Florida Hosptial North Pinellas Receives Get With The Guidelines - Stroke...
(Source: Florida Hospital System) Tarpon Springs, FL (PRWEB) May 16, 2016 - Florida Hospital North Pinellas, located at 1395 South Pinellas Avenue in Tarpon Springs, has received the American Heart...
View Article'Immediate aspirin' advice for minor stroke
People should consider taking aspirin immediately after a minor stroke to prevent or limit the harm caused by further strokes, researchers say. Oxford University scientists say though doctors are...
View ArticleA cure for cancer?
In November 2014, Chang Chiung-wen (張瓊文) packed a suitcase full of old clothes and left her home. She had spent the previous 18 years taking care of her child and husband, who is paralyzed from the...
View ArticleParents 'devastated' over judge's care ruling
The parents of a ''profoundly neurologically disabled'' two-year-old boy say they are "devastated" by a High Court judge's decision to allow medics to provide only palliative care. They said Mrs...
View ArticleMillions of people with mental illnesses in China and India going untreated,...
Lack of trained mental health professionals, low investment and high stigma means people lose years of their lives to illness, says the Lancet...
View ArticleBenbrook Fire Fighters 'Fill the Boot' to Fight Muscle-Debilitating Diseases...
(Source: City of Benbrook, TX) Members of the Benbrook Fire Department are set to kick off the fire fighter's annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign to help the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)...
View ArticleWhat doctors do to keep blood pressure in check
A major risk factor for both heart disease and stroke, blood pressure is said to be a silent killer; silent because it often arrives without any visible signs. It has affected more than a billion and...
View ArticleMoore Regional Offering New Treatment for Brain Cancer (FirstHealth of the...
(Source: FirstHealth of the Carolinas Inc) PINEHURST - Patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and deadly form of primary brain cancer, now have a new treatment option at...
View Article'People are not aware of phobias'
L Candid talk Actress Radhika Apte feels a lot of people in the country go through panic attacks and have phobias but are not aware that it requires treatment. “In the whole world, and in our country...
View ArticleActelion is granted marketing authorization for Uptravi (selexipag) in...
(Source: Actelion Ltd) Marketing authorization granted by European Commission on 12 May 2016 First European Union (EU) market introduction to commence in the near future ALLSCHWIL, SWITZERLAND - 17 May...
View ArticleAmgen Highlights Data To Be Presented At 21st Congress Of The European...
(Source: Amgen Inc) THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced it will present new data from its oncology portfolio at the 21Congress of the European...
View ArticleVorapaxar: The Drug and its Applications (American College of Cardiology...
(Source: American College of Cardiology Foundation) Editor's Note: This article by Dr. Tricoci is an excellent and comprehensive summary of significant studies supporting the indication for vorapaxar...
View ArticleNeed more awareness regarding phobias in country: Radhika Apte
Actress Radhika Apte feels a lot of people in the country go through panic attacks and have phobias but are not aware that it requires treatment. "In the whole world, and in our country even more,...
View ArticleCHEO, children's treatment centre to join forces
The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre announced Tuesday that they are amalgamating, a move officials say will smooth the path for families of children...
View ArticleNg named director of UC Davis Stroke Center (UC Davis Health System)
(Source: UC Davis Health System) Kwan L. Ng, assistant professor and director of vascular neurology at UC Davis Health System, has been named director of the UC Davis Stroke Center. Kwan L. Ng 'I am...
View ArticleLancet study
A new report says the burden of mental illness will increase more rapidly in India than in China over the next 10 years and the two countries account for one third of the global burden of mental...
View ArticleCigna Outlines Steps to Help Curb National Drug Epidemic (CIGNA Corporation)
(Source: CIGNA Corporation) WASHINGTON, 19 May, 2016 - Cigna today outlined steps to curb the country's opioid epidemic, starting with cutting the use of those drugs among its own customers by 25...
View ArticleDoctors can provide only palliative care to 'profoundly disabled' boy - judge
A High Court judge has ruled that doctors can provide only palliative care to a "profoundly neurologically disabled" two-year-old boy. NHS hospital bosses with responsibility for the...
View ArticleAct F.A.S.T. to Improve Stroke Recovery & Outcomes (Wheaton Franciscan...
(Source: Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare System Inc) Almost every 40 seconds, someone in the United States experiences a stroke. While the majority of people know it's important to call 911 if they are...
View ArticleAbeona Therapeutics Doses First Patient in Phase 1/2 Trial With ABO-102 Gene...
(Source: Abeona Therapeutics Inc) NEW YORK, NY and CLEVELAND, OH -- (Marketwired) -- 05/17/16 -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc.(NASDAQ: ABEO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing...
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