or more.
Last week, The Rev. Pat Robertson apparently decided that he\’d better have the government of Israel on his side, too, especially if he wants to build a sprawling evangelical center on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
My mother and father are both in diapers. I wasn\’t at all prepared for this possibility. Dealing with the visual and olfactory aspect of my son\’s end products when he was a baby was an expected part of being a mom, but it\’s a completely different matter when it\’s my parents wearing the Pampers.
On Jan. 12, 1995, Valerie Sobel\’s 19-year-old son, Andre, died of a brain tumor. Exactly one year later, her husband shot himself. His suicide note stated that he did not wish to live past his son\’s tombstone unveiling. Three months later, Sobel\’s mother died of a stroke.
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