Neuroscience
After a Diagnosis, Someone to Help Point the Way
By LESLEY ALDERMAN
The New York Times
Published: September 12, 2009
"Patient advocates can help research treatment options, sort out insurance claims and open doors to specialists."
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From tomorrow's New York Times, an account of a patient with moyamoya disease and the neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of the disease: Out of Nowhere, a Devastating Tangle in the Brain By DENISE GRADY The New York Times Published: March...
Neuroscience
Patient Advocacy
After a Diagnosis, Someone to Help Point the Way
By LESLEY ALDERMAN
The New York Times
Published: September 12, 2009
"Patient advocates can help research treatment options, sort out insurance claims and open doors to specialists."
Read the full article
- Dilemma Of Ever Earlier Diagnosis Of Alzheimer's Disease
Gina Kolata has written a fine piece inThe New York Times: Early Tests for Alzheimer’s Pose Diagnosis Dilemma By GINA KOLATA The New York Times Published: December 17, 2010 "Since there is no treatment, doctors wonder if they should tell people, years...
- Alzheimer's Disease: Rethinking Things?
A very readable piece from Gina Kolata of the New York Times: Doubt on Tactic in Alzheimer’s Battle By GINA KOLATA The New York Times Published: August 18, 2010 "The failure of a promising Alzheimer’s drug highlights the gap between diagnosis and...
- Contemporary Healthcare In U.s.: Assistive Devices
For Speech-Impaired, Insurance Fights Remedy By ASHLEE VANCE The New York Times Published: September 15, 2009 "Despite their usefulness and lower cost, devices like iPhones and netbook PCs that can help the speech-impaired are not covered by Medicare...
- Military Traumatic Brain Injury And Rehabilitation
An interesting feature article in tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: The Sergeant Lost Within By DANIEL BERGNER Published: May 25, 2008 "Roadside bombs have caused hundreds of dire brain injuries to soldiers in Iraq. One of them is Shurvon...
- Dr. Gary Steinberg Of Stanford And Moyamoya Disease
From tomorrow's New York Times, an account of a patient with moyamoya disease and the neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of the disease: Out of Nowhere, a Devastating Tangle in the Brain By DENISE GRADY The New York Times Published: March...