Tot with no skull does fine in hockey helmet
A Detroit area hospital treated a year old girl born without a skull or brain covering, using modified hockey helmet flaps as an external skull. Doctors say she is normal for age and may eventually receive implanted bone or plastic plates.
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Detroit
William H. Weintraub
University of Michigan
Western Michigan
Mott
Weintraub
Eil
Weinab
Archives of Surgery
More humane births eyed in new California panel
Sacramento officials create a committee to explore humane birth methods beyond standard hospital delivery. The panel, 29 members including one midwife and ten doctors, will seek alternatives by January 1 next year amid debate over Birth practices and exposure to asbestos and vinyl chloride policies.
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Sacramento
John Vasconcelos
D-San Jose
Insurance firms back Carter's hospital plan
Washington AP report notes health insurers give a qualified endorsement to President Carter's plan to cap hospital cost increases. Industry spokesmen cite public regulation and targeted rate reviews as steps toward slowing inflation, with several states already showing notable savings.
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Washington
Carter
Insurance Association of Connecticut
Morrison Beach
Travelers Insurance Companies
Association
Morton D. Miller
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Health Insurance Association of America
Maryland
Connecticut
Miller
House
Massachusetts
State urged to shift developmentally disabled care locally
A Sacramento report says federal steps to fund community care centers for the developmentally disabled could cut state hospital population by about 6 000 by 1981, with 11 000 total target including 8 000 in new facilities and 3 000 for the mentally ill. It warns Agnews Metropolitan and Fairview Hospitals would drop to about 900, 666 and 1 100 respectively, while cost could reach 3 million. A bill to ban sterilization without consent failed in Senate committee. The plan relies on Intermediate Care funding to finance local centers and reduce state hospital admissions.
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Beach
Miller
Carter
Stepp
UAW
Sax
Berean
Sacramento
California
Department Health
Agnews State Hospital
Santa Clara County
Metropolitan State Hospital
Norwalk
Fairview State Hospital
Costa Mesa
Carol Horowitz
Health Department
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Joseph Califano
Mental Health Center
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Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Nate Holden
Dculver City
Vgrand
Eagle
Paris
LAD Industries Inc
IEEEW
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Cherry Ave
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Araber
Pier 1
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