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Glaxo starts new trial on clogged arteries drug
New York :: NY :: USA | about 10 hours ago
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GlaxoSmithKline has started a second large-scale clinical trial with experimental heart drug darapladib, increasing its investment in the new type of medicine for clogged arteries. The latest Phase III study will include 11,500 patients with acute coronary...
Tags: GlaxoSmithKline, New York, Health Medical Pharma, Epidemiology, Aging-associated diseases, Stroke, Cardiovascular diseases, Myocardial infarction, Statin, Clinical trial
Health experts warn of stroke "crisis" in Europe
Brussels :: Belgium | 1 day ago
Credibility Health experts warned Wednesday of a stroke crisis in Europe which is already costing the region's economy an estimated 38 billion euros ($56 billion) a year, with numbers expected to rise as populations age. In a report for the European Parliament,...
Tags: European Union, European Parliament, Belgium, Brussels, Health Medical Pharma, Thrombus, Aging-associated diseases, Stroke, Left atrial appendage occlusion, Cardiovascular diseases, Atrial fibrillation, Cardiac electrophysiology, Myocardial infarction
Foundation Announces December 2009 Grant Round
Dunedin :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility Adrienne Kohler Communications manager Neurological Foundation of New Zealand 09 309 7749 ext 7, 027 223 2757 Adrienne.kohler@neurological.org.nz Philip Wrightson Postdoctoral Fellowship For those who have completed a PhD and wish to develop their research...
Tags: stem cells, brains research, New Zealand, following stroke, dopamine receptors, Brain Research, neurological foundation, animal models, auditory process, process disorder, Dunedin, Health Medical Pharma, Central nervous system, Neurogenesis, Dopamine, Aging-associated diseases, Parkinson's disease, Stroke, Neurology
Through faith, prayer
Stanford :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility But their professional training and experience have made it more frustrating for Tracie to live since childhood with a disease that wasn’t diagnosed until she was 41 years old. Last March, after traveling to see numerous physicians at several different...
Tags: Tracie, Moyamoya Center, Mike, moyamoya disease, Stanford, Alycia Marfongella, Health Medical Pharma, Stroke, Tracie Young, Neurosurgery, Neurology
Some don't take medication after stroke
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility U.S. researchers found the percentage of stroke survivors taking blood thinners stayed steady over seven years. Dr. Eric Cheng of the University of California-Los Angeles and colleagues found that in each year of the seven-year study, about 20 percent...
Tags: stroke survivors, Los Angeles, Health Medical Pharma, Aspirin, Stroke
Vital Signs: Risks: Leaving ‘Stroke Belt’ but Not the Dangers
New York :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Residents of the Southeast are so much more likely than other Americans to die of a stroke that epidemiologists call the region the “stroke belt.” A new study suggests that the risk may be established early in life, because even when those born in the...
Tags: stroke belt, increased risk, New York, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Stroke, Stroke in China
New research to aid stroke victims
Sydney :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility Associate professor Simon Koblar, from the University of Adelaide and Adelaide's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, is leading a research project that suggests dental pulp stem cells extracted from teeth may prove far more beneficial for brain repair than other...
Tags: الگوي مصرف, برگزار مي, گيلان برگزار, همايش ملي, در گيلان, ملي مديريت, مصرف در, مديريت الگوي, اين همايش, stem cells, Australia, Sydney, Tooth, Health Medical Pharma, Stem cell, Biotechnology, Social Issues, Stroke, Stem cell treatments, Cloning, Developmental biology, Cell biology, Adult stem cell, Dental pulp stem cells
Post-surgical blood clot risk
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility The post surgical risk for a potentially fatal blood clot is higher and lasts longer than previously thought, researchers in Britain said. The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, suggests that there is a substantially increased risk of...
Tags: blood clots, United Kingdom, London, Health Medical Pharma, Deep vein thrombosis, Thrombus, Hematology, Knee replacement, Embolism, Surgery, Pulmonary embolism, Stroke, Thrombosis
3rd L.A.-area hospital in radiation overdose probe
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Food and Drug Administration has widened its investigation into radiation overdoses that patients have received from a type of brain scan, suggesting that the problem may be a nationwide issue. The agency announced Monday that it was looking into possible...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, brain scans, FDA, Los Angeles, Health Medical Pharma, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Radiology, X-ray computed tomography, Medical imaging, Radiography, Medical physics, Neuroimaging, Social Issues, Stroke, Full-body CT scan, Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Single photon emission computed tomography
Quick response speeds up recovery of stroke victims
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 4 days ago
Credibility But early intense therapy helped patients to use more words and have a better vocabulary besides improved comprehension scores and verbal output. Erin Godecke from Curtin's School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, who conducted the doctoral research,...
Tags: stroke survivors, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Health Medical Pharma, Neurological disorders, Aphasia, Melodic intonation therapy, Stroke, Stroke recovery
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