The title of this post is a quote from this very enjoyable and easy to read book, Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside, written by Katrina Firlik. Ive already loaned the book to my daughter, so I cant go into too much...
SBC ads take aim at 'free ride' rates for rivals SBC Communications Inc. has turned up the volume on what it says are the unfairly low wholesale rates it must charge competitors that lease parts of its local-phone network. In TV ads...
Methodist University Hospital , home toone of the busiest neuroscience institutes in the country, made aninnovative breakthrough in medicine by launching a Virtual Brain Tumor Board Webcastseries, the first program of its kind. Join us at 7:00 AM CDT on WednesdaySeptember 3rd for the third in this series....
PARIS AFP — In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours through ultra-keyhole surgery, using a tiny fibre-optic laser to destroy cancerous cells. Alexandre Carpentier of the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris said the exploit was "a world-first" in its use of...
Methodist University Hospital , home toone of the busiest neuroscience institutes in the country, made aninnovative breakthrough in medicine by launching a Virtual Brain Tumor Board Webcastseries, the first program of its kind. Join us at 7:00 AM CDT on WednesdaySeptember 3rd for the third in this series....
STAMFORD, Conn. -- WWE Superstar John Cena[R] underwent emergency surgery today for injuries received during last Sunday's SummerSlam[R] Pay-Per-View match. The procedure went well, according to renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Joseph Maroon who performed the surgery. Cena is expected to return to action in approximately three months. Further details can be...
Custer's thorn; the life of Frederick W. Benteen. Ladenheim, Jules C. Heritage Books 2007 348 pages $35.00 Paperback E83 Retired neurosurgeon and historian of the 19th-century US, Ladenheim presents a biography of Benteen (1834-98),...
Seventh Annual Joint Conference With Centro Medical Paitilla to Focus on Neuroscience CLEVELAND, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of physicians from Cleveland Clinic will travel to Panama in mid July to present at the seventh annual Joint Cleveland Clinic - Centro Medico Paitilla...
A jury has awarded $111,000 to a 69-year-old woman who was rear- ended in June 2006 and, according to her doctor, will soon require spinal surgery. After a one-day trial before Judge Timothy J. McCrone, the jury deliberated into the night before awarding...
Methodist University Hospital , home toone of the busiest neuroscience institutes in the country, is making aninnovative breakthrough in medicine by presenting the Virtual Brain TumorBoard Webcast series, beginning Wednesday, July 2, from 7 a.m. to 8a.m. Central Daylight Time on www.methodisthealth.org/virtualbrain . The...
CO-PAYS. DEDUCTIBLES. OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES. It may feel like you need to empty your savings account to stay healthy. You're not alone; One in six Americans spends at least 10 percent of his or her annual income on prescriptions, premiums, and medical care. "Many women assume these costs...
A Kansas City hospital must pay $1.9 million for breaching a contract with an investment healthcare company. U.S. Neurosurgical received the award for nearly four years of missed reimbursements from Research Medical Center. A Jackson County jury returned the verdict on Wednesday. ...
David Welch, Brain Cancer Survivor, Leverages the Highwinds CDN to Deliver Educational Videos to a Growing Global Audience WINTER PARK, Fla., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Highwinds Network Group, Inc., a multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider, today announced that it is contributing to...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Regulatory News: According to legislation, all publicly listed companies must - if the number of shares has changed during the month - publish the total number of shares in the company on the last trading day of the month. During...
MINNEAPOLIS, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 18, Courage Center honored four young people with an EMPOWER scholarship. Established in 1994, the EMPOWER scholarship encourages and supports ethnically diverse students to pursue a career in the medical or rehabilitation field. Scholarship recipients are: ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) today announced the first patient implants in a clinical study that is investigating whether deep brain stimulation DBS therapy will help people who suffer from major depressive disorder, a severe form of depression. The patients, a 59-year-old woman...
By Michael Hooper THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Seventy-four people from 30 countries pledged their fidelity to the United States of America on Monday during a naturalization ceremony in Topeka. They came from countries worldwide, including Ukraine, Russia, Mexico, Pakistan,...
New Research Highlights Benefits of Novel Therapy in Treating Spinal Tumors LOS ANGELES -- ArthroCare[R] Corp. (Nasdaq: ARTC), a leader in developing state-of-the-art, minimally invasive surgical products, announced two presentations will be made at the 2008 World Conference on Interventional Oncology WCIO supporting a novel...
Next-Generation Stent Expands Product Offering in the Ischemic Market SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Micrus Endovascular Corporation (Nasdaq: MEND) today announced that its PHAROS[TM] Vitesse[TM] intracranial stent has received CE Mark authorization for commercial distribution in the European Union and all countries recognizing the CE Mark....
Plastic surgeon who revolutionised the treatment of facial deformity Paul Tessier was a great innovator in the medical profession, the creator of a new surgical speciality which brought hope to many with severe facial deformities that had previously been untreatable. He is acknowledged...
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