MedBr First to Know 8/17/2015

Letter from Ivanhoe's President

What a Difference a Second Can Make

     A good friend’s son died unexpectedly recently along with his dog and three of the ten horses he was transporting. It is a reminder of how often we need to tell our loved ones what they mean to us because life can change in an instant. To read more about Cissie’s son click here and if you feel especially compassionate, donate…we all have.

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•      Stereotactic body radiation treats tumors and protects healthy tissue at the same time. It has been used in patients with lung, brain and spinal cord tumors and now Dr Joseph Herman, MD, MSc, Radiation Oncologist at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, is studying it in pancreatic patients.
•      Dr Joseph Lamelas, MD, Chief of Cardiothorasic Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami is using a minimally invasive procedure known as the “ring and sling” to treat atrial fibrillation.
•      Dr James Crowe, MD, Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, is using a computer program called “Rosetta” to create an antibody to kill HIV.

     The CDC says 12.6% more people are using syringes to inject prescription painkillers leading to the concern that we will see many moreHepatitis C cases in the future. Helen Dahlhauser, a certified addiction professional agrees.

     PCOS is a condition that wrecks havoc on a woman’s menstrual cycle and chances of infertility. Mary Jane Lewitt, PhD, CNM, FACNM is an expert in obstetrics and women’s health who treats it.

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     Washington University in St Louis has a new approach to help parents with children who have asthma. Dr Jane Garbutt, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, is sure it is working. In fact, for kids on medicaid, ER visits were reduced by 40% and hospital stays dropped by 60%. It involves using other parents as coaches.

And there's more where that came from...

Marjorie Bekaert Thomas

President, Ivanhoe Broadcast News

“I heard a Tibetan lama address this same issue in a far different language. “We die not because we are ill but because we are complete … Illness is the occasion of our dying, but not the cause.””
-- Rachel Naomi Remen