A new report from the Heart and Stroke Foundation shows the death rate from strokes is higher in Newfoundland and Labrador than any other Canadian province by a substantial margin. Based on data from 2011-12, there were 29.9 deaths attributed to stroke per 100,000 people in the province. Thats well above the Canadian average of 17.9 deaths. The province with the closest death rate to Newfoundland and Labrador is New Brunswick at 22.4. Lou Ann Kelly, a stroke survivor who is also a nursing educator based in St. Johns, said Newfoundland and Labradors aging population would contribute to that figure, though she notes a stroke can happen at any age. Kelly was 46 when she experienced a stroke in December 2011. It has been a struggle, said Kelly, who only returned to work in March of this year. But Ive had some fantastic doctors and therapists, as well as family and friends to support me through this. According to Kelly, delays in accessing medical treatment upon suffering a stroke may contribute to the higher-than-average death rate in Newfoundland and Labrador. Our population is a lot more rural than it is urban, so theyre away form the bigger centres that would … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have mapped the transmission network of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in San Diego. The mapping of HIV infections, which used genetic sequencing, allowed researchers to predictively model the likelihood of new HIV transmissions and identify persons at greatest risk for transmitting the virus. The findings are published online in the June 5 issue of the journal PLOS ONE. The more we understand the structure and dynamics of an HIV transmission network, the better we can identify hot spots of transmission, said Susan Little, MD, professor of medicine at the UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center and lead author of the study. Not everyone who is HIV-infected is equally likely to transmit the infection to others. There are clusters of more active disease transmission. We can use this information to target treatment interventions to those most likely to transmit the virus to others and markedly reduce the number of new infections. The researchers analyzed the HIV-1 sequence data from recently HIV-1 infected persons and their sexual and social contacts in San Diego, between 1996 and 2011. Sequence data were collected as part … Continue reading →

Stem Cell therapy - pioneering treatment for muscular dystrophy Neuromuscular specialist Professor Jenny Morgan presents on the new advances in stem cell research for muscular dystrophy, at Muscular Dystrophy Campaign eve... By: Muscular Dystrophy Campaign … Continue reading →

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