Get Healthy – Neuroscience – September 2009
Get Healthy – Neuroscience – September 2009 – Sept 2009 – Shervin Dashti, MD and Tom Yao, MD from the Norton Neuroscience Institute discuss endovascular procedures (aneurysms, blood clots). Neuroscience is the study of the brain and central nervous system, particularly their physical and biological attributes and their control of movement, behavior and learning. Through the clinical expertise of the Norton Neurosurgical Institute of Kentucky and other affiliated physicians, the Norton Neuroscience Institute provides a full range of state-of-the-art neurological care for patients. Working with the Leatherman Spine Center, the institutes physicians help evaluate and treat spinal-related disorders in adults and children. The institute, through its own physician staff and partnerships with other providers, will treat patients across the entire spectrum of adult and pediatric neurological disorders. This includes patients requiring neurosurgical procedures (such as tumors, stroke, trauma, spine disorders, and birth defects of the brain and spinal cord); those with neurological problems such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimers, Parkinsons disease, neuromuscular, and related disorders; and those with psychiatric problems that can have a neurological origin, such as severe depression and obsessive-compulsive disorders. One in every three people will be affected by one of these disorders in his or her lifetime.
Voters to decide in November if gambling should come to PBC
Filed under: Louisville Drug Treatment Centers
A psychiatrist, who has treated hundreds of people in south Florida with gambling addictions, says he believes slot machines would have a negative impact because he has seen many families destroyed by gambling. If voters approve slot machines, only …
Read more on WPEC
Humana Donates 0000 to Community Medical Centers
Filed under: Louisville Drug Treatment Centers
Community Regional Medical Center implemented the Community Connections program in September 2009 to address the complex psychosocial issues of patients, which included homelessness, substance abuse, mental illness, and the lack of access to a primary …
Read more on FierceHealthPayer