PRWeb: Medical Neurology http://www.prweb.com Latest news releases for Medical Neurology from PRWeb en PRWeb Distribution Newswire http://www.prweb.com/images_v4/prweb_logo_hv2.jpg http://www.prweb.com 200 46 xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com Neurological Surgery, P.C., of Long Island, NY, Adds New Specialists and Opens New Flagship Facility in Lake Success, NY http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3149694.htm Neurological Surgery, P.C. has opened its new facility in Lake Success, NY. The facility will house some of the practice’s neurosurgery specialists as well as new physicians including Epilepsy Neurologist Alan B. Ettinger, M.D., Neuro-Ophthalmologist Scott Uretsky, M.D., Neuropsychologist Gad E. Klein, Ph.D. and Neurophysiologist Marat V. Avshalumov, Ph.D. It also includes a children’s facility designed for the needs of pediatric patients. (PRWeb Nov 12, 2009)

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]]> The Posey StaySafe Bed Officially Debuts for European Hospital Markets http://www.prweb.com/releases/StaySafe/Europe/prweb3194344.htm The Posey StaySafe Bed helps to reduce patient injury from in-hospital falls; the complete, enclosed-bed solution now is available in Holland, France, and Germany, with others to follow; Posey Company officially will debut the product next week at MEDICA in Germany. (PRWeb Nov 12, 2009)

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]]> VeoMed.com to Live Broadcast Ground-Breaking Research on ADHD in Partnership with the American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders http://www.prweb.com/releases/veomed/aspard/prweb3193984.htm VeoMed.com partners with the American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders to inform medical professionals, and the hundreds of millions of people affected by ADHD, about the ongoing clinical and scientific advances that impact the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. (PRWeb Nov 12, 2009)

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]]> Neurologists Receive New Patient Education Resources from Vivacare for Epilepsy Awareness Month http://www.prweb.com/releases/epilepsy_education/vivacare_neurologists/prweb3181604.htm Vivacare.com provides leading neurologists with new in-depth patient education tools for their epilepsy patients in honor of Epilepsy Awareness Month. (PRWeb Nov 11, 2009)

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]]> Patients Enroll in New Study Exposing the Cause of Frozen Shoulder Syndrome http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3183104.htm Study designed to further organization's research into the nature and cause of Frozen Shoulder Syndrome and other neurological disorders (PRWeb Nov 11, 2009)

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]]> News from the November/December Issue of Molecular Medicine http://www.prweb.com/releases/Molecular_Medicine/genetics/prweb3180324.htm Studying Genetic Variance Across the World is Critical in Understanding the Effects of Genes (PRWeb Nov 10, 2009)

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]]> Houston and Chicago Professionals Honored at Sierra Tucson's "Gratitude for Giving" Breakfast http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3181814.htm Sierra Tucson (http://www.sierratucson.com/) honors clinicians in Houston and Chicago for their outstanding work in the field of addictions and mental health. The Award winners listed below are recognized for their exceptional contributions. (PRWeb Nov 10, 2009)

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]]> High Tech Visual Feedback Device Dramatically Improves Walking for Parkinson's Disease Patients http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3175774.htm Palm Springs, CA resident Daniel Neal had a severe motor impairment due to Parkinson’s Disease. But with the help of a new virtual reality feedback device made by MediGait, he now walks comfortably and confidently without a cane and without falling. (PRWeb Nov 10, 2009)

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]]> Alzheimer's Foundation of America to Hold National Commemorative Candle Lighting http://www.prweb.com/releases/alzheimers/dementia/prweb3167954.htm As the incidence of Alzheimer's disease continues to climb, about 200 organizations across the country will light "candles of care" on November 15 or another day during November to remember those who have passed from the brain disorder and others living with it as part of a National Commemorative Candle Lighting sponsored by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA). It is the seventh year that AFA is sponsoring the annual event during National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. (PRWeb Nov 9, 2009)

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]]> AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc. Invited to Attend Thai Medical Informatics Association Annual Meeting http://www.prweb.com/releases/amdtelemedicine/thaimedicalinformatics/prweb3168094.htm Joint Polycom Converged Management Application (CMATM) and AMD ADENTM solution to be internationally unveiled (PRWeb Nov 9, 2009)

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]]> United States Olympic Committee Announces D.I.S.C. Sports and Spine Center as an Official Medical Services Provider http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3177204.htm Partnership to bring next generation of sports medicine to U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes. (PRWeb Nov 9, 2009)

