Working Mothers Network helps career women balance family and work
Victoria Wilson leads a 40,000 member Philadelphia based group formed from a 1983 idea. The Working Mothers Network offers referral services for housekeepers and childcare workers, a discount buying program, and a quarterly magazine to assist mothers balancing careers and home life.
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Philadelphia
Victoria Wilson
Ms. Wilson
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of Business
Working Mothers Network
Working Mothers Exchange
Leech Help Saves Woman's Severed Finger
Kim Kramp survived a severe finger injury after leeches were used to aid reattachment at University of Wisconsin Hospital. Seventeen leeches were applied to promote vein healing, and though a vein later failed, initial use aided the finger's potential survival.
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University of Wisconsin Hospital
Madison, Wis
George
Junior
Igor
Kim Kramp
Ms. Kramp
Hirudia i
Esagi Sarap
Leeches as Cure for Tissue Reattachment Risks
Doctors increasingly use medicinal leeches to aid circulation after finger or toe reattachments and muscle transplants. A leech is applied every four to six hours for five to seven days to restore blood flow, then falls away. Leech use is costly and carefully managed due to bloodborne risk concerns.
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Venkat Rao
Rao
Tabatha Foster Recovers After Major Transplant Operation
Three year old Tabatha Foster sat up in bed and played with green clay a month after receiving five new organs in a transplant operation at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Doctors remain concerned about her new liver not functioning normally a week after surgery.
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Pittsburgh
Tabatha Foster
Lynn McMahon
Children’s Hospital of
Tabatha
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