Nettie Raenetta was sent home to die after contracting pneumonia Her desperate mother Rachael Garner then gave her cannabis oil Within days she said Nettie's colour came back, 'it was like she just woke up' Ms Garner has no doubt 'Nettie would be dead today' without the drug By Steve Hopkins Published: 05:15 EST, 30 July 2014 | Updated: 09:18 EST, 30 July 2014 10,188 shares 79 View comments The mother of a toddler who was sent home from hospital to die claims her daughter is now making a miraculous recovery thanks to cannabis. Rachael Garner, 33, was told by doctors that her daughter Nettie Raenetta - who suffers with cerebral palsy and epilepsy - had just a few days to live after she fell ill with pneumonia. But in a desperate act to save her daughter's life, Ms Garner fed her cannabis oil after reading articles and medical journals which described it as a cure. Rachael Garner with her 19-month-old daughter Nettie Raenetta who she says made a miraculous recovery after she gave her a medical cannabis treatment after doctors sent her home to die View post: Cannabis saved Nettie Raenetta's life after being told she had just days … Continue reading →

Morristown, NJ (PRWEB) July 30, 2014 Stroke Treatment Atlantic NeuroSurgical Specialists continues to be a leader in the war against stroke. In 2012, ANS became the first group of doctors in the country trained on the Trevo Pro Retriever following approval by the FDA. This product is part of a new category of devices known as stent-trievers. Unlike prior devices, these stent-trievers allow ANS physicians to immediately restore blood flow to the patients brain by opening up the blockage instantaneously while it is removed from the artery. In fact, ANS was one of only a few sites to be chosen for the initial FDA trial for this technology. "The practice remains the largest private neurosurgical practice in New Jersey treating stroke, with a success rate greater than the national average," states ANS director of marketing Tom Wood. ANS was the initial group to treat stroke at the first comprehensive stroke center in New Jersey, and has since expanded to 3 additional comprehensive centers. The endovascular team is engaged in clinical trials for new stroke technologies and therapies, giving patients access to the next generation of stroke management. Spine All of ANSs neurosurgeons are board-certified and most notably, 5 of ANSs … Continue reading →

CT scan showing damage in the brain of a stroke victim. image credit: rsucardiff.org.uk Hospitals in Surrey, Abbotsford and New Westminster that are Fraser Health's designated centres to treat stroke victims have so far failed to provide optimum care for them and redirect too many of those patients to Vancouver instead. That's one of the findings of a health ministry-ordered review of the health authority released earlier this month. Many ischemic strokes can be effectively treated with clot-busting thrombolytic drugs, but time is of the essence patients need to get to to stroke specialists within three to four hours for the treatment to be useful. Too often, the review report said, those patients are diverted to Vancouver General Hospital instead of designated Fraser hospitals, adding extra delay when they should be treated in the region as quickly as possible. The report said Royal Columbian Hospital has the expertise to treat those stroke victims but "capacity issues in the RCH emergency department make this site reluctant to accept more patient volume." Surrey Memorial Hospital's ER and neurology departments haven't embraced the use of thrombolytic drugs for stroke cases, it said, and Abbotsford Regional has made "some efforts" to meet its role … Continue reading →