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Renton mother charged in âmedical child abuseâ case against adopted 6-year-old daughter
By Olivia LaVoice and Q13 News Staff
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RENTON, Wash. - Charges have been filed against a Renton mother under investigation for medical child abuse, a case in which prosecutors say is something they haven t seen in recent memory.
The investigation into 31-year-old Sophie Hartman began with a series of doctors who believed her now 6-year-old adopted daughter was being given unnecessary medical treatment at the urging of her mother.
Court documents say the child has had nearly 500 medical appointments since she was around 2 years old and has had what doctors called an unnecessary medical procedure, with a surgically implanted feeding tube, as well as a cecostomy tube, to help flush the intestines. The child also had leg braces and a wheelchair despite doctors telling her mother that they were unnecessary, according to court documents.
Baby Aspirin As Effective As High-Dose for Heart By Sue Hughes, Tricia Ward
May 25, 2021 A new study found no difference in the rate of heart attack, stroke, or death between low- or high- dose aspirin in people with heart disease.
There was also no difference in the rate of serious bleeding events that required a blood transfusion.
This study involved more than 15,000 people who had heart disease. Half were told to take 81 mg of aspirin daily and half were told to take 325 mg.
W. Schuyler Jones, MD, a cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, presented the study results May 15 at the virtual American College of Cardiology 2021 Scientific Session. They were also published online in the
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