Senator Edward Kennedy Hospitalized - Updated

UPDATE 1:45PM: Boston.com reports that Senator Kennedy had a seizure this morning, and another seizure on the way to the hospital. Here is more information about types of seizures and possible causes.

Senator Edward Kennedy was hospitalized early this morning with apparent symptoms of a stroke and remains under evaluation at this time at Massachusetts General Hospital.

In October, Senator Kennedy underwent surgery to repair  blockage in his carotid artery, discovered during a routine examination for his chronic back pain.  The repair was done as a measure to prevent stroke.

Kennedy, age 76, currently serves as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. He has recently been on the campaign trail for Senator Barack Obama.

For more information about stroke, see these topics:

• Stroke symptoms
• Stroke diagnosis and tests
• Stroke treatment

We'll post updates as they're available.

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• Stroke Support Group
• Strokes: What every man needs to know

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WebMD Wins "People's Voice" Webby

For the second year in a row, we've been awarded the prestigious Webby "People's Voice" award for health sites. This is your award. You voted for us, and all of us here at WebMD know how important that is -- because it is your voice that matters.

Every day we work to ensure you get the best health information - from basic answers and community support to wellness information and the latest health news - so that WebMD can be your daily source of inspiration and better health.

The Webby Awards only go to "the best of the Web." You can rely on us to maintain that standard every day - with you in mind.

Thanks again!
Your WebMD Staff

Let's Twitter at WebMD. Tweet! Tweet!

Do you Twitter? Twitter is a service that allows you to communicate and stay connected with your family, friends, and now with us -- your WebMD family. Tweets are short messages -- 140 characters or less -- making it so easy to read and stay connected.

Our moderator Louise tweets some of the message board threads she starts, as well as threads of interest from a number of WebMD boards, including Crohn's and Colitis, Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2, and Alternative Health.

You can follow her at LouiseWebMD.

Our moderator Kathy, tweets about autism threads on our Autism Support Board, as well as about bits of her life, and other autism stories from around the Web. You can follow her at Kathy_WebMD.

Not only that...get quick and early news about WebMD blog posts by our Health Professionals by following WebMD_Blogs.

Join us in Twittering around the Web! You can Twitter your own favorite WebMD message board posts and threads and blog posts, and have others follow YOU!

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New Autism & Saving Money Boards at WebMD

Hello Readers!

I'm here to announce two important new boards in the WebMD Community:

First, we welcome the Autism: Support Group board to the WebMD family!

If you have a child with Autism, suspect your child may be on the Autism spectrum, or know someone close to you who does, this new board is wonderful resource. Parents of kids with Autism, Aspergers, or anywhere on the spectrum can gather here and share their stories, vent their feelings, compare ideas, and talk about their amazing kids. And, moms and dads who are in the process of diagnosis will get some great advice here from parents who have already walked that road.

Board hosts Kathy and Rick, who work for WebMD, both have children with Autism. Kathy's son is a teenager, and Rick's is still a little guy, so they each have different perspectives to share with board members.

We hope you'll come by and pay them a visit!

Next, we want to introduce our Saving Money the Health Way message board.

In these uneasy financial times, many families are suffering due to high gas prices, steadily-increasing costs of food, and escalating medical bills. What are we to do?

WebMD has created this board so that members can share their ideas for saving money both on health care and in their daily lives. Members post links to coupons, great articles, talk about money-saving ideas that have worked for them, and more.

Do you have a GREAT idea for saving money? Do you need some help? Come on by the board and join in! We're here for you.

See you there!

Leona