| ORLive Presents: Horizontal Tenotomy: A Treatment for Congenital ...
Join Akron Children's Hospital March 28, at 1:00 PM EDT on www.OR-Live.com for a procedure to correct a rare eye condition called congenital nystagmus, which causes rapid, uncontrollable eye movements that often blur vision. Robert Burnstine, M.D., director of pediatric ophthalmology at Akron Children's Hospital, will perform the the horizontal tenotomy, while Amarpreet Singh, M.D., will act as a moderator. About one in 3,000 people have congenital nystagmus, and many of these individuals are partially sighted. Some are legally blind. Few can drive a car. And almost all encounter some difficulties in everyday life -- both socially and practically. While there's no cure for congenital nystagmus, a surgical procedure designed to slow the dancing eye has shown promising results.
Hospital rebuild given go-ahead
Health bosses have given the go-ahead to the £13m rebuild of Cromer Hospital in a scheme that will see the closure of beds on the site.The board of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, which runs the Cromer unit, agreed to press ahead with a plan that will see the 12-bed Barclay Ward close and the Davison Day Procedure Unit and Endoscopy Unit moved within the site.The redevelopment will be funded by the legacies of Sagel Bernstein and Phyllis Cox and see Cromer become a site for day case operations, such as hernia and cataract surgery, diagnostics, outpatient facilities, kidney dialysis and other routine treatments and clinics.The board heard on Friday that the largest public consultation ever undertaken by the N&N gave a clear message to go ahead with the scheme.A total of 70,000 consultation documents were sent out, and of those who responded, 87pc supported siting the new hospital in its current location and 78pc backed a day case model of care.Although 65pc were opposed to the ward closure, the board heard the concern was not over the loss of acute beds but of rehabilitation, palliative care and community bed, which is how the Barclay Ward beds have been used in recent years.The board is to pass that issue to Norfolk Primary Care Trust (PCT), which is consulting on intermediate care, including plans to cut some community beds and close hospitals.Divisional general manager Melissa Blakeley said: “We still believe there is potential for the PCT to work jointly with us over Cromer if they choose to do so.“This has got to be a facility, particularly with it being a legacy, that will serve Cromer not just for the next five years but way beyond."Issues such as car parking and the retention of architectural features, such as a Dutch gable end, were raised during the consultation, with the board agreeing to consider views during the design process.Ms Blakeley said: “We will still be able to maintain a significant amount of parking on the site and we have entered in negotiations with the football club to improve their car park, to allow hospital staff to use during construction while all hospital on-site parking will be reserved for patients."N&N chief executive Paul Forden said it was difficult to assess the impact of the PCT's £47m deficit on the project but that it was unlikely to jeopardise the plan.
Two Years Later, Suffolk Soldier At Walter Reed Awaiting Surgery
Your NewsChannel 3 spoke exclusively with a Suffolk woman who's husband has had three surgeries at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Nearly two-and-a-half years later, her family is still waiting for her husband to come home. Staff Sergeant John Shannon nearly died in the streets of Iraq after he was shot in the face. Two days later, he was admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. He's been there ever since. Shannon's wife says a sea of lost paperwork has made her husband's recovery even more difficult. "The powers that be are letting the soldiers down," said Torrey Shannon. And a soldier's family is moving on. Torrey Shannon and her three sons have just moved into a rental home in Suffolk while staff Sergeant John Shannon awaits facial reconstruction surgery in Washington.
Glaucoma may not progress in certain people - new study
A small subgroup of Chinese men with suspected or diagnosed glaucoma may not need aggressive treatment, because the condition does not appear to progress, a new study suggests. In the medical journal Ophthalmology, Dr. Amish Doshi of California'sStanford University and colleagues report on a series of 16 patients originally diagnosed with glaucoma whose condition did not progress over a 7-year period. More research is needed to better understand how common this type of slowing or non-progressing glaucoma is among males of Chinese origin, the researchers say. In the most common type of glaucoma, open-angle glaucoma, fluid cannot drain properly from the eyeball, leading to increased pressure within the eye and resulting in damage to the optic nerve. It may be treated with medication to lower pressure in the eye, and surgery may be performed to restore normal drainage.
Doug Bandow: Wolfowitz should be shown the door
ON Sunday, World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz vowed to stay in the job, despite revelations that he ordered a $US60,000 ($72,000) pay increase for his lover before seconding her to the US State Department. Australia's Treasurer Peter Costello, lobbied by Wolfowitz at the annual World Bank meeting last week, observed that we "want to see a good example coming out of the World Bank". .
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