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AurimMed Pharma Awarded Innovation Seal of Excellence by the Epilepsy Foundation

Posted: Published on July 15th, 2013

Park City, Utah, July 15 2013 (eTeligis via Accesswire) -- AurimMed Pharma, Inc. has been awarded the prestigious Epilepsy Innovation Seal of Excellence by the Epilepsy Foundation of America. This inaugural award recognizes AurimMed's innovative R&D strategy and its portfolio of novel, proprietary products targeted for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, particularly epilepsy. AurimMed's principal lead drug candidate is designated AMP-X-0079. "AurimMed has the highest respect for the Epilepsy Foundation and its leadership. We are pleased that they recognize our proprietary Privileged Structure Platform and our work towards the development of AMP-X-0079 for the treatment of epilepsy. This Award is an important and significant milestone in the evolution of AurimMed Pharma and the development of AMP-X-0079", said Amir Pesyan, Chairman and CEO of AurimMed. "The AMP-X-0079 program has all the characteristics that we seek for the Epilepsy Innovation Seal of Excellence award," notes Roger J. Porter, MD, Chief Scientific Officer of the Epilepsy Foundation. "This potential drug has very impressive data from the NIH-NINDS screening program and has been created using a proven platform for success in other disease states." Philip M. Gattone, President and CEO of the Epilepsy Foundation, further stated, "This award is based on … Continue reading →

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Break reported in autism treatment, detection – Video

Posted: Published on July 15th, 2013

Break reported in autism treatment, detection There's new research into how kids with autism learn, and as CBS 2's Lisa Siegell reports, hopes are it could lead to incredible breakthroughs. By: FastTheLatestNews1 … Continue reading →

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Autism research will be coordinated at Montclair State University

Posted: Published on July 15th, 2013

Montclair residents living with autism will be among the first to experience the benefits from seven grants, totaling $4.5 million, recently funded by the Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism, a division of the state Department of Health. The projects were funded by a grant program known as the New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence. STAFF PHOTO BY ADAM ANIK Kaitlin Mulcahy, center, associate director of the Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health at Montclair State University, and graduate assistant Jennifer Mathias conduct play therapy with Saul Rodriguez in a playroom in the building on Normal Avenue. That program also funds the Coordinating Center at Montclair State University, which will oversee the research across the different sites. Kaitlin Mulcahy, associate director of the Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health on the MSU campus, and a member of the Coordinating Center, told The Times that the information gleaned from the studies will quickly trickle down to Montclair families. Staff at the Coordinating Center include faculty with expertise in computer science, biostatistics, autism spectrum disorder clinical treatment, and research and evaluation, said Mulcahy. As the head of the Coordinating Center, Gerard Costa, director of the … Continue reading →

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Understanding Stroke – Video

Posted: Published on July 15th, 2013

Understanding Stroke For health information only, I do not own this video. - Chng ti khng sở hữu video clip ny, Chỉ sử dụng cho mụchđch thng tin sức khỏe cộngđồng. By: Viễn Ph greenfarm … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn Hospital Using Groundbreaking Procedure On Stroke Patients

Posted: Published on July 15th, 2013

To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how. install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. Just a week before he was lifting weights, 78-year-old Robert Skibo's left side was completely paralyzed. He was shopping at Walgreens when he suddenly fell. "I said, 'I'm having a freakin' stroke,'" Skibo says. Skibo was rushed to Lutheran Medical Center's Stroke Center. "When the blood stops going to part of the brain, the brain starts to die," says Dr. Jeffrey Farkas, director of interventional neuroradiology at Lutheran Medical Center. "The faster you can restore blood flow, the better the outcome." In Skibo's case, and five other patients at Lutheran, the massive clot was removed in a matter of minutes. A three dimension x-ray gives surgeons a road map, sort of like a GPS, to the clot that is causing the stroke. "We clean off the area around the leg, and then we put a small needle into the artery," Farkas said. They then weave the flexible 5-Max Ace Reperfusion catheter up to the clot location in the brain. The tool is also wide enough to place a tube inside. Read the original … Continue reading →

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July is National Cord Blood Awareness Month

Posted: Published on July 15th, 2013

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- July is National Cord Blood Awareness Month. Arkansas is one of the few states with a public cord blood bank. Plummer Badger,UAMS Cord Blood Coordinatorjoined THV's Alyse Eady to talk more about cord blood and what it can do. The umbilical cord, placenta, and amniotic fluid, all of which are typically discarded at birth, are rich in cells that can be collected with harm or discomfort to the baby or mom. Umbilical cord blood has already been used or is being studied as a treatment for several diseases and conditions including spinal cord injury, sickle cell disease, lupus, and other conditions. Pregnant women only need to tell their doctors that they are interested in donating their healthy baby's cord blood. Collection and transportation are taken care of free of charge. According to UAMS, cord blood cells are a source of treatment for patients with cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma who lack a bone marrow donor. Cord blood also has tremendous promise for regenerating diseased or injured organs, including heart muscle, bone and spinal cord tissue. One of the advantages of cord blood is that the donor/recipient match does not have to be as perfect … Continue reading →

