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Janet Jobe Named Director Of Jordan Thomas Foundation

The Jordan Thomas Foundation announced that the new position of director will be held by Janet Kelley Jobe beginning July 1.

Ms. Jobe brings an extensive background of successful fundraising for non-profits to the foundation. She will be responsible for administrative management, public relations, marketing, and fund development for the foundation.

In addition to active involvement in community activities, Janet serves on numerous boards including the Moccasin Bend Girl Scouts Council and the Association of Fundraising Professionals, recently as past-president, as well as past member of YMCA Camp Ocoee Board.

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Amputated Methodist patient awarded $10 million

A Harris County jury has ruled in favor of a Houston man in a medical malpractice case, awarding him $10 million in damages stemming from a lawsuit against Methodist Hospital and the doctors who treated him there.

John German developed gangrene that required the amputation of his left leg above the knee, all the toes on his right foot and all of his fingers in the aftermath of heart surgery in 2002 .

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89 new laws passed by the (Georgia) General Assembly during the last session go into effect today.

HB 509

To amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to change provisions relating to the regulation of physicians, acupuncture, physician's assistants, cancer and glaucoma treatment, respiratory care, clinical perfusionists, and orthotics and prosthetics practice; to provide for comprehensive revision to the regulation of such professions; to provide for definitions; to establish the Georgia Composite Medical Board to regulate physicians, acupuncturists, physician assistants, cancer and glaucoma treatment, respiratory care practice, clinical perfusionists, orthotics and prosthetics, and cosmetic laser services; to provide for the process of selection and removal to and from the board; to provide for the powers and duties of the board; to provide for the requirement of an oath of office for board members; to provide for the election of officers of the board; to provide for allowances for the board members; to provide for a chairperson of the board; to provide for powers and duties of the chairperson; to provide for peer review of certain medical professionals; to require individuals regulated under Chapter 34 of said title to notify the board upon the conviction of a felony; to provide for the suspension and reinstatement under certain circumstances of a license, permit, or certificate granted under Chapter 34; to provide for the renewal of a license, permit, or certificate granted under Chapter 34; to provide for a short title; to provide that a license is required to practice medicine; to provide for certain standards, conditions, and requirements to practice medicine; to provide for the delegation of certain duties from physicians to nurses or physician assistants; to provide penalties for practicing medicine without a license; to provide for the delegation of tasks involving polysomnography; to require a license to practice acupuncture; to provide certain standards, conditions, and requirements to practice acupuncture; to provide for a penalty for practicing acupuncture without a license; to require a license to act as a physician assistant; to provide certain standards, conditions, and requirements prior to licensure as a physician assistant; to provide for certain responsibilities for physician assistants; to provide for the review of physician assistants; to require certification to practice respiratory care; to provide certain standards, conditions, and requirements prior to certification as a respiratory therapist; to provide a penalty for practicing respiratory care without certification; to require a license to act as a clinical perfusionist; to provide for a temporary license to act as a clinical perfusionist; to provide for certain standards, conditions, and requirements prior to licensure as a clinical perfusionist; to provide a penalty for acting as a clinical perfusionist without a license; to require a license to practice orthotics and prosthetics; to provide for certain standards, conditions, and requirements prior to licensure to practice orthotics and prosthetics; to provide for a penalty for practicing orthotics and prosthetics without a license; to revise laws relating to cosmetic laser services; to amend various other titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated for purposes of conformity; to provide that a physician assistant can make a pronouncement of death under certain circumstances for purposes of vital records; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingency and effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes....

Think. About. It.

We'll still have to wait a few years to mind-meld with our Camrys, but researchers at Toyota have unveiled an advanced brain sensing system that controls the movement of a wheelchair by reading a user's thoughts alone. By processing patterns in brain waves, the system can propel a wheelchair forward, as well as make turns, with virtually no discernable delay between thought and movement.

Developed by researchers at BSI-Toyota Collaboration Center, the brain machine interface technology can return a response from a thought stimulus in just 125 milliseconds, whole seconds faster than existing technology, in effect creating real-time responsiveness. Five electroencephalography sensors stationed above the regions of the brain that deal with motor movement interpret patterns in the signals generated by the user. Further, the software interpreting the signals adapts to a particular user's patterns of thinking, achieving 95% accuracy after just one week of three-hour training sessions.

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The John Robinson Story

Even though he stands just 3-foot-9, was born without hands and has short legs with no knees, all of his life John Robinson strived to be thought of as just another fellow. He built a life, with a regular-guy family and a regular-guy job, never wanting to think of himself as exceptional or for others to think of him that way.

