NIH awards $12.4 million to Winstein, USC for stroke rehabilitation study.
The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has awarded $12.4 million to Carolee Winstein, PT, PhD, FAPTA, a professor at the University of Southern California (USC), to fund a 5-year study of a physical...

Research and Markets Adds Report: The Eighth Annual Neurotech Leaders Forum.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-6 October 2008-Research and Markets Adds Report: The Eighth Annual Neurotech Leaders Forum(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Eighth Annual Neurotech Leaders Forum" conference to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets...

Brainsgate Raises $27.5 Million in Funding Round.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-17 August 2008-Brainsgate Raises $27.5 Million in Funding Round(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com BrainsGate, a developer of a therapeutic platform technology based on electrical neurostimulation of the Spheno-Palatine Ganglion, announced the completion of a $27.5M series C financing round in which both new and existing investors...

NovaVision Receives $20 Million Series C Financing.
Capital from Chicago Growth Partners, J&J will Accelerate Expansion of Breakthrough NovaVision VRT(TM), Proven to Restore Sight to Stroke and Brain Injury Survivors BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- NovaVision, Inc. today announced that it has secured $20 million in series C funding. The financing will...

By Elinando B. Cinco.
The prevailing furnacelike surrounding, it seems, gets all the blame. Example: the reason for the resurgence of what DoH calls Summer Disease Syndrome (SDS) -- summer diarrhea, prickly heat rashes, skin diseases, food poisoning, heat stroke and so forth. Despite those downsides, summer and its accompanying heat...

With stroke on the rise, remember these simple steps.
A stroke is caused by a blockage or rupture in one of the arteries that delivers blood to the brain. A stroke caused by blockage is referred to as an ischemic stroke; a rupture of one of these arteries results in a hemorrhagic stroke. Danger lies in the fact...

Poststroke control of hypertension cuts mortality.
NEW ORLEANS -- Treatment of dangerously high blood pressure in the period immediately following an acute stroke was associated with significantly reduced 3-month mortality in the randomized, placebo-controlled Control of Hypertension and Hypotension Immediately Post-Stroke trial. Patients in the CHHIPS pilot trial did not immediately benefit from...

Robot Rehab for stroke survivors.
Rehabilitation from stroke--including overcoming partial or even total paralysis of the arms and legs--has always presented myriad challenges. Usually one side of the body is afflicted, and the long road to regaining limb usage on that side is often daunting, emotionally and physically painful, and exhausting. Yet...

Medicine's magic bullets? We trust today's miracle cures, but some have caused great harm. Who is to blame?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Phil Brewer thought he knew exactly what to do when the ambulance crew wheeled a well-dressed man in his late sixties into the emergency department. What he didn't know: He was about to be involved in a series of events that would kill his patient....

Clinton Hospital honored for stroke work.
CLINTON - Clinton Hospital received the American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke (GWTG-Stroke) Silver Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes Clinton Hospital's commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations. ...