Cost of surviving catastrophic illness - US $100,500

I know that stroke associations will use this to promote prevention and F.A.S.T. But I look at it differently, it means we need to get past the pathetic 10% full recovery and that will only be possible when we find 177 hyperacute possibilities that stop the neuronal cascade of death.
http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=368142#.UOJaR3eC91Y

U.S. District Court rules that stem cells are drugs

Even if your own cells are cultured as stem cells they can be regulated by the FDA.  Consult your lawyer, you would hate to have your own neurogenesis  be declared illegal. But your dog can get stem cells.
The injunction order here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/101039859/USA-vs-Regenerative-Sciences-Order-of-Permanent-Injunction
The Stanford School of Medicine blog deconstruction of it here:
http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2012/07/25/u-s-district-court-rules-that-stem-cells-are-drugs/

Good luck.

Medical research - stroke rehab/research version

I couldn't help but spread this around. My version would have added a line, 'Have you read any research articles since graduating?'     'I didn't think so'