A New Moral Treatment

Published June 2, 2013

A New Moral Treatment

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Walter Freeman, a clinical neurologist in Washington, D.C., further popularized the treatment through his own outpatient procedure, which came to be known as the transorbital, or “ice-pick,” lobotomy. Freeman performed the ten-minute operation—in …
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Stroke care expands to rural areas

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Neurologists in Columbus can peer into patients' eyes, listen to their heartbeats and study brain scans taken at hospitals from Findlay to Portsmouth and then consult with emergency-department doctors there to determine the best treatment. Quick …
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DC Week: Congress Probes Compounders

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WASHINGTON — Congress took a hard look at several health-related issues this week — Medicare, compounding pharmacies, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — before it left Washington for the holiday weekend. Focus on … The novel insomnia drug …
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