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How selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) allowed a cerebral palsy sufferer the chance to walk

Posted: Published on July 15th, 2013

We had no idea anything was wrong with Kyle at first, says Samantha, who works for the local air ambulance service as a dispatcher (she is on a years unpaid leave). Kyle was premature but seemed healthy. Yet, as he grew, Kyles parents noticed he was missing the milestones that Zoe had hit with ease. At eight months Kyle couldnt sit upright, let alone stand, says Simon. He was constantly hunched over in a sort of banana curve. At 16 months, while attending a routine local hospital clinic after developing asthma, a registrar mentioned in passing to Samantha that her son had cerebral palsy. I was shocked, she says. When she called Simon, who was himself in hospital recovering from a hip operation, he fainted into the arms of a nurse. A paediatrician later apologised for the careless way they were informed, but the Weavers still felt unsupported. We were told to look it up on the internet, and talk to parent support groups. The hospital did arrange for an MRI scan of Kyles brain, which confirmed the young boy had a type of CP called diplegia. Cerebral palsy occurs when the brain is starved of oxygen, usually around birth, … Continue reading →

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£20k in 8 weeks to help Joshua walk

Posted: Published on July 15th, 2013

FUNDRAISING efforts to pay for a Glasgow boy's life-changing surgery has amassed 20,000 - just two months after a campaign was launched. Joshua's fund-raising campaign has raised 20,000 in just two months Joshua Granger's family are trying to raise 50,000 to send the youngster to America for cerebral palsy treatment. Just weeks after the Evening Times revealed that a campaign had been launched, the nine- year-old's mum Ashley has been overwhelmed by the generosity of local people and businesses. They are raising money to send the Pollok youngster to St Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri. The St Marnock's Primary pupil's condition makes it very difficult and painful for him to walk. He is to have the operation in February - if his family can raise a further 30,000. Pupil support assistant Ashley, 26, said: "We are almost halfway there and we are still getting a lot of support from the community. "We're working really hard to raise the money and hopefully people will continue to donate." The fundraising drive has seen a host of events, including a 1K Rascal Run at Bellahouston Park. The rest is here: £20k in 8 weeks to help Joshua walk … Continue reading →

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Health Beat: Brain mapping: Possible road to a cure

Posted: Published on July 15th, 2013

LOS ANGELES - We know maps can lead us to some of our favorite destinations, but did you know they may also put us on the road to better health? Now, new research in brain mapping may help find treatments to some of the most common neurological and memory disorders. Dr. Mayank Mehta is one of a number of researchers at UCLA studying the secrets of the human brain. "We hope this could help us understand what goes wrong in Alzheimers disease," said Mehta, a professor of neurology, physics and astronomy. Mehta mapped neuron patterns that form when rats do simple tasks in hopes of learning more about how different sections of the brain communicate. "The brain has its own dynamics, its own laws of physics. If that goes wrong, clearly it will play a role in loss of memory, such as Alzheimers or PTSD," Mehta explained. They're diseases that Dr. Arthur Toga said may one day be treated with targeted therapies using brain mapping. "Our ability to look at a living brain of an individual that has a disease, or has had a traumatic brain injury, has allowed us to target exactly what has happened and suggest various therapies," … Continue reading →

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Traumatic Brain Injuries Are Often Overlooked

Posted: Published on July 15th, 2013

A traumatic brain injury (TBI), typically resulting from car crashes, slip and falls, or other severe impacts, may occur without the victim even realizing they have suffered an injury at all. Although the victim may look and speak normally, dangerous symptoms can develop from sudden brain impact such as decreased cognition, change in mental state, or altered personality. With both the lack of awareness and victim recognition, sufferers typically go unnoticed, failing to receive any mental care for their injury. A tramautic brain injury can occur when the skull strikes an object such as a steering wheel, the windshield of a car, or other object at a high velocity. The impact may cause bruising of the brain not visible at the time of accident. However, it is important to remember that a traumatic brain injury can also result without the head striking anything at all. When the neck is whipped back and forth, the brain has nowhere to go except back and forth inside the skull literally striking the skull with each movement. So while the head may not strike anything, the brain is striking the skull repeatedly. A traumatic brain injury can result from such force. Diagnosis can be … Continue reading →

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