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Multibillion-dollar Losses at JPMorgan Linked to Key Executive’s Struggle with Lyme Disease
May 31, 2012
When we read "JPMorgan's $6 Billion Case of Lyme Disease" in Forbes we thought maybe it was an Onion headline. But, sure enough, bank insiders and Wall Street traders have placed part of the blame for the massive blunder on the health problems of one top executive. Ina Drew, pictured right, started missing work after she contracted Lyme disease in 2010. Apparently she played a key role in
First Look: Hennepin County Medical Center Replacement Hyperbaric Facility Set to Open in June
May 30, 2012
The local media is buzzing about the new hyperbaric oxygen treatment center set to open in June at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The TV spot below features a patient story that adds the human element to HCMC's long struggle to build this impressive new facility, designed and constructed by Fink Engineering. We also enjoyed last week's story in the StarTribune.
First Look: Hennepin County Medical Center Replacement Hyperbaric Facility Set to Open in June
May 30, 2012
The local media is buzzing about the new hyperbaric oxygen treatment center set to open in June at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The TV spot below features a patient story that adds the human element to HCMC's long struggle to build this impressive new facility, designed and constructed by Fink Engineering. We also enjoyed last week's story in the StarTribune.
Memorial Day Reflections on Traumatic Brain Injury and the March 11 Massacre in Panjwei, Afghanistan
May 29, 2012
This long weekend we, like all Americans, remembered our fallen war dead. But we could not help also thinking about the atrocity of March, when Army staff sergeant Robert Bales murdered 17 Afghan civilians in their homes in the middle of the night. Speculations of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) hit the press even before Bales was identified as the alleged
Necrotizing Infections: National Story Generates Some Local Interest in Omaha
May 22, 2012
Widespread coverage of the Georgia woman battling a necrotizing infection in an Augusta hospital has led health journalists across the country in search of the local angle. Of most interest: Doctors report an unusually high number of cases recently at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Hyperbaric medical director Dr Jeff Cooper said his center has treated six patients with necrotizing fasciitis,
A Podiatrist Speaks Against Podiatrists Supervising Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
May 21, 2012
A leading podiatric physician and regular Podiatry Today blogger last week spoke up against Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPMs) monitoring patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Citing state law in his home Indiana and discussions with his Healogics wound center colleagues, DeHeer concludes: Despite being a proud member of the podiatric profession, I feel that until we have a
A Podiatrist Speaks Against Podiatrists Supervising Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
May 21, 2012
A leading podiatric physician and regular Podiatry Today blogger last week spoke up against Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPMs) monitoring patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Citing state law in his home Indiana and discussions with his Healogics wound center colleagues, DeHeer concludes: Despite being a proud member of the podiatric profession, I feel that until we have a
Hyperbaric Oxygen for Necrotizing Fasciitis: Georgia Woman Loses Limbs and Fights for Life
May 20, 2012
Our thoughts today with Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old University of West Georgia graduate student who is fighting a very public battle against necrotizing fasciitis at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. Copeland suffered a deep gash to her leg in a zip-lining accident on May 1. By May 4 the wound had become infected with the rare flesh-eating bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila. She was rushed to the
Headstrong: Postshow Brain Injury Discussion (Part 2)
May 19, 2012
At long last we bring you Part 2 of Ivan Oransky's postshow discussion May 2 with neuropsychologist Dr Jill Brooks and ESPN senior writer Peter Keating. The stage play Headstrong runs through May 27 at the Ensemble Studio Theater in New York City. Part 2 (29:03) Hat tip: Rich Kelley (@rpmkel)
Hyperbaric Oxygen and Type 1 Diabetes: New Animal Study Suggests Preventive Effect
May 17, 2012
When HyperbaricLink talks diabetes we're usually talking diabetic ulcers. But we note with great interest a promising new paper published online last week in the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes, in which scientists at the University of Miami say they used hyperbaric oxygen to prevent or slow the progression of Type 1 diabetes in mice. Our first question is, How does hyperbaric
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