Raynes Lawn Hehmeyer, a national practice representing families with babies who have suffered spinal cord injury, brachial plexus injury, Erb’s palsy, and Klumpke’s palsy The brachial plexus is a crucial bundle of nerves that exits from the lower cervical and upper thoracic portions of the spinal cord and controls function in the shoulder, arm, and hand. […]
Recently, three infants died and five others became ill from an infection at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. Reportedly, all of the babies were premature; and all of the babies suffered infection from the same organism: the pseudomonas bacterium. Premature babies usually are admitted to a NICU. […]
Robotic surgery is not approved to treat cancer, and may actually worsen outcomes, yet physicians continue to use it, according to a recent article in the New York Times. The Food and Drug Administration issued warnings about the robotic procedures, noting that there is no evidence of safety or effectiveness for cancer treatment, and some […]
Plastic surgery is increasingly popular as people search for ways to increase their aesthetics together with the need for reconstructive procedures following injuries and illnesses. According to an annual report from the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery National Databank, plastic surgery procedures increased by 54% year-over-year in 2021 vs. 2020, largely due to practices reopening following the […]