www.northeastcenter.com Northeast Center for Special CareNortheast Center for Special Care - The latest news and information about brain injury, spinal cord injury, respiratory, ventilator care, rehabilitation and health care<br /> <br /> Visit us on the web www.northeastcenter.com<br /> <br />Double amputee offers an example of true courage MISSISSIPPI- July 2, 2008 Walter Otis could simply sit back and feel sorry for himself. On Feb. 6, he was struck by a car while on the shoulder of U.S. 49 near Collins. In an instant, his life changed. The Jones County Junior College freshman had both legs amputated above the knee. That's enough to make anyone decide that life just isn't fair.http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/OPINION01/807020301 Federal Judge rejects request for injunction against Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, editorial says- July 2, 2008 U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Ricardo Urbina on Monday rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against a Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, CongressDaily reports.http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39670 A personal call to a prosthetic invention CALIFORNIA- July 2, 2008 When Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter from South Africa, competes Wednesday in Milan in his latest bid to attain a qualifying time for the Summer Olympics, one determined man in this seaside village will have a special interest in the outcome. Van Phillips, 54, an amputee who can be seen running on the headlands here, 150 miles north of San Francisco, invented and wears the Cheetah foot, which has garnered worldwide attention and controversy as the prosthetic design used by...http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/02/sports/02cheetah.php Lead: Not just an inner city problem NEW YORK- July 2, 2008 The house seemed perfect. Between its ivy-coated brick facade, the claw-foot bathtub and the delicate banisters, it was a dream purchase for Julie Simmons and John Burkard. A blood test revealed that their daughter Fiona had dangerously high levels of lead in her body, putting her at risk for neurological damage. Simmons was shocked.http://www.mpnnow.com/towns/canandaigua/x2010600364/Lead-Not-just-an-inner-city-problem After being paralyzed as senior, Blake Hunt's last 10 months have been hell NEW YORK- July 2, 2008 Blake Hunt is confused. He is alone. And he feels strangely out of place. But uncertainty is nothing new for Hunt. For 10 months, all he has known for sure is this: he is paralyzed from the waist down and now lives in a nursing home.http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high_school/2008/06/30/2008-06-30_after_being_paralyzed_... Brain tumors on the rise, but more treatments available- July 2, 2008 Originally from Turin, Italy, Germano is a professor of neurosurgery and the director of Mount Sinai brain tumor program. "A brain tumor is a mass of cells that grows and multiplies uncontrollably," explains Germano. There are two kinds of brain tumors: primary, which originate in the brain and stay there, and metastatic, which originate elsewhere and spread to the brain. "Both of these tumors have the destiny to take over the brain if not treated," Germano says.http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2008/07/02/2008-07-02_brain_tumors_on_the_rise... Promising Finding In Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome- July 2, 2008 Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a novel function for an enzyme that plays a role in the tissue injury in acute respiratory distress syndrome, also known as ARDS.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113381.php Improvements in cystic fibrosis treatment 'frightfully slow' IRELAND- July 2, 2008 PROGRESS being made to improve treatment facilities for about 1,200 people in Ireland with cystic fibrosis (CF) was described as "frightfully slow" by a leading campaign group.http://www.examiner.ie/story/ireland/gbgbmhojql/rss2/ Central Valley clinics in fire zones filling up with respiratory cases CALIFORNIA- July 2, 2008 California's raging wildfires have created a smoky haze so stifling some doctors in the state's mountain-ringed farm country said their waiting rooms have been crowded with patients struggling to breathe.http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080702/news_1n2wildfires.html Teen girl nearly drowns while helping to save boy RHODE ISLAND- July 2, 2008 Tiffany Martinez turned 14 on Sunday. The day would end with her in the intensive-care unit of Hasbro Childrens Hospital, unconscious, her brain apparently badly damaged, a respirator supporting her after nearly drowning in the unforgiving waters off Warwicks Conimicut Point. She remained in that condition last night.http://www.projo.com/news/content/Tiffany_07-01-08_1AANADM_v17.41230de.html |