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Forsyth Medical Center Participating In Avastin Trial For New Glioblastoma Patients
The Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center at Forsyth Medical Center is participating in a national trial of the experimental drug Avastin to treat glioblastoma, a fast-growing tumor of the brain or spinal cord.
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Canadian Synchrotron Conference Sheds Light On New Biomedical Research
Science fact surpasses science fiction at the Canadian Light (CLS) synchrotron"s 12th Annual Users" Meeting Thursday, June 18 at the Radisson Hotel in Saskatoon. Conference participants will hear about some of the newest biomedical results from the CLS, as well as ways that synchrotron techniques are lighting the way to advances in environmental clean up and nanotechnology.
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American Red Cross And ArcelorMittal Launch "Creating Safer Communities" Program
ArcelorMittal and the American Red Cross are launching a new national partnership, Creating Safer Communities, designed to bring important safety training and res to people who live and work in communities where ArcelorMittal operates. ArcelorMittal, the world"s leading steel company, provided a grant of $152,500 to be distributed in multiple communities across the US. The program will provide health and safety education to more than 1,800 community members in addition to thousands of ArcelorMittal employees and their families.
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Weekly Stroke Clinics 'Not Capable' Of Meeting Minimum Standards

Outpatient clinics in District General Hospitals operating on a weekly basis are not able to reach minimum standards for treating patients who have suffered a stroke, according to a new audit published by the Royal College of Physicians. The study, published in Clinical Medicine journal, assessed the timeliness with which an urgent access neurovascular clinic was able to evaluate possible stroke victims between 2000 and 2006. Data showed that the clinic was not able to reach the National Clinical Guideline for Stroke"s recommendation that patients who may have suffered a minor stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) receive urgent evaluation within one week. The study noted that the percentage of patients seen within one week had fallen in the years from 2003 to 2006, and that by 2006, the most common delay from onset of symptoms to being evaluated in the clinic had also risen, to three weeks. Dr Dennis Briley and team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital asked GPs referring to the clinic to use a proforma to help assess patients as either "high", "intermediate" or "low" risk. They found that on balance high risk patients were seen sooner than those who had been categorised as low or intermediate risk. However, in 2006, the average wait for high risk patients was still 17 days. Other studies indicate that the highest risk of stoke after a minor stroke or TIA is within the first two weeks. Medical procedures which can prevent death and serious long-term damage to health are most effective when performed quickly after the first stroke. The new National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke recommend implementation of urgent evaluation (within 24 hours of event) of high-risk TIA patients as a key priority. The authors conclude that District General Hospitals need to develop quicker systems to evaluate such patients. 1,292 patients were seen at the clinic over the assessment period with an age range of 18 to 100, with an average age of 67. Stroke was the most common diagnosis (32%), followed by TIA (23%). Notes 1. The article, An urgent access neurovascular clinic: audit of timeliness, is published in this month"s edition of Clinical Medicine journal. Royal College of Physicians


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