GA: discharged pt. called hospital pre stroke: nurse admits--"possible" she failed to notify Dr.
CASE FACTS: On July 1,2002, 26-year-old Jessica Renz underwent a C-2 nerve block at Northside Hospital to treat migraine headaches. The procedure was performed by Dr. Bruce Hines and involved inserting a needle into the patient's neck to the level of the second cervical vertebrae and injecting medication to...

Insurance bill willhelp families dealing with autism.
Byline: Cynthia Whitfield For The Register-Guard Parents of children with developmental disabilities have something to celebrate. House Bill 2918, which requires insurance companies to cover certain kinds of treatment for pervasive developmental disorders, awaits the governor's signa- ture. The proposed new law was passed unanimously...

Unrestrained stroke patient falls from bed: jury rules caregivers not negligent.
The seventy-four year-old patient had to be admitted to a hospital after her third stroke, a massive event which left her completely paralyzed on her right side. After the hospital did all it could the patient was discharged to a nearby skilled nursing facility. Hospital...

Control of glucose, lipids key in stroke, diabetes patients: conditions are comorbid, review data stress.
SAN FRANCISCO--Diabetic patients who've recently suffered a stroke should receive aggressive glucose and lipid management, Dr. Lee H. Schwamm said at the 32nd International Stroke Conference. Significant numbers of people with diabetes both the newly diagnosed and the patients previously treated--leave the hospital after a stroke without...

STEPS (Strength Training Effectiveness Post-Stroke).
Eighty individuals within 5 years of stroke onset who were ambulatory but had moderate to severe walking impairment were recruited for this study. These inclusion criteria increased the likelihood that STEPS participants would be representative of the patients most likely to receive physical therapy for walking rehabilitation in the...

Love and Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family.
Love and Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family. By Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, c. 2005. Pp. xviii, 110. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8173-5294-5; cloth, $40.00, ISBN 0-8173-1480-6.) Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins anticipates the question "why a collection of essays about Amelia and Josiah...

CT scan detects only 1 in 4 cases of stroke: Study.
Byline: Kounteya Sinha NEW DELHI: The world's most common method of diagnosing a stroke - the CT (computed topography) scan - detects only one in every four cases. The MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), on the other hand, has been found to be five times more sensitive and...

Glenmark Q1 net triples to Rs 57 cr.
MUMBAI: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals' net profit more than tripled to Rs 57.2 crore during the first quarter ended June 2007 on the back of overseas acquisitions and growth in US business. Consolidated net sales rose 92% to Rs 351.4 crore during the quarter. As the company rapidly scaled...

Intra-arterial therapy offers huge gains for some.
SAN FRANCISCO -- One in four consecutive acute ischemic stroke patients displayed Lazarus-like improvement within a day of receiving intra-arterial thrombolytic treatment, the investigator of a retrospective 108-patient study reported at the 32nd International Stroke Conference. Faster time to treatment, greater reperfusion, and good pial collateral formation...

Organized acute stroke care flourishes in U.S.: American Stroke Association task force releases recommendations to implement stroke care systems.
NEW ORLEANS -- The number of certified stroke centers in the United States continues to rapidly increase, complemented by state mandates that require emergency medical services to take patients with acute strokes to designated stroke centers. "It's a brush fire. System changes at the state level are...