Rapid Medical launches Tigertriever registry study
Neurovascular device maker Rapid Medical said it launched a registry study of its Tigertreiver controllable stent retriever.
The Israel-based company touts the Tigertriever as the only controllable, fully-visible stent retriever which can be adjusted by the physician to fit in the dimensions of the blocked blood vessel.
The newly launched European multi-center registry study looks to enroll patients in France and Switzerland, and will be the 1st to examine the use of the Tigertriever in a real-life setting. The company said it has enrolled its 1st patient in the trial at Switzerland’s Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne.
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Source: Mass Device - September 19, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Catheters Clinical Trials Stents rapidmedical Source Type: news
Technology-based rehabilitation to improve communication after acquired brain injury - Des Roches CA, Kiran S.
The utilization of technology has allowed for several advances in aphasia rehabilitation for individuals with acquired brain injury. Thirty-one previous studies that provide technology-based language or language and cognitive rehabilitation are examined in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 25, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
July 2016
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Understanding Aphasia
Test Your Sense of Pitch (Source: NIH News in Health)
Source: NIH News in Health - August 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Modularity metric summarizes network fragmentation to explain aphasia recovery differences
(Medical University of South Carolina) Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) investigators report in the August, 2017, Scientific Reports - Nature, that white matter network fragmentation in relatively spared brain areas explains variations in aphasia recovery after strokes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 3, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Aphasia recovery via speech therapy related to structural plasticity of the ventral stream
(Medical University of South Carolina) Strengthening the inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF) via speech therapy is associated with significant semantic error reductions in aphasic stroke patients, report Medical University of South Carolina investigators in an article published online June 19, 2017 by Annals of Neurology. These findings suggest that speech recovery is related to the structural plasticity of the residual language network, that semantic skills are integrated by the ILF and that strengthening the ILF is possible with therapy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 10, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Understanding Aphasia After Brain Injury
Just because you have word-finding problems does not mean you have diminished intelligence! (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Understanding Aphasia After Brain Injury
June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, and I wanted to share some of what I have learned on my journey through aphasia after brain injury.
According to Wikipedia, the term aphasia implies that one or more communication modalities in the brain have been damaged—and are therefore functioning incorrectly. The difficulties for people with aphasia can range from occasional trouble finding words to losing the ability to speak, read, or write; their intelligence, however, is unaffected.
Since no two brain injuries are ever the same, the way aphasia affects one person can vary greatly from the next person. In my own expe...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New intervention brings hope to patients with primary progressive aphasia
(Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care) A Baycrest Health Sciences researcher and clinician has developed the first group language intervention that helps individuals losing the ability to speak due to a rare form of dementia, and could help patients maintain their communication abilities for longer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 4, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Penn State study shows aphasia may not solely be a language disorder
(Penn State) Aphasia, a language disorder commonly diagnosed in stroke patients, may not be solely a language issue as traditionally believed, according to a Penn State study. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 29, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Global aphasia without hemiparesis may be caused by blunt head trauma: an adolescent boy with transient aphasia - Şahin S, Türkdoğan D, Hacıfazlıoğlu NE, Yalçın EU, Eksen ZY, Ekinci G.
We report a 15-year old boy with transient global aphasia without hemiparesis due... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 25, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Aphasia Clinical Pearls / 10 Years of Teamwork / Massachusetts Hospitalist Opportunities (FREE)
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NEJM Group offers so many valuable resources for practicing clinicians. Here ' s what we chose for you today:NEJM Resident 360: Clinical … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 18, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
HSE researchers expand on neuroanatomical model of semantic aphasia
(National Research University Higher School of Economics) For the last 70 years, it was largely believed that spatial processing disorders, including those seen in language, occurred when the temporal-parietal-occipital junction of the brain's left hemisphere was damaged. But according to researchers from the HSE Neurolinguistics Laboratory, it is the damages to the axonal fibers connected to this area of the brain that are most important. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Primary progressive aphasia: Rare form of dementia stops sufferers SPEAKING
SYMPTOMS of dementia usually include confusion, memory loss and increasing difficulties with tasks and activities. But the disease comes in many forms and can affect different areas of the brain. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tau Imaging Among Breakthroughs Advancing the Fight against Alzheimer's
Worldwide, nearly44 million people now have Alzheimer ' s disease (AD) or related dementia, making these conditions the top cause of disabilities in later life. The biopharma industry has invested billions of dollars into research to treat and prevent AD1, yet this work has faced many obstacles, including difficulty identifying biomarkers, tracking the disease ’s progress in the brain, and recruiting patients to trials while they are still asymptomatic. But in recent years, we’ve begun to see breakthroughs that is driving our research in new directions. Many of these accomplishments were highlighted at the Alzh...
Source: EyeForPharma - September 21, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Olga Uspenskaya-Cadoz Source Type: news
Unilateral Scleral Jaundice in an Elderly Man: An Odd Finding
Left scleral icterus is the only prominent physical finding in the 86-year-old who presented with transient aphasia, ataxia, and general asthenia. Can you dx? (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - September 8, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ali Ahmadizadeh, MD Pharlin Noel, PA-C Source Type: news
