Ivanhoe Insider
Newsletter
6/2/08
Great Expectations
What follows is a list of this week's stories, full of innovative breakthroughs you won't want to miss as we wind down our spring activities and prepare for the summer.
Just click on the links to learn more:
A new approach called "rotationplasty" being used to treat bone cancer in kids which is saving legs and giving children a chance to run and play
For anyone with eyes damaged by the sun, a 10-minute surgery to remove eye growths that is more comfortable and quicker than the traditional approach
New, implantable contact lenses as an alternative to LASIK surgery which help restore 20/20 vision
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) as an experimental treatment for autism which is bringing hope to families with autistic children, as well as helping other patients with a wide range of conditions
What women need to know about stroke that could help save their lives - the symptoms and risk factors - like birth control pill, hormone replacement therapy, and high triglycerides in post-menopausal women, to name just a few
In
case you missed them, you may want to check our past reports, 
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Studies show up to 20 percent of a child's IQ is influenced by prenatal and postnatal experience. Learn what you and your baby need before and after birth with these 15 compelling news reports produced by the leading medical news reporting team in the country. Click here to order the DVD, "Your Baby: What Every Pregnant Women Should Know."
Finally, if you're concerned about our healthcare system and where it's headed, then make sure you leave time to read our book review by Alice MacMahon about Deyo and Patrick's book, The Obsession With Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises. Though the authors don't claim to have an answer on how to fix the many factors contributing to our healthcare crisis, they give some insightful suggestions and recommend that all of us will have to agree to make some major and likely uncomfortable, changes in both our methods and expectations about health care in the United States.
And there's more where that came from...
Marjorie
Bekaert Thomas
President, Ivanhoe Broadcast News