Intelect Medical Closes $11 Million in Funding from Boston Scientific and Greatbatch for Stroke and TBI Recovery Clinical Trials.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelect Medical, Inc., an early stage company developing an implantable neuromodulation system for stroke and traumatic brain injury recovery, announced it has closed a licensing and financing deal, led by existing investor Boston Scientific Corporation . Existing investor, Greatbatch, Inc. , also participated in...

Neurobiological Technologies to Present at the Rodman & Renshaw 10th Annual Healthcare Conference in New York on November 10.
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. , today announced that Paul E. Freiman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Rodman & Renshaw 10th Annual Healthcare Conference November 10 to 12 at the New York Palace Hotel. Mr. Freiman's presentation will take...

Window of opportunity for stroke treatment widens to 4 1/2 hours: finding could benefit patients, clarify treatment procedures.
Emergency room physicians can deliver clot-busting treatments to a wider range of stroke patients than previously thought, European researchers report in the Sept. 25 New England Journal of Medicine. The finding could help ER doctors prevent some cases of disability caused by strokes, scientists say. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Neurobiological Technologies Sets Date for First Quarter Financial Results.
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. (NTI(R)) , today announced it will release its first quarter 2009 financial results, for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, and host a conference call on November 6, 2008. Hosting the call will be Paul E. Freiman, President...

Sealed Air Announces Fifteen Semi-Finalists In Third Annual Bubble Wrap Competition For Young Inventors.
U.S. Students Burst with Creativity in Pursuit of $10,000 Grand Prize ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifteen student inventors from around the country are now one pop closer to earning the coveted crown of Top Inventor in the third annual Bubble Wrap(R) Competition for Young...

Advanced Stroke Care Now Available to Area Residents.
Nationally Recognized Neurosurgeons Join Capital Health TRENTON, N.J., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital Health System announced today that two nationally recognized neurosurgeons, specializing in cerebrovascular disease, have joined its staff, making it the leading provider in central and southern New Jersey and Bucks County Pennsylvania for advanced...

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Capital Health System/.
In the news release, Advanced Stroke Care Now Available to Area Residents, issued earlier today by Capital Health System over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the phone number for Dr. Veznedaroglu and Dr. Liebman in the last paragraph should be 609-588-5081, rather than 609-528-5081, as...

Study Suggests Need for More Aggressive Outpatient Monitoring of Patients' Hearts When Cause of Stroke is Unclear.
Nearly One Third of Stroke Patients Leave Hospital With No Explanation for Injury PITTSBURGH, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In nearly one third of all people who suffer from a stroke, the underlying cause of the injury is not readily evident to doctors. Atrial fibrillation (AF), or an...

Deaths raise ESA safety concerns in stroke study.
A greater mortality rate in patients treated with epoetin alfa in a German study evaluating the drug's potential neuroprotective effects in stroke patients is the subject of an ongoing Food and Drug Administration safety review. A statement on the FDA's Web site said it had been made...

News from the Foundation for Physical Therapy.
Recipients in the News The Physical Therapy Clinical Research Network's (PTClinResNet) Strength-Training Effectiveness Post-Stroke (STEPS) project published a primary outcomes paper in PTJ this month. Titled "Effects of Task-Specific Locomotor and Strength Training in Adults Who Were Ambulatory After Stroke: Results of the STEPS Randomized...