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]]> SleepApneaUSA.net Announced An Immediate Alternative Sleep Apnea Solution In Response To The NTSB's Sleep Apnea Testing Recommendations http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3167634.htm The Recent NTSB Mandatory Sleep Apnea Testing Recommendations Are Expected To Become A Law Very Soon For Commercial Pilots And Drivers. It's Reported That In Current Tracking Industry, A Sleep Apnea Lab Testing Could Cost About $2,000 With A Waiting Period Of Up To Six Months. More Than 60% Of Diagnosed Apnea Patients Can Not Tolerate Standard CPAP Treatment. Dr. Jin Zhou Of SleepApneaUSA.net Proposed An Immediate Alternative Solution In Hope To Save Thousands Of Lives. (PRWeb Nov 6, 2009)

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]]> New Documentary, "Something Unknown," Challenges Pioneer Science to Demystify Psychic and Paranormal Activity http://www.prweb.com/releases/psychic/paranormal/prweb3165324.htm Screening at the Santa Fe Film Festival, "Something Unknown is Doing We Don't Know What," takes viewers behind the lens of one South African woman's 10,000-mile journey to interview scientists, witness real lab experiments, and observe multi-cultural settings of spiritual healings. The film explores science of psychic experience, also in "Men Who Stare at Goats," a movie, starring George Clooney and Ewan McGregor, and Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol." (PRWeb Nov 5, 2009)

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]]> Sg2 Announces Its INSIGHT System to Improve Hospitals’ Clinical Performance and Bottom Line Results http://www.prweb.com/releases/sg2/insight_system/prweb3158824.htm Future-focused performance management system prepares hospital leaders for the changing health care environment. (PRWeb Nov 5, 2009)

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]]> Alzheimer's Foundation of America Releases Top Flu Facts for Caregivers of People with Dementia http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3160234.htm With the flu continuing to spread nationwide, imagine adding the virus into the mix when someone is already coping with a chronic illness like Alzheimer's disease. In an effort to help families manage this situation, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) today released tips for caregivers of individuals with dementia who believe they or the people they are caring for have the flu. (PRWeb Nov 5, 2009)

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]]> Superior Global Solutions, Inc. Acquires HTI Technologies, Inc. http://www.prweb.com/releases/SGS_HTI/110409/prweb3163164.htm Superior Global Software, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of Superior Global Solutions, Inc. a leader in healthcare outsourcing, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the assets and business of HTI Technologies, Inc., a developer and provider of medical documentation and workflow management software based in Marietta, Georgia. (PRWeb Nov 5, 2009)

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]]> 80% of Researchers Surveyed Believe Their Laboratories Are Not Run Efficiently http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3142744.htm 94 Researchers from 74 institutions worldwide were asked a series of questions regarding their management of research data. The survey's purpose was to learn about and prove the need for knowledge management systems in academic research. 80% of the researchers surveyed believe their labs are not run efficiently. (PRWeb Nov 4, 2009)

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]]> SIUE School of Pharmacy, SLU Pharmacology Receive $975K NIH Grant http://www.prweb.com/releases/SIUE/NIH_grant/prweb3137374.htm The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (http://www.siue.edu/pharmacy/) has been awarded -- along with the Saint Louis University Department of Pharmacology and Physiology -- a $974,024 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study ways of relieving chronic pain through new approaches in treating neuroinflammation. (PRWeb Nov 3, 2009)

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]]> Satoris Awarded Michael J. Fox Foundation Grant to Develop "Biological Fingerprint" for Parkinson's Disease http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3136694.htm Research study will use Satoris proprietary antibody technology to measure over 500 distinct plasma proteins and attempt to identify a cellular signal for Parkinson's disease in blood (PRWeb Nov 3, 2009)

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]]> SleepApneaUSA.net Announced New 2010 ZHT (Zhou's Hypoxicology Therapy) Certification Class For Sleep Apnea As A No-Surgery And No-Device Alternative http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3146024.htm In Celebrating the 4th Anniversary of ZHT, ZHT Certification Class in 2010 is for healthcare providers as a no-surgery and no-device alternative for sleep apnea patients who could not tolerate with or benefit from standard sleep apnea medical treatment with surgery and CPAP or any oral devices. (PRWeb Nov 2, 2009)

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]]> Low Quality Optics in Binocular Loupes May Cause Damage to Eyes http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3146844.htm Good quality optics are the key to reaping health benefits from wearing and using binocular loupes. (PRWeb Nov 2, 2009)

