What's wrong with Lauren?

Article Abstract:

Four-year-old Lauren Taylor successfully underwent a hemispherectomy to stop frequent seizures symptomatic of Sturge-Weber syndrome, a congenital disorder caused by abnormal blood vessels on the brain's surface. She has been developing dramatically since, speaking in sentences and walking on her own.

Children, Surgery, Brain, Pediatric surgery, Brain surgery

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Life in the balance

Article Abstract:

Barbara Gerwitz lived through a series of brain operations to normalize her congenital brain defect. A neurosurgeon named Gary Steinberg performed the successful brain operations which allowed Gerwitz to return to normal life.

Care and treatment, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Arteriovenous malformations, Women patients

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Can you trust your doctors?

Article Abstract:

Patients who trust their doctors too much may become victims of physician self-referral. They may be sent to facilities in which their doctor has a financial interest. Thus, they must be wary of such unscrupulous practice.

Analysis, Physicians, Medical referral, Medical malpractice

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