Muhammad Ali's memorial service reading by Ambassador Shabazz. Jackelyn Jorgensen, WHAS 6:40 PM. EDT June 10, 2016 Ambassador Shabazz (Photo: Jorgensen, Jackelyn) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) During the memorial service for Muhammad Ali at the KFC Yum! Center, Ambassador Shabazz delivered a powerful speech and prose reading. Shabazz is the ambassador-at-large for Belize and the daughter of the late human rights activist Malcolm X. Alis friendship with Malcolm X led to his conversion to Islam. She offered her condolences to the family, calling them each by name and honoring them. Just know that when you are the decedent of, in the presence of someone whose life was filled with principle, that the seed is in you, so you have to cultivate that responsibly as well,"Shabazz said. She spoke of how meaningful it was to her to be able to share the moment with Alis family and how meaningful Ali has been in her own life. While he and I had a treasured relationship, the genesis of this love was through the love of my father. Muhammad Ali was the last of a fraternity of amazing men bequeathed to me directly by my dad, Shabazz said. She went on to say that … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --An article published in Experimental Biology and Medicine (Volume 242, Issue 10, May, 2017) identifies a new treatment that may protect the brain from irreversible damage caused by cardiac arrest. The study, led by Dr. Robert Mallet, Professor of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases at University of North Texas Health Science Center, showed that administration of pyruvate, an energy fuel and antioxidant, preserved brain function during cardiac arrest in a swine model. The brain consumes enormous amounts of metabolic energy, and is utterly dependent on its blood supply to deliver energy-yielding fuels and oxygen. Consequently, interruptions in the brain's blood supply can cause devastating effects. The depletion of energy stores and accumulation of toxic metabolites damages brain cells and can cause permanent impairment of brain function. Methylglyoxal, a by-product of sugar metabolism, irreversibly damages proteins by a process termed glycation and accumulates in the brain when the oxygen supply is compromised. Glyoxalase, a special enzyme that decomposes methylglyoxal and prevents its accumulation, is also vulnerable to glycation. Thus, preventing the inactivation of glyoxalase could improve clinical outcomes for patients experiencing interruptions in the brain's blood supply. Pyruvate is a natural metabolite, and has been shown to … Continue reading →

A federal district court in Louisiana has ruled that a professional arena football player could not assert intentional tort claims against the league stemming from concussions he allegedly had received but, rather, was limited to pursuing a workers compensation claim. The Case Lorenzo Breland alleged in the lawsuit he filed against Arena Football One, L.L.C. (AFO), which owns Arena Football League One, LLC (AFLO), and Louisiana Arena Football, L.L.C. (LAF), which owns the New Orleans Voodoo franchise, that he sustained a concussion in 2011 while employed as a professional arena football player for the Tulsa Talons, part of the AFO league. According to Mr. Breland, after the team doctor diagnosed him, the team encouraged him to return and he started the following game. Subsequently, Mr. Breland asserted, he played for the New Orleans Voodoo and sustained a severe blow to the head during a game on April 11, 2014, which caused a second concussion. Mr. Breland claimed that, after the 2014 concussion, he received inadequate medical attention and care and was pressured to return to playing football before he was fully rehabilitated. He alleged that, after complaining to the coach about his continued health problems, he was sent to a … Continue reading →