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Wisconsin Coverdell Stroke Program receives $3.75 million to enhance statewide stroke care
The Department of Health Services will strengthen coordinated stroke care systems statewide thanks to a 5-year, $3.75 million CDC grant to continue the Wisconsin Coverdell Stroke Program , health officials announced today. Wisconsin is one of only nine states to receive the funding. “Continued support for our stroke care initiative will help us increase the likelihood that patients throughout the state receive fast and high quality stroke care,” said Dr...(see release)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - July 24, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Authors: yunkecfrrr Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic Receives $6 Million for ALS, FTD Research
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the U.S. Department of Defense have awarded researchers at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville approximately $6 million in two grants to further their studies aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from either amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou [...]
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - October 23, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

UNM Sciences Center gets grant to expand telemedicine service
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center has gotten a $15.1 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to test the expansion of its existing telemedicine network for stroke and brain injury patients. The project will be in conjunction with a private Albuquerque telemedicine firm, Net Medical Xpress Solutions, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said. UNM and Net Medical Xpress have a telemedicine network of 11 hospitals and will look…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - July 18, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Dennis Domrzalski Source Type: research

Mayo Clinic Neurologists Lead International Study to Test Best Approach to Stroke Prevention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbNqjSGG0uI The $39.5-million grant to fund stroke study is one of largest ever awarded to investigators at Mayo Clinic in Florida  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Is medicine as safe and effective as surgery or stenting in preventing a stroke caused by the buildup of plaque in the carotid artery? Thomas G. Brott, M.D., a neurologist at [...]
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - April 16, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Preparing for the Future of Health Care
Growing Stem Cells in Space to Treat Stroke Patients Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D., medical and scientific director of the Cell Therapy Laboratory, at Mayo Clinic in Florida, was recently awarded a grant to send human stem cells in space to see if they grow more rapidly in space than stem cells grown on Earth. Dr. Noseworthy on "Opening Bell [...]
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - April 11, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic Researcher to Grow Human Cells in Space to Test Treatment for Stroke
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, a nonprofit organization that promotes research aboard the International Space Station, has awarded a Mayo Clinic researcher a $300,000 grant to send human stem cells into space to see if they grow more rapidly than stem cells grown on Earth.
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - December 19, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news