"Get Off Your Knees: The John Robinson Story," an hourlong documentary that Swinton produced, directed, edited and helped shoot. It premieres at 8 tonight on WMHT-TV Ch. 17, with an encore at 7 p.m. Sunday. The program also will be offered to stations nationwide through American Public Television, and a DVD version is available. A book with a similar title, "Get Off Your Knees: A Story of Faith, Courage, and Determination," co-written by Robinson and golf writer Dave Allen, has been published by Syracuse University Press.

Mount McKinley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The group of wounded warriors calling themselves Operation Denali that set out to climb Mount McKinley reached their goal Tuesday.

But not everyone made it. Two climbers turned back after concerns about altitude sickness. The other four, however, reached the summit.

Matt Nyman, a leg amputee who fought in Iraq, and John Kuniholm, an arm amputee who also served in Iraq, are expected to be OK.

The team leader says the group reached camp at 14,000 feet, but shortly after that the altitude started to get to some of the team members.

"It was a very frustrating thing I know personally for both John and Matt and also to the team," said team leader Marc Hoffmeister. "But the impact in altitude is something few of us can predict and their performance was exemplary and all of us are very proud of what they achieved during the climb."

Nyman reached 17,200 feet while Kuniholm reached 16,200 feet.

The group is still on schedule and plans to return to Talkeetna on June 21.

Orthobiologics

Just how big is the potential market for your products?

The latest industry data estimates the size of the worldwide orthopedics market at $25 billion as of 2007. Strong growth in the industry is expected to continue, driven by aging baby boomers, the desire for active lifestyles well into retirement, and growth in the incidence of diseases that contribute to orthopedic tissue injuries and impair the ability of the body to heal injuries.

The specific area in which we focus — orthobiologics, which is the development and commercialization of biologically active, regenerative therapies — is leading the transition in orthopedics from passive, mechanical implants to biological solutions designed to enhance the regenerative potential of orthopedic tissues.

As you suggest, it is a growing therapeutic approach in orthopedics. In fact, orthobiologics, in particular bone grafting-related products, is one of the fastest-growing segments within the orthopedics market. According to recent market research reports, the global orthobiologics market was estimated to be $4.2 billion in 2007. With a growth rate of 17 percent, it is projected to almost double by 2012. Given that we are positioned to be one of the leaders of this therapeutic revolution, we are excited about our future growth opportunities.

I tell them I am really Iron Man

Cpl. McCart is one of a relatively small number in the U.S. to receive the i-LIMB Hand, a next-generation prosthesis. More than 600 have been distributed around the world, about two-thirds of those in the U.S., with many of them going to patients at military hospitals or the VA, said Karl Lindborg, the head of clinical advocacy for Touch Bionics in the U.S.

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Seward Inspires

The crowd roared as the top men’s runners finished Grandma’s Marathon, but one of the loudest cheers was for a straggler from the earlier Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon.

Anne Marie Seward of Maple Grove, Minn., finished in 3 hours, 26 minutes, 18 seconds, nothing extraordinary, except for the fact that she has only one leg.

Seward fractured her skull and crushed her left foot in a car accident in 1980 that sent her to the hospital for 77 days. Doctors tried to save her foot but had to amputate her leg just below the knee. She runs with a prosthesis.

“The heat just got to me, but I just wanted to finish, so that was great,” said Seward, a 56-year-old mother of three. “The crowd and the people I met along the way helped me get through it.”

Prosthetics have come a long way, meaning Seward can point to poor weather or inadequate training when she has a bad time, rather than blame discomfort or pain with her prosthesis. Still, she said her orthopedic surgeon said she has to exert 40 to 60 percent more energy than the average runner to achieve the same result.

“When I first started running after my accident, it literally felt like I was wearing a peg leg, but it is so much better now,” Seward said. “There are so many more amputees running and doing triathlons, and that’s great.”

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That Old Drummer

Published June 22, 2009 06:44 am - Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen said anyone who attends the band's concert in Scranton on Sunday is bound to have a "jolly good time." But he has more to offer.

Allen and his wife, Lauren Monroe, are the founders of the Raven Drum Foundation, an organization that seeks to heal individuals through drumming.

"I'm kind of the inspiration for the foundation itself," he said. "... I'm coming from a place of experience."

Allen was involved in a serious car accident on Dec. 31, 1984, outside his hometown, Sheffield, England. In the accident, he lost his left arm, but he returned to drumming after his recovery.