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]]> Forsyth Medical Center Launches Region's First Comprehensive Teleneurology Program http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3138454.htm Rural and small, suburban hospitals in North Carolina and Virginia can now provide a higher level of emergency stroke and critical neurology care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, as part of a new teleneurology medicine program announced Oct. 26 by Forsyth Medical Center. The program, coordinated through the Forsyth Stroke & Neurosciences Center, allows medical staff at participating hospitals to rapidly connect with highly trained, board-certified neurologists using videoconferencing technology at the patient's bedside. (PRWeb Nov 1, 2009)

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]]> Drake Center is Site for $3.6 Million NIH Grant to Study Mental Rehearsal that Improves Motor Skills in Stroke Patients http://www.prweb.com/releases/drake_center/stroke_recovery/prweb3140664.htm Drake Center is the research site for a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) that will enable University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers to explore how neuroplasticity, the mental rehearsal of physical activities which causes the brain to rewire itself, can improve motor skills in stroke patients. (PRWeb Oct 31, 2009)

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]]> ASHA Reintroduces Podcast On Concussions In Youth Sports http://www.prweb.com/releases/Concussions/Speech-language_Pathology/prweb3133934.htm Coincides With House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing On Head Trauma In Football Players (PRWeb Oct 30, 2009)

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]]> Alzheimer's Foundation of America to Hold National Memory Screening Day During National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3135004.htm As research continues to mount about the effectiveness of memory screenings and the benefits of early detection of memory problems, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) will offer free, confidential memory screenings at more than 2,000 sites nationwide during its 7th annual National Memory Screening Day on November 17. The event coincides with National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, observed during November. (PRWeb Oct 30, 2009)

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]]> Game-Changing Results Show that Personalized Brain Training is More Effective Than Challenging Games http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3135614.htm Study is Consistent with Previous Findings that Show CogniFit Personal Coach is a Better Way to Improve Cognitive Abilities (PRWeb Oct 30, 2009)

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]]> The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center Offers New Help For All Chinese Drywall Victims and Asks Where is President Obama? http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3130344.htm The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center is offering to help all victims of toxic Chinese drywall. At the same time the group is demanding that the national TV networks ask President Obama why he has yet to comment on the absolute worst environmental disaster in US history-imported toxic Chinese drywall in 100,000's of US homes. According to the group, "a few weeks ago President Obama's press aides told the media no questions about Chinese drywall while he was in New Orleans. Why is President Obama stonewalling on the toxic Chinese drywall issue? It's not like the national press is asking him about voter fraud, and his pals at Acorn." The group says, "why is Congress not doing more about this disaster, and why haven't Brian Williams of NBC, Katie Couric of CBS, Charles Gibson of ABC, and Anderson Cooper of CNN gone to Florida to see for themselves. These desperate people need help-now." The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center will help any homeowner who has, or thinks they have toxic Chinese Drywall in their home in Florida, Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas or any other state. Their contact phone is 866-714-6466, or contact the group via their web site at Http://ChineseDrywallComplaintCenter.Com (PRWeb Oct 29, 2009)

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]]> The US Drug Watchdog Calls for a Urgent National Consumer Alert on the Denture Creams Fixodent and Super Poligrip & Zinc Poisoning http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3129274.htm The US Drug Watchdog is calling for national consumer alert related to the denture creams Fixodent and Super Poligrip. The group is saying "we are warning all US consumers of these denture cream products, because of concerns that both products may cause zinc poisoning. How much zinc poisoning? We are talking about more than 10 times the amount of zinc a human should have in their body." About 35 million people in the US use denture creams to keep their dentures in place. Many of them may not be aware that some of the physical symptoms they are experiencing are signs of neuropathy. The group is asking local and national news media to cover this vital national consumer alert, and individuals to share this press release with friends, and loved ones, out of fear one in 8.5% of all US citizens could be poisoning themselves. For more information please contact the US Drug Watchdog at 866-714-6466, or contact the group at its web site at Http://USDrugWatchdog.Com (PRWeb Oct 29, 2009)

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]]> Mathematical Bio-Solutions Inc. Named 2009 Top 50 Emerging Company in FundgPost's 6th Annual Pitching Across America http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3027864.htm MB-Solutions is a developer and manufacturer of next generation of non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices, utilizing patent-pending pulsed magnetic flux-field technologies to treat two pervasive medical ailments: (1) chronic and acute pain, and (2) heart disease. (PRWeb Oct 29, 2009)

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]]> GCI ConnectMD Links Swedish Medical Center Neuroscience Stroke Specialists and Patients Throughout Washington State to Swedish's Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3125294.htm Innovators in Video Conferencing Based Programs, GCI Expands Telemedicine Facilitation Efforts Helping to Improve Health Care and Reduce Cost through Hub and Spoke Model (PRWeb Oct 28, 2009)

