Doris Wilson, a well-known nursing professor at the University of Alberta, has called for a public inquiry into the circumstances of Baby Isaiah’s birth. It’s unclear why a C-section was not performed over the course of the 40-hour labor or why the mother was not airlifted to another hospital. Evidently an investigation of the hospital has already occurred, but the details are confidential and are not being released to the public at this time.
After chlamydia, gonorrhea – also known as the “clap” — is the second most common bacterial STD (sexually transmitted disease). It’s easily transmitted. Women have a 60-80 % chance of becoming infected after a single sexual encounter with an infected male partner. Left untreated, the disease not only causes unpleasant symptoms – painful urination, urethral…
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Source: The Washington Post Ted Kennedy’s youngest son, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, visited his father’s grave on the day after health care reform was passed. He left a hand-written note, written on one of his congressional note cards: “Dad, the ‘unfinished business’ is done.” Senator Kennedy, in a letter delivered to President Obama by Vicki…
Source: The Economist Attorneys general from 14 states (so far) are filing lawsuits to challenge the constitutionality of health care reform. Some have the support of their Republican governors. Others have incensed their Democratic governors. Orin Kerr, on the conservative/libertarian law professors’ blog The Volokh Conspiracy, gives the odds of repealing the individual mandate as…
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has issued a statement challenging global leaders to develop 10 new antimicrobial drugs by 2020. The time has come for a global commitment to develop new antibacterial drugs. Current data document the impending disaster due to the confluence of decreasing investment in antibacterial drug research and development concomitant…
Source: The Truth or the Fight The media love to play the upcoming health care vote as a sporting event, with daily play-by-play analyses of whether Nancy Pelosi will get the 216 votes she needs to pass the reform legislation. Speculations on the vote count are meaningless, however, until the very last minute. Those members…
Source: Grief Haven In a recent article in The New England Journal of Medicine entitled “Is It Always Wrong to Perform Futile CPR?”, a doctor describes the case of a baby boy who had been born with a large encephalocele on his forehead – a neural tube defect that allows the brain and its surrounding…
Source: The Vancouver Sun Baby Isaiah May was allowed to die today, in the arms of his parents. The child was surrounded by 10 family members, including a grandmother who had traveled from Washington State. Today was the date set for the next court appearance in the May’s attempt to keep their child alive. In…
