Monthly Archives: September 2006
Palm Beach County Medical Society Honors NovaVision in 3rd Annual Heroes in Medicine Awards
Friday May 12, 10:07 am ET
NovaVision Vision Restoration Therapy, the First and Only Therapy to Improve Visual Field Deficit from Stroke or TBI, Recognized for Advancements in Healthcare Nationwide
BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 12, 2006–NovaVision, Inc. today announced it received the Palm Beach County Medical Society Advancements in Healthcare Award at the organization’s 3rd annual Heroes in Medicine Award Program.
Vet’s tale is keeping King on the move
By Lynn Carey
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
IN PALM BEACH, the weather’s fine — especially for Dave King. The author is there with all expenses paid. It’s one of the perks that goes with writing a novel with the wide appeal that “The Ha-Ha” has.
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Area youth are invited to bring their bicycles, roller blades, scooter or skateboard to the ninth annual “Ride Cool” Helmet Safety Event.
This event, sponsored by Hannibal Clinic Health Services, will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday on the campus of the Hannibal Clinic.
The St. Louis Sprockets Stunt Bike Team will perform, doing stunts and talking to kids about the importance of wearing helmets when riding.
A cooler approach to treatment
Doctors inducing hypothermia in trauma cases
By JACOB GOLDSTEIN
Knight Ridder Newspapers
MIAMI – Twenty years ago, W. Dalton Dietrich and his colleagues had a problem: the rats in their laboratory experienced the same kind of stroke but had dramatically different outcomes.
LI salute to ‘Fighting 69′
Name : CHRISTINE ARMARIO
Newsday Staff Writer
May 8, 2006
During his year in Iraq, Paul Walter suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a car bomb, saw three close friends die and was stationed on the notorious “highway of death” — Baghdad’s airport road.
Salute to ‘Fighting 69th’
Northport ceremony honors members of NY’s Army National Guard regiment for their service in Iraq
Name: CHRISTINE ARMARIO
Newsday Staff Writer
May 8, 2006
During his year in Iraq, Paul Walter suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a car bomb, saw three close friends die and was stationed on the notorious “highway of death” – Baghdad’s airport road.
SOUTH SHORE ENTREPRENEUR: CENTERS HELP SMOOTH THE ROAD TO RECOVERY; 3 who met in Braintree work with traumatic brain injury
Name : BRAD KELLY
The Patriot Ledger
Helping victims of traumatic brain injuries often can be a frustrating process. But the owners of Community Rehab Care have been able to build a rewarding career guiding those with such disabilities to recovery.
NeuroMedix announces that Minozac reduces brain inflammation in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury
Wednesday May 10, 8:03 am ET
TORONTO, May 10 /CNW/ – NeuroMedix Inc. (“NeuroMedix”) (TSXV: NMX) today announced that its lead drug candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, Minozac, is also effective in reducing brain inflammation in mice suffering traumatic brain injury (“TBI”) and in preventing the cognitive deficit that generally results from such injury.
The Iraq war’s hidden wound
Brain injuries are common in combat, but they’re not always apparent
By Robert Bazell
Chief science and health correspondent
NBC News
Updated: 7:51 p.m. ET April 26, 2006
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Alec Geiss, a sergeant in the Army National Guard, broke several bones when his truck overturned in Iraq. Months after he was home and healed, his wife Shana began to notice changes in his personality.
It’s criminal to ignore terrorism’s wounds
By LOUIS RENE BERES and DR. MICHAEL L MESSING
Read reports on the recent suicide-bombing of a fast-food restaurant in Tel Aviv – an attack the Palestinian government argues was justified – and you will learn that nine Israelis were killed and dozens were “wounded.”
