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A stroke is a medical emergency. Strokes happen when blood flow to your brain stops. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die. There are two kinds of stroke. The more common kind, called ischemic stroke, is caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a blood vessel in the brain. The other kind, called hemorrhagic stroke, is caused by a blood vessel that breaks and bleeds into the brain. "Mini-strokes" or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), occur when the blood supply to the brain is briefly interrupted.

Patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52% lower chance of dying: Study

The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation’s 5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the nation’s best hospitals and all others. According to the study, issued today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52 percent lower chance of dying compared with the U.S. hospital average, a quality chasm that has persisted for the last decade even as mortality rates, in general, have declined.

14 Oct 2009

Parkinson's patients with higher urate levels in their blood and CSF had slower functional decline

Individuals with Parkinson's disease who have higher levels of a metabolite called urate in their blood and in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have a slower rate of disease progression, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

14 Oct 2009

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals announces results of Zenvia double-blind Phase III STAR trial

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced detailed results from the confirmatory double-blind Phase III STAR trial evaluating two doses of the investigational drug Zenvia™ (dextromethorphan/quinidine) compared to placebo in the treatment of pseudobulbar affect (PBA) in patients with underlying multiple sclerosis (MS) or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

14 Oct 2009

States eye budget cuts and health reform

Pennsylvania's hospitals got a small piece of good news when an overdue budget came with smaller than expected cuts. But there and in other states, programs continue to find programs and budgets on the chopping block.

14 Oct 2009

Kaiser Permanente receives $54 million grant from NIH to conduct health research

As part of the $5 billion in grants announced by President Obama, the National Institutes of Health has granted Kaiser Permanente more than $54 million over two years through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to conduct health research on a multitude of critical public and clinical health areas.

14 Oct 2009

Merck Frosst Canada's JANUMET receives Notice of Compliance in Canada

Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. announced today that its new diabetes treatment, JANUMET(TM) (sitagliptin/metformin HCI, MSD), has received Notice of Compliance (NoC) in Canada.

13 Oct 2009

Good Samaritan Hospital tops HealthGrade ratings for stroke treatment and joint replacement

A study issued today by HealthGrades, Inc., the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, finds that Good Samaritan Hospital is among the Top 5% in the Nation for Treatment of Stroke and Top 10% in the Nation for Joint Replacement. The nation’s nearly 5,000 nonfederal hospitals were all included in the sweeping study, which examined mortality rates and complication rates from government data from 2006, 2007 and 2008.

13 Oct 2009

Patient outcomes better in highly rated hospitals than others

The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation's 5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the nation's best hospitals and all others. According to the study, issued today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52 percent lower chance of dying compared with the U.S. hospital average, a quality chasm that has persisted for the last decade even as mortality rates, in general, have declined.

13 Oct 2009

Central DuPage Hospital to test new device that may reverse brain damage up to 24 hours after stroke

Central DuPage Hospital, in Winfield, Ill., is the only Illinois hospital that will participate in a national investigational trial to test the effectiveness of a device that might extend the traditional stroke treatment window from three hours to an unprecedented 24 hours.

13 Oct 2009

Wake Forest University School of Medicine honours researchers

Wake Forest University School of Medicine honored eight of its researchers with awards for excellence at the 13th Annual Research Awards Day Oct. 1.

12 Oct 2009

Memory and sensory enhancement guide book

The great philosopher Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Now, in his new book "Just Before..." (published by Trafford), author and NLP(TM) Wordsmythe Jeff Schoener presents readers with a way to examine their past and relive memories ranging from the simplest and most profound.

12 Oct 2009

New journal focuses on therapeutic hypothermia and its applications in cardiology and neurotrauma

Therapeutic Hypothermia, a new online open access peer-reviewed journal, will focus on medical treatment which lowers a patient's body temperature to help reduce the risk of ischemic injury to tissues following a period of insufficient blood flow.

