Clinton wrote this …
A couple of weeks ago, Matthew McKinney, 14, and a few of his buddies were diving to the bottom of Hope Mills Lake to pick up big rocks.
Little did he or his family know that his swim would lead to a LOD (life or death) surgery at UNC, and the discovery of [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 26, 2009
Lake bacteria leads to rare reaction
June 24, 2009
Ruptured Brain Aneurysm
Stephanie wrote this…
Did you catch the new HawthoRNe episode last night? My childhood crush Malcolm Jamal Warner was rushed into the emergency department. A scan showed he had an aneurysm that doctors feared would burst and kill him. Doctors debated which approach would be best for him; the traditional crainiotomy or a coiling method. “A [...]
June 16, 2009
Resident life
Clinton wrote this …
The feds say that resident physicians — those toiling to learn a specialty, between med school and hanging up their own shingle — can work only 80 hours a week.
So, for 80 hours a week, Dr. Cathleen Sybert dons her scrubs and clogs and cares for patients in [...]
June 11, 2009
Burn doc, nurse update patients and care for ConAgra survivors
Clinton wrote this …
Nurses new to a burn unit know fairly quickly whether or not it’s the kind of environment where they want to work. Many don’t last a year or so. Among those who stay, it’s not uncommon for them to spend a career there. The work is physically demanding, [...]
June 10, 2009
Slim Jim plant burn patients are survivors
Clinton wrote this …
There are no burn victims. There are burn survivors. This, says Dr. Bruce Cairns, director of the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals, is a mantra among those who have, quite literally, been through the fire.
Today we still have seven burn survivors from the Slim Jim, ConAgra [...]
June 10, 2009
Slim Jim factory explosion brings patients to UNC
Clinton wrote this …
An explosion late Tuesday morning at the Slim Jim factory in Garner, N.C., near Raleigh, collapsed the roof and started a fire. At least 20 people were injured and taken to hospitals. Because UNC has the region’s burn center, the most severe, four of them, came our way. Another three were transferred [...]
June 1, 2009
Autism drug citalopram less effective than placebo
Clinton wrote this …
Parents of children with autism often are at wits’ end, searching for ways to help their children and provide some peace for themselves.
Physicians can be empathetic, and, without proof that any medication clearly provides relief, do their best. That often includes prescribing a drug called citalopram to reduce the occurrence of repetitive [...]
