The proposed merger of the University of Louisville hospital with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare and with St. Joseph Health System of Lexington, which follows the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, continues to draw heavy attention from The Courier-Journal. Sunday's newspaper had a long column by editorial writer Pam Platt, and an editorial that online was packaged with a video discussion among the editorial board and U of L President James Ramsey, David Laird of Jewish and St. Mary’s, Dr. Daniel Varga of St. Joseph and James Taylor, CEO of University Hospital.
"On many levels, the merger . . . is appealing," the editorial began, saying the new system would be broader and more efficient and secure the three Louisville hospitals as they compete with Baptist Hospital-East and Norton Healthcare, which recently announced an affiliation arrangement with the University of Kentucky" hospital. "Two significant issues continue to make the merger problematic, however." In addition to the issues of reproductive care, the editorial wonders whether advances in medical science that conflict with Catholic teaching could cause the merger to "unwind," as hospital officials put it, and what the ramifications of that would be. (Read more)
In her column, Platt, right, focused on the merger's impact on women, saying it remains unclear. For example, "The partners say transportation will be provided for pregnant women wanting tubal ligations, as well as for their infants. But what will be the process for them accessing that? What are the details? . . . Many of us need more answers to additional questions . . . before we know if this merger is the answer not only for the business end of things, but for all the people who depend on the hospitals for their care." The merger needs state approval to proceed. (Read more)
Friday, December 17, 2010
Transplantation of a tooth in eye to restore vision blind American woman
American surgeons have restored a woman with an artificial eye lens, mounted on transplanted into the eye tooth
Sherron Thornton from Mississippi, who is now 60 years old, blind in 2000 due to the development of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (a severe allergic reaction that causes the death of epithelial cells of the skin and mucous membranes).
After an illness of the cornea (one of the eye membranes) women became opaque. As a rule, opaque cornea substitute donor or artificial, but the organism is susceptible to severe allergic reactions people usually rejects the transplanted tissue. This is reported MedNovosti.
For such patients in Italy developed a method to transplant the eye's own tooth, which serves as support for the plastic lens. Operation by Thornton by this method in the clinic of the University of Miami, became the first in the U.S..
First, the surgeon Victor Perez to the assistant removed the upper canine woman with a fragment of bone surrounding the root, and drilled it, and put the resulting hole in the plastic lens. Then the construction of two months the patient was placed under the skin to prirosshey to tooth tissue of the skin served as a connecting element between it and the eye. Then, with a fragment of canine skin transplanted to the center of the eye, restoring its optical system.
15 days after complete healing of postoperative wounds and the removal of the fixing eye vision devices Thornton rebounded so much that she could read.
Sherron Thornton from Mississippi, who is now 60 years old, blind in 2000 due to the development of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (a severe allergic reaction that causes the death of epithelial cells of the skin and mucous membranes).
After an illness of the cornea (one of the eye membranes) women became opaque. As a rule, opaque cornea substitute donor or artificial, but the organism is susceptible to severe allergic reactions people usually rejects the transplanted tissue. This is reported MedNovosti.
For such patients in Italy developed a method to transplant the eye's own tooth, which serves as support for the plastic lens. Operation by Thornton by this method in the clinic of the University of Miami, became the first in the U.S..
First, the surgeon Victor Perez to the assistant removed the upper canine woman with a fragment of bone surrounding the root, and drilled it, and put the resulting hole in the plastic lens. Then the construction of two months the patient was placed under the skin to prirosshey to tooth tissue of the skin served as a connecting element between it and the eye. Then, with a fragment of canine skin transplanted to the center of the eye, restoring its optical system.
15 days after complete healing of postoperative wounds and the removal of the fixing eye vision devices Thornton rebounded so much that she could read.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Smoking pregnant women facing infant asthma
Smoking pregnant women leads to severe neonatal disease, especially bronchial asthma
This conclusion is contained in the report of Turkish doctors, published today, Anatolian Agency.
At the recent European Congress in Vienna, pulmonologists were given many years of research data. They suggest that the risk of the birth of the baby with a serious violation of the lung increased six-fold if the expectant mother not to give up smoking at such a crucial period for her. It is reported by AMI-TASS
The agency also notes that because of the bad habits of the mother the infant and strongly lose weight. It also adversely affects his overall health. In particular, it was found that babies of smoking mothers by an average of 210-215 grams weigh less than nonsmokers.
Confirmation of this disturbing trend revealed by careful observations have become doctors in 1996-2008 of approximately 3500 newborns who were diagnosed with asthma in the postpartum period
This conclusion is contained in the report of Turkish doctors, published today, Anatolian Agency.
At the recent European Congress in Vienna, pulmonologists were given many years of research data. They suggest that the risk of the birth of the baby with a serious violation of the lung increased six-fold if the expectant mother not to give up smoking at such a crucial period for her. It is reported by AMI-TASS
The agency also notes that because of the bad habits of the mother the infant and strongly lose weight. It also adversely affects his overall health. In particular, it was found that babies of smoking mothers by an average of 210-215 grams weigh less than nonsmokers.
Confirmation of this disturbing trend revealed by careful observations have become doctors in 1996-2008 of approximately 3500 newborns who were diagnosed with asthma in the postpartum period
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Experts urge use of Folic Acid before pregnancy
Folic Acid is a very important vitamin. Together with vitamin B12 it is crucial in the production of red blood cells,preventing anaemia and for the synthesis of nucleic acids (DNA). It is especially critical to the development of nerves in the foetus, and a deficiency in pregnant women is linked to birth defects such as spina bifida :http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8232089.stm
Use of Folic acid can lower the risk of Spina bifida births by up to 70%. Folic acid supplements are quite cheap to buy, so my own advice is that all women of child bearing age should take them but only by the RDA.
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Use of Folic acid can lower the risk of Spina bifida births by up to 70%. Folic acid supplements are quite cheap to buy, so my own advice is that all women of child bearing age should take them but only by the RDA.
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