{"title":"Alabama Regional Medical Program.","authors":"S P Strickland","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The story that follows attempts to chronicle the history of one state's involvement with the Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke Amendments of 1965, subsequently known as Regional Medical Programs. It is a history of an enterprise fraught with problems, but energized by the will, skill and imagination of scores of public officials and citizens who, over the decade of the program's formal existence, bent every effort to insure the realization of its fundamental purpose: putting the best, most advanced medical knowledge within the reach of the greatest number of citizens. The following is a chronicle of the Alabama Regional Medical Program.</p>","PeriodicalId":76987,"journal":{"name":"Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama","volume":"65 5-7","pages":"41-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19586898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapeutic uses of botulinum toxin (Botox).","authors":"L W Epperson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76987,"journal":{"name":"Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama","volume":"65 5-7","pages":"49-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19586901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What is the use of the history of medicine?","authors":"R Price","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76987,"journal":{"name":"Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama","volume":"65 5-7","pages":"5-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19586903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Alabama Eye Bank: 25 years of giving sight.","authors":"D V Williams","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Modern Eye Banking had its start in the mid-1940's. However, it was not until the 1960's that eye banking grew to become a movement or even a necessary part of the health care delivery system in the state of Alabama. The Alabama Eye Bank has grown rapidly to become one of the largest corneal processing networks in the United States. Corneal transplant surgery remains highly successful in restoring sight. The contraindications for donor tissue should be clarified to all physicians and other health care professionals. The public should be make aware of the vision care available to them in the state of Alabama. The general public should be aware of how to become a pre-pledged eye donor, of research, teaching and transplantable tissue and also how they can be assured that their wishes are carried out at the time of their demise. Even with scheduled transplant surgery for all Alabamians, the need for the general public and medical professionals to be oriented and educated towards multi-organ and tissue donations is important.</p>","PeriodicalId":76987,"journal":{"name":"Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama","volume":"65 5-7","pages":"14-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19586393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A history of attitudes toward opiate addiction.","authors":"W H Tucker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76987,"journal":{"name":"Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama","volume":"65 5-7","pages":"18-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19586394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Legislating medical ethics.","authors":"E S Campbell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76987,"journal":{"name":"Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama","volume":"65 5-7","pages":"12-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19586392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An unusual presentation of post-traumatic pseudocyst of the spleen: case report.","authors":"D R Smith","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Splenic pseudocysts are rare complications of abdominal trauma. Through rare, these lesions have been well-documented in the literature. According to current classification schemes, approximately 30% of all splenic cysts or pseudocysts result from direct abdominal trauma. The case report herein is an example of a splenic pseudocyst with an atypical presentation. The patient was evaluated and treated for progressive hypertension initially. Inability to control hypertension, and the appearance of symptoms suggesting intra-abdominal pathology prompted radiographic evaluation and surgical consultation. Prompt resolution of the hypertension followed operative resection of the splenic pseudocyst.</p>","PeriodicalId":76987,"journal":{"name":"Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama","volume":"65 5-7","pages":"26-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19586895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Privacy and computerized medical records.","authors":"R C Williams","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are strong incentives to computerize medical records in the present health care environment, yet medical information is frequently personal and is protected by privacy law and by centuries of a tradition of confidentiality. It is not possible to eliminate all risk of inappropriate disclosure and use of medical information, either in a paper or an electronic system. Computerization of records increases the potential for abuse, but with appropriate attention to security measures, medical data can be made reasonably secure while preserving accessibility for those who truly need the information. Both for technical and legal reasons, paper records are still necessary in 1995, to back up electronic medical databases.</p>","PeriodicalId":76987,"journal":{"name":"Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama","volume":"65 5-7","pages":"29-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19586896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sports medicine and science camp.","authors":"R A Feinstein, K Owen, D Guralnick","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76987,"journal":{"name":"Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama","volume":"65 5-7","pages":"38-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19586897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drug use and crime in Mobile, Alabama, 1991-1992.","authors":"G D Johnson, D Abbott, B H Eichold, C J Hoff","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76987,"journal":{"name":"Alabama medicine : journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama","volume":"65 1","pages":"10-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18491951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}