Word: michigan
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...Lester Weiss, a geneticist based in Detroit, spends much of his time these days "visiting" his patients via telephone. He calls not to chat but to analyze the details of their care through telemedicine links between Henry Ford Hospital and clinics across rural Michigan. Weiss runs Ford Hospital's Genetics and Birth Defects Center, a regional research hub. Telemedical technology brings his world-class experience to locales hundreds of miles afield--and to more than one place at once...
Sitting in his office, Weiss scans a computer-enhanced image of a newborn baby lying in intensive care in Saginaw, Michigan, 100 miles north of Detroit. The child was born wrapped inside a rare membrane that causes its skin to peel away in gobs, leaving the baby dangerously exposed to infection. Viewing a high-resolution picture of the youngster sent to the hospital and displayed on a PC, Weiss is able to diagnose the condition, known as lamellar ichthyosis, and suggest a treatment. "It was pretty horrendous," he says of the infant's condition. "But we were able to tell...
When that did not happen immediately, many clinicians gave up on monoclonal antibodies--prematurely, it turns out. "Monoclonal antibodies were always a fantastic idea," says Dr. Mark Kaminski, a University of Michigan oncologist. "But because we didn't see the results we had hoped for, enthusiasm waned. Now it's time to start believing again...
...source of the new hope is the experience of Patricia Haut, a former real estate broker from Auburn, Michigan. Eleven years ago, Haut, then 44, was found to have a slowly progressing but often fatal form of B-cell lymphoma, a disease that afflicts the very white blood cells that make antibodies in the first place. Like most patients, she initially responded to chemotherapy. But after each treatment, the cancer recurred. Then three years ago, as her remissions grew ominously shorter, Haut enrolled in an experimental trial of monoclonal-antibody therapy at Michigan. Over the course of five weeks...
DEBBIE STABENOW Democrat--Michigan 8th In one of the costliest races in the nation, Stabenow received generous support from the afl-cio, which ran television ads slamming G.O.P. incumbent Dick Chrysler...