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Greg Smiley’s world changed abruptly in 2013. He was racing down a mountain road on an outback cycling trip in South Africa, when he hit an obstruction in the road and fell face-first onto the pavement, still clipped to his bike.
The impact did considerable damage, including a potentially disfiguring injury from the bridge of his nose down to his chin.
That started a multiyear and multifaceted journey of recovery for Smiley, during which the seed for a new nonprofit was planted. This idea ultimately culminated in the Adira Foundation, founded in 2019 and focused on finding commonalities to solve complex issues across five neurodegenerative diseases, including multiple sclerosis.
Whenever you reach out a hand in an act of kindness to lift up someone else, you are putting out positive energy into our very difficult world. You are also making an affirmative change to your own life. It is a remarkable way to share your gratitude attitude!
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VA Medical Center - This is a tremendous and yet simple way to say thank you to the men and women who have given so much in service to our country. As a VA driver, you would be transporting veterans in the Sioux Falls and Brandon areas to and from the Sioux Falls VA Health System for medical appointments and recreation therapy events. You will also be provided with a vehicle for this activity. For more information call 211 or 605-333-6851.
Advocates say bill could mean life or death for victims of Huntington s disease
and last updated 2021-01-20 22:13:28-05
While all eyes are on the inauguration this week, the
Huntington s Disease Society of America is leaning on a new Congress for a bill that they say is the difference between life and death for those who suffer from the rare brain disease.
Not a day goes by that Amber Boland doesn t think, remember, or talk about her mom. Boland and her now 10- and 8-year-old daughters took a picture in a sunflower field because Boland âs mom loved sunflowers. Boland didn t know it as a kid, but she would grow to watch her mother battle Huntington s, a neurodegenerative disease.
Elizabeth “Betty Rae” King, 84, passed away on Jan. 6. Her funeral was private.
Betty Rae was born in West Hartford, on July 8, 1936. She studied education at Saint Joseph’s College in West Hartford and went on to become an elementary school teacher. She married Donald A. King on July 28, 1962 and remained faithfully married to him for 42 years when she became a widow.
She lived in West Hartford, Westport, Old Lyme, Avon, Easton and Darien. Betty Rae’s life was marked by a set of commitments to her husband, children, extended family and her faith. Once widowed, she dismissed any notion of dating or remarrying.
California s Proposition 14: short in the arm for stem cell research
Appeared in BioNews 1076
The recent close-call US presidential election grabbed headlines, but no less closely-fought was California s Proposition 14, also on the ballot in October, which will have a huge impact on the future of stem cell research in the state.
The Stem Cell Research Institute Bond Initiative (Prop 14),which was on the ballot in the initiated state statute will allow the state to issue billions of dollars in bonds for its stem cell research programme. The vote could not have been closer, with 51 percent of ballots for and 49 percent against.