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]]> Revolutionary New Treatment for Sciatica Advances in the Clinic http://www.prweb.com/releases/etanercept/sciatica/prweb3110944.htm Chronic and severe sciatica causes widespread disability, and represents a significant unmet medical need. Localized administration of etanercept, a unique anti-inflammatory therapeutic, represents a revolutionary new approach for reducing nerve root inflammation. This off-label treatment method, invented by a Los Angeles physician, Edward Tobinick MD, has increasing scientific support, including new data from randomized, placebo-controlled studies. (PRWeb Oct 27, 2009)

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]]> An Alternative To Adderall? http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb2828864.htm PROFIDERALL Becomes the First and Only 'Cognitive Energy Enhancer' Available Without a Prescription (PRWeb Oct 27, 2009)

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]]> Ziosoft Announces Agreement with Imaging & Medical Information Technology to Distribute Ziosoft's 3D Advanced Visualization Software in Turkey http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3042094.htm Imaging & Medical Information Technology (iMedIT) will integrate the Ziostation system with their PACS solution (PRWeb Oct 27, 2009)

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]]> The ALS Association Cares for Those Who Care the Most in New Campaign http://www.prweb.com/releases/The_ALS_Association/caregivers/prweb3101974.htm The ALS Association is encouraging caregivers to voice their concerns about their own health as well as the people who require their help around the clock during National Family Caregivers Month in November. (PRWeb Oct 27, 2009)

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]]> H1N1 Swine Flu National Emergency Declared -- The Hansen Clinic Announces that Flu Vaccines May Contain a Neurotoxin, Ethyl Mercury http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3109724.htm Dr. Clark Hansen of the Hansen Clinic is announcing that the vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu contains Thimerosal, a preservative and adjuvant that contains ethyl mercury, a known neurotoxin, and should be avoided. (PRWeb Oct 27, 2009)

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]]> The Little Italy Foundation and the Mopfund Plan on Financing the Projects in the Nevada and Washington State Areas http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3090374.htm The Little Italy Foundation and the Mopfund plan on financing the projects in the Nevada and Washington state areas. (PRWeb Oct 23, 2009)

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]]> Pet Exercise, Canine Rehabilitation Subject of New DVD for Pet Owners http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3090484.htm Dog exercise demonstrations make it easy for owners to help pets recovering from back surgery or injury. When a healthy pet exercises, it builds muscle strength, flexibility and stamina for good dog fitness. Cats benefit too. (PRWeb Oct 23, 2009)

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]]> The US Drug Watchdog Says Call Us if a Super Poligrip or Fixodent Denture Cream User has Noticed Side Effects http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3093174.htm The US Drug Watchdog is leading an extremely aggressive national initiative campaign, aimed at informing the 35 million US denture cream users about possible zinc poisoning, and a potential neurological condition known as neuropathy, that could be associated with the denture creams Super Poligrip and Fixodent (source: American Academy of Neurology). The group is saying, "we are talking about zinc poisoning that could give potential victims side effects that include unexplained weakness, numbness, loss of sensation in their hands or feet and other nerve symptoms. We are talking about zinc levels that could be as much as 10 times what you are supposed to have in your body." If a Super Poligrip or Fixodent user has experienced these types of symptoms please contact the US Drug Watchdog immediately at 866-714-6466, or contact the group via its web site at Http://USDrugWatchdog.Com (PRWeb Oct 22, 2009)

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]]> Jellyfish Protein Extends Neuroprotective Tentacles at Neuroscience Conference http://www.prweb.com/releases/Brain/Health/prweb3090774.htm Data presented this week at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience highlighted the ability of a jellyfish protein “aequorin” to protect neurons after a stroke. In prior conferences, data from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee demonstrated aequorin’s ability to protect cells prior to an ischemic event. Quincy Bioscience Quincy Bioscience (http://www.quincybioscience.com) is a partner in the research and development of the jellyfish protein as a novel therapeutic for neurodegenerative diseases. (PRWeb Oct 22, 2009)

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]]> Hertz Family Foundation Completes $1 Million Support Grant to Aleh Foundation in Israel http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3092934.htm Aleh, with four centers in Israel, cares for children with medical conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome, as well as genetic disorders including Tay-Sachs, Canavan disease and Rett syndrome. In 2009, Judah Hertz and his family have met pledges of more than $2 million made to programs in Israel. (PRWeb Oct 22, 2009)

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