Michigan hospitals are attempting to reduce the number of unnecessary C-section deliveries, a reduction associated with healthier babies and a lower risk of birth injuries. The project is the work of the Michigan Health and Hospital Association Keystone obstetrics department. Implementing changes in Michigan hospital birthing procedures, it discourages elective or C-section births unless it is for medically necessary reasons. These include situations such as chronic disease, a mother carrying multiple babies or if the baby is small and developing slowly. With about 65 hospitals participating, almost every birthing center in the state is on board. The main emphasis of the project is education. It attempts to show women the advantages of waiting for natural birth, and eliminates many C-section births with the use of labor-inducing drugs after the 39th week as well as pain-relieving drugs and counseling during labor. From March 2010 to March 2011, elective C-sections before the…
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Michigan Program Lowers C-Sections Significantly
January 2, 2012Comedian Josh Blue Helps Raise Cerebral Palsy Awareness
December 28, 2011Comedian Josh Blue has recorded a public service announcement for the American Academy of Neurology Foundation to help support the organization in its fight to cure brain disease. The video is hoped to raise awareness about cerebral palsy and the need for research. Blue is known best for being the season four winner of NBC’s television show Last Comic Standing. He has demonstrated amazing improvisational skills in his stand-up routines, and does much to break down stereotypes of people with disabilities. “Having cerebral palsy, I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do, but my friends always told me I was really funny and I discovered stand-up comedy,” Blue says. “So having a physical disability, I realized at a pretty young age that if there was anything I didn’t accomplish in my life, it wasn’t because I had cerebral palsy; it was because I was just being lazy.” At…
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Florida Has Yet To Pay Brain Injury Victim
December 26, 2011Suffering a traumatic brain injury at birth through medical negligence often leads to a life of challenges. Not getting paid the $30.8 million awarded to you by a jury for your injury makes a challenging life even harder. This is just what has happened to a 14-year-old teenager thanks to the reticence of Florida legislatures, according to the teen’s attorneys. Aaron Edwards was born at the Lee Memorial Health System in Florida in 1997. A jury determined in 2007 that Lee Memorial was negligent and failed to follow standard hospital rules and regulations, awarding the young victim $30.8 million. Four years later, the family has been unable to collect the money. The medical institution, a governmental entity, must have its claims reviewed by the Florida legislature before payments are made. “It has become common practice with this Florida legislature to just sit on these claims bills so that they are…
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