12 Oct 2009

New device minimizes brain damage by speeding the delivery of post-stroke countermeasures

A new device from NeuroInterventions, Inc., is designed to minimize brain damage by dramatically speeding the delivery of post-stroke countermeasures.

12 Oct 2009

Findings may reveal new treatments for people suffering from chronic hemoglobin levels

A gene with a significant effect on regulating hemoglobin in the body has been identified as part of a genome-wide association study, which looked at the link between genes and hemoglobin level in 16,000 people.

12 Oct 2009

Eric Boerwinkle receives $26 million federal stimulus grant to identify genetic factors influencing common diseases

Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D., a professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, has received a $26 million federal stimulus grant to lead an effort to pinpoint genetic factors affecting the risk of heart, lung and blood diseases.

12 Oct 2009

Anti-smoking campaigner Konrad Jamrozik receives the Nigel Gray Award for Achievement in Tobacco Control

An international award has today been given to the University of Adelaide's Professor Konrad Jamrozik, who has spent the past 30 years campaigning against smoking and helping smokers to kick the habit.

9 Oct 2009

United Concordia Dental helps to provide $400,000 in free dental services to nearly 2,800 people in need

United Concordia Dental, one of the nation's largest dental insurers, has helped provide more than $400,000 in free dental services to nearly 2,800 people in need since the beginning of the year.

9 Oct 2009

Additional Zenvia Phase III results in multiple sclerosis announced by AVANIR

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNR) today announced additional detailed results from the confirmatory double-blind Phase III STAR trial evaluating two doses of the investigational drug Zenvia™ (dextromethorphan/quinidine) compared to placebo in the treatment of pseudobulbar affect (PBA) among patients with underlying multiple sclerosis (MS) or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Over the course of the 12-week study in the MS patient subset, Zenvia 30/10 mg met the primary efficacy endpoint by reducing PBA episode rates by an incremental 11.9% beyond placebo

9 Oct 2009

AMHN to air new healthcare video segments of Saddle Ranch Productions on its network

AMHN, Inc., parent company of America’s Minority Health Network, Inc., announced today that Saddle Ranch Productions, Inc. ("Saddle Ranch Productions") completed new healthcare video segments to be immediately aired on its network.

9 Oct 2009

NIH grant to the University of Central Florida to conduct research on aphasia

A new University of Central Florida study could help tens of thousands of Chinese-Americans who have difficulty speaking after they suffer from strokes or other illnesses.

9 Oct 2009

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Patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52% lower chance of dying: Study

Parkinson's patients with higher urate levels in their blood and CSF had slower functional decline

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals announces results of Zenvia double-blind Phase III STAR trial

States eye budget cuts and health reform

Kaiser Permanente receives $54 million grant from NIH to conduct health research

Merck Frosst Canada's JANUMET receives Notice of Compliance in Canada

Good Samaritan Hospital tops HealthGrade ratings for stroke treatment and joint replacement

Patient outcomes better in highly rated hospitals than others

Central DuPage Hospital to test new device that may reverse brain damage up to 24 hours after stroke

Wake Forest University School of Medicine honours researchers

Memory and sensory enhancement guide book

New journal focuses on therapeutic hypothermia and its applications in cardiology and neurotrauma

New device minimizes brain damage by speeding the delivery of post-stroke countermeasures

Findings may reveal new treatments for people suffering from chronic hemoglobin levels

Eric Boerwinkle receives $26 million federal stimulus grant to identify genetic factors influencing common diseases

Anti-smoking campaigner Konrad Jamrozik receives the Nigel Gray Award for Achievement in Tobacco Control

United Concordia Dental helps to provide $400,000 in free dental services to nearly 2,800 people in need

Additional Zenvia Phase III results in multiple sclerosis announced by AVANIR

AMHN to air new healthcare video segments of Saddle Ranch Productions on its network

NIH grant to the University of Central Florida to conduct research on aphasia

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