Miracle child wears helmet as skull substitute
A Detroit area two year old born with severe skull and brain defects has survived using a modified hockey helmet to cover the exposed brain. Doctors describe the case as unique with potential future bone or implant repair. The family notes steady progress and normal development for age.
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Detroit
William H. Weintraub
University of Michigan
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Weintraub
Archives of Surgery
More humane births eyed in California study
A new law spurs a committee to seek gentler birth methods beyond standard hospital delivery. The 29 member panel, including one midwife and ten doctors, will review alternatives as San Francisco health officials note 3,500 out of 311,000 births in 1974 occurred outside hospitals.
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Sacramento
Frsday
Insurance firms back Carter's hospital plan
Insurance industry voices cautious support for President Carter's proposed ceiling on hospital cost growth. Connecticut and Maryland show state regulation can curb inflation, while insurers warn against uniform revenue limits and call for broader coverage. UAW backs the measure but argues it should include nursing homes and notes rising premiums.
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Washington
Carter
Insurance Association of Connecticut
Morton D. Miller
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Health Insurance Association of America
Maryland
Connecticut
Miller
House
Massachusetts
Marc Stepp
United Auto Workers
Stepp
UAW
State moves to shrink hospitals under federal plan
Sacramento reports that shifting care from state hospitals to community centers could cut Agnews Norwalk and Fairview census, with 11 000 target and 63 million cost. A bill to require patient consent for sterilization died in Senate committee amid debate on aid to developmentally disabled and mentally ill.
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Sacramento
California
Department of Health
Department
Facili
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Santa Clara County
Atetropolitan State Hospital
Norwalk
Fairview State Hospital
Costa Mesa
Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Nate Holden
Dculver City
Mough
Carol Horowitz
Health Department
Shifti
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Eacle
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Rovecrare
Bomioner
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