‘I’m getting a little bit of me back every day’ | St. Louis woman’s remarkable recovery after suffering brain injury
Two years ago, Lauren Taylor was kicked in the head by a horse and almost died. Now, she s making a remarkable recovery Author: Rene Knott (KSDK) Updated: 10:31 AM CDT May 12, 2021
ST. LOUIS Lauren Taylor suffered a devastating brain injury on May 12, 2019. It was life threatening, but she survived and now she is making a remarkable recovery.
Big steps are not always measured by the distance. Lauren takes small steps, but she is getting to where she wants to go.
Mercedes driver waved knife in the air while shouting at teenagers in Bishop s Stortford
Police are investigating the incident
Elizabeth Road in Bishop s Stortford (Image: Google)
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A Mercedes driver reportedly pulled up next to three boys and waved a knife in the air whilst shouting at them in Bishop s Stortford.
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Students have a new, less stressful way to improve their reading â and itâs easier for teachers, too By Susanna Ray
Andres Villegas is a serious, quiet 11-year-old who has loved to read since he was 4 â especially Harry Potter and science fiction. But whenever he was asked to read aloud, his palms would get sweaty and heâd skip or mispronounce words, even ones he knew.
Then his fifth-grade teacher found a new program that lets students practice their verbal reading skills. Soon Andres was reading out loud to a computer that was invisibly evaluating his literacy, instead of having a teacher mark down mistakes on paper, and discovered it was âactually kind of relaxing,â he says. âIn front of the camera, I donât feel that stressed out. I feel like Iâm less distracted, and Iâm reading better â more clearly and not that slow â and I feel much more confident.â�
Similar Long-Term Outcomes With and Without ECMO for Mechanically Ventilated COVID-19 Patients
A nurse checking an ECMO system being used to support a critically ill COVID-19 patient at Banner Health in Phoenix. ECMO can offer both hemodynamic support and oxygenation for COVID patients who otherwise cannot get enough pulmonary support from ventilators, or are in danger of organ failure.
May 4, 2021 – A new study, presented today at the 2021 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 101st annual meeting, found that severely ill COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) did not suffer worse long-term outcomes than other mechanically-ventilated patients. The multidisciplinary team included cardio thoracic surgeons, critical care doctors, medical staff at long-term care facilities, physical therapists and other specialists, and followed patients at five academic centers: University of Colorado; University of Virginia; University of
A new study, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, found that severely ill COVID-19 patients treated with ECMO did not suffer worse long-term outcomes than other mechanically-ventilated patients.