What's wrong with Lauren?
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Four-year-old Lauren Taylor successfully underwent a hemispherectomy to stop frequent seizures symptomatic of Sturge-Weber syndrome, a congenital disorder caused by abnormal blood vessels on the brain's surface. She has been developing dramatically since, speaking in sentences and walking on her own.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
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Life in the balance
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Barbara Gerwitz lived through a series of brain operations to normalize her congenital brain defect. A neurosurgeon named Gary Steinberg performed the successful brain operations which allowed Gerwitz to return to normal life.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1992
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Can you trust your doctors?
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Patients who trust their doctors too much may become victims of physician self-referral. They may be sent to facilities in which their doctor has a financial interest. Thus, they must be wary of such unscrupulous practice.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1993
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