Del. congressman recovering from strokes
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U.S. Rep. Michael Castle was talkative and in good spirits Monday after suffering two small strokes over the weekend, aides said.
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Sen. Tim Johnson, D-South Dakota, was hospitalized Wednesday after he suffered stroke-like symptoms in his Washington office, his staff said.
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After a life-threatening brain hemorrhage and months of recuperation, Sen. Tim Johnson is greeting home state voters Tuesday in his first public appearance since falling ill last year.
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&quot;This is a great day for democracy. This has always been about voters. A real victory for the little guy in the state.&quot; - Paul Berendt, state Democratic Party chairman.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota was hospitalized on Wednesday with what was initially described a possible stroke, drawing the concern of fellow Democrats preparing to take control next month of a closely divided Senate.
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Connecticut governor, M. Jodi Rell, is recovering from a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery at Danbury Hospital. She was diagnosed with breast cancer after having had a routine mammogram last week.
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Rep. Paul E. Gillmor (R-Ohio) died of blunt head and neck trauma, injuries consistent with a fall down stairs, the Virginia medical examiner's office concluded in ruling his death an accident.
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Doctors have their first proof that a man who was barely conscious for nearly 20 years regained speech and movement because his brain spontaneously rewired itself by growing tiny new nerve connections to replace the ones sheared apart in a car crash.
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Facing a Dec. 9 runoff for his seat in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Ã¢ÂÂ and highly publicized bribery allegations that threaten to end his House career at eight terms Ã¢ÂÂ Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson is showing a good bit of resilience. His contest with Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter does not appear to have a strong favorite with just more than a week to go before the Saturday voting.
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Movie actor and former presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. fell into a coma after suffering from a stroke Saturday night, Rep. Francis Escudero, Poeâs spokesman, said Sunday.
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In the precarious course of his recovery, Patrick J. Kennedy, a Democrat who pleaded guilty to impaired driving, has come to rely heavily on a Republican.
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Rep. Paul E. Gillmor (R-Ohio), a quiet conservative in his 19th year in the House, was found dead yesterday morning in his Arlington County townhouse, police and House Republican leaders said. He was 68.
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Sen. Tim Johnson is reading news clippings and starting to do some office work from the hospital, almost two months after suffering a life-threatening brain hemorrhage. "At this point, he has requested more contact with office and is looking for updates from staff," his office said in a statement Friday.
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By Sam Hananel, Associated Press  WASHINGTON -- On a recent weeknight, Kansas Rep. Jerry Moran spoke to nearly 10,000 of his constituents at once -- from the comfort of his Capitol Hill office.
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The doctor overseeing Sen. Tim Johnson's recovery from a brain hemorrhage said in a statement issued through Johnson's office he expects the ailing Democrat to resume his duties in the Senate.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, a South Dakota Democrat, was hospitalized on Wednesday after suffering a possible stroke, Johnson's office said.
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A US senator who underwent emergency brain surgery last December makes his first public appearance.