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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.

Telemedicine evaluation of stroke patients results in more accurate diagnoses: Study

A growing number of medical centers that have access to stroke specialists are transmitting their expertise to rural communities via audio/video telemedicine consultation, with significant clinical results, according to a new clinical study that examined trials conducted in Arizona and California.

26 Mar 2010

NIH grants $1.4 Million to WPI to continue study of arterial plaque

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute research team has received a four-year, $1.4 million award from the National Institutes of Health to continue a groundbreaking study of arterial plaque. This research could lead to tools that will enable physicians to predict the likelihood of plaque rupture, which is responsible for most heart attacks and strokes.

25 Mar 2010

Isotechnika Pharma releases fourth quarter financial results; reviews operational and scientific highlights for 2009

Isotechnika Pharma Inc. has released its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009 and provided a review of the Company's operational and scientific highlights for 2009

25 Mar 2010

AGA Medical gets IDE approval to evaluate AMPLATZER Cardiac Plug

AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. today announced it has received conditional Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its AMPLATZER® Cardiac Plug, or ACP, to close the left atrial appendage.

25 Mar 2010

Canadian Diabetes Association launches new tools to help optimize diabetes care

Today the Canadian Diabetes Association launched new tools for people living with diabetes and healthcare practitioners to help optimize diabetes care across the country.

25 Mar 2010

Gesture may be a tool for diagnosing language delays in children with brain lesions

About 1 in 4,000 infants has a brain injury known as pre- or perinatal brain lesions, mainly as a result of stroke, with risk factors involving both mothers and babies. Children with early brain lesions that affect one side of the brain often take longer to reach early language milestones; these delays normalize for many but persist for some.

25 Mar 2010

Brain imaging technique may help predict effects of strokes and other brain injuries

Clinicians may be able to better predict the effects of strokes and other brain injuries by adapting a scanning approach originally developed for study of brain organization, neurologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.

24 Mar 2010

Children with neurofibromatosis more likely to have cardiovascular problems

Researchers have discovered how a genetic disease known mainly for its life-threatening tumors also can cause sudden death from cardiovascular disease in children, and are mounting a clinical trial to develop treatments for the problem.

24 Mar 2010

New breakthrough technology makes it easier to investigate brain physiology

Thanks to new technology developed by researchers in Lund, it has for the first time become possible to measure blood flow in the brain directly and continuously.

24 Mar 2010

AF Stat launch "AFib Educator" smartphone app and desktop widget

AF Stat- - a collaboration of healthcare leaders and organizations working to improve the health and well-being of people affected by atrial fibrillation (AFib) - today unveiled the "AFib Educator," a smartphone app and desktop widget to help healthcare practitioners better explain the risks and consequences of the disease to their patients.

23 Mar 2010

LFA seeks grant proposals from researchers and investigators to help advance in lupus research

The Lupus Foundation of America seeks grant proposals from researchers and investigators to help advance the science and understanding of pediatric lupus, reproductive health issues in people with lupus, and neuropsychiatric lupus, which affects the brain and peripheral nervous system.

23 Mar 2010

Rapidly declining memory in people with cognitive impairment may indicate stage before Alzheimer's disease

Memory and thinking skills may decline rapidly for people who have mild cognitive impairment, which is the stage before Alzheimer's disease when people have mild memory problems but no dementia symptoms, and even more rapidly when dementia begins, which is when Alzheimer's disease is usually diagnosed. The research is published in the March 23, 2010, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

23 Mar 2010

FC scans can help clinicians predict effects of strokes and other brain injuries

23 Mar 2010

Diabetic Pennsylvanians can reduce risk of complications by following "ABCs" of diabetes

Secretary of Health Everette James reminds diabetic Pennsylvanians to reduce the risk of complications from the disease and improve their quality of life by knowing and following the "ABCs" of diabetes.

23 Mar 2010

KMI announces strategic distribution agreement with Mobility to market stroke therapy devices

Kinetic Muscles Inc., a leading developer of stroke therapy technology, today announced a strategic distribution agreement with Mobility Research, also of Tempe, that will allow Mobility to market KMI’s products in specific international markets.

23 Mar 2010

SensAble Technologies to showcase PHANTOM haptic devices at Haptics Symposium

SensAble Technologies, Inc®, a leading provider of haptic devices, 3D modeling software, and dental CAD/CAM solutions, is showcasing a wide range of haptically-enabled computer applications using its industry-leading PHANTOM® haptic devices, at the 18th Haptics Symposium starting Thursday, March 25th.

22 Mar 2010

JDRF, Pfizer, Hadassah Medical Organization, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem form diabetes research collaboration

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, said today that it will begin a diabetes research collaboration with Pfizer, Hadassah Medical Organization, and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on drugs to replicate and regenerate insulin-producing cells in people with type 1 diabetes.

22 Mar 2010

Simcere Pharmaceutical completes Phase IV clinical study of Endostar

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, a leading manufacturer and supplier of branded generic pharmaceuticals and manufacturer of the patented anti-cancer biotech product Endostar (also known as Endu) in China, announced today the successful completion of Endostar Phase IV clinical study at a conference in Beijing dedicated to this study.

22 Mar 2010

Aston University scientists receive grants to develop new forms of drug delivery

Before you swallow a tablet, or put it into a glass of water to dissolve, do you ever stop and think about how it actually works in your body and how quickly and effectively it can deliver the drug to where it is needed?

22 Mar 2010

Lab on a Chip for research on oxygen impact on brain cells

A mini-laboratory that makes it possible, among other things, to study how brain cells in stroke patients are affected by lack of oxygen is being developed by a research team at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. Lab on a Chip is what the scientists are calling their mini-lab, which is expected to facilitate studies of all sorts of biological cells and how they are affected by different medicines, chemical substances, etc.

22 Mar 2010

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Telemedicine evaluation of stroke patients results in more accurate diagnoses: Study

NIH grants $1.4 Million to WPI to continue study of arterial plaque

Isotechnika Pharma releases fourth quarter financial results; reviews operational and scientific highlights for 2009

AGA Medical gets IDE approval to evaluate AMPLATZER Cardiac Plug

Canadian Diabetes Association launches new tools to help optimize diabetes care

Gesture may be a tool for diagnosing language delays in children with brain lesions

Brain imaging technique may help predict effects of strokes and other brain injuries

Children with neurofibromatosis more likely to have cardiovascular problems

New breakthrough technology makes it easier to investigate brain physiology

AF Stat launch "AFib Educator" smartphone app and desktop widget

LFA seeks grant proposals from researchers and investigators to help advance in lupus research

Rapidly declining memory in people with cognitive impairment may indicate stage before Alzheimer's disease

FC scans can help clinicians predict effects of strokes and other brain injuries

Diabetic Pennsylvanians can reduce risk of complications by following "ABCs" of diabetes

KMI announces strategic distribution agreement with Mobility to market stroke therapy devices

SensAble Technologies to showcase PHANTOM haptic devices at Haptics Symposium

JDRF, Pfizer, Hadassah Medical Organization, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem form diabetes research collaboration

Simcere Pharmaceutical completes Phase IV clinical study of Endostar

Aston University scientists receive grants to develop new forms of drug delivery

Lab on a Chip for research on oxygen impact on brain cells

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