Crippled girl in Boston surgery hopes to walk again
Maria Andy, a seven year old Ecuadoran girl saved from a jungle bonfire, underwent knee amputation and will receive artificial limbs at Children's Hospital Boston. Por Cristo funded her travel and therapy as doctors aim to restore walking and the chance to wear red shoes and dance.
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Ecuador
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Rosa Mino
Chris D’entremont
Ms. D’entremont
Braintree Hospital
Braintree Rehabilitation Center
Extroverted Ecuadorian girl linked to orphanage fire
Dr. Martin Dunn of Por Cristo describes Maria as a lively first grader with a radiant smile and high intelligence. Orphanage officials say her parents in Quito abandoned her, later locating them but they refuse involvement. Por Cristo, a North American medical outreach group, notes 109 volunteers have treated over 25,000 patients in South America and performed 183 operations.
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Por Cristo
Maria
Ecuador
South America
Malaria vaccines show partial protection in first human trials
New York AP reports experimental malaria vaccines briefly prevented illness in some volunteers exposed to infected mosquitoes. In western Kenya, 60 of 83 participants were infected during peak season despite natural immunity. Researchers caution protection may not scale to areas with intense exposure. The work aims to refine immune targets, with hopes for better vaccines using genetic engineering.
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Kenya
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Naval Medical Research Institute
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Nature Magazine
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University of Stockholm
Sweden
Perlmann
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Washington
Lancet
David Clyde
University of Maryland
Health service keeps prescribing Depo-Provera to Indians
The Indian Health Service continued to prescribe Depo-Provera as contraception to Indian women despite FDA rejection in 1978. About 35 women currently use it, with four to six developmentally disabled. doctors in four areas administers it.
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Upjohn Co
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American College of Obstetricians
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Navajo Tribe
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Ariz
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Ore
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Health and Human Services Department
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BirthPlace Open House Marks Frederick Memorial Hospital Anniversary
Frederick Memorial Hospital BirthPlace unit celebrates its one year with an open house on Monday, August 17. The public may tour the BirthPlace Plus room and birthing room, meet staff, and discuss options for expectant families while light refreshments are served.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Chernobyl shows humans can survive large radiation doses
A JAMA report notes Chernobyl survivors received higher radiation than feared yet mostly recovered due to new medical treatments. It warns that adequate medical response to nuclear war remains impossible and cites 600 plus rads survived by some patients.
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Soviet Union
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American Medical Association
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U.S
South Pacific
Robert Gale
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