The Obama administration is moving forward with an ambitious agenda to improve the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and unlock a method to prevent it by 2025. The plan also sets up a wide-ranging effort to improve the care that Alzheimer’s patients receive and support families.
When fully operational, the facility is expected to serve more than 6,000 patients, making it the largest multiple sclerosis specialty center in the nation.
The new funds will support the first four years of a 10-year plan that will double the Institute’s staff to 350 and launch three new scientific initiatives.
Seattle’s Swedish Neuroscience Insitute will live stream a deep brain stimulation surgery for essential tremor online tomorrow morning, Friday, December 16th.
Learn about care and recovery from complicated spinal cord injuries–from vertebroplasty to disc replacement– from national and UW experts
You might be surprised to know that children as young as 2-years-old can have migraines. Up to 5 percent of elementary school kids suffer migraines, and up to 20 percent of adolescents, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
New additions specialize in the treatment of advanced neurological disorders and diseases, including hearing and skull base tumors, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disorders, stroke, pediatric epilepsy, and sleep disorders.
Scientists using new technology to dissect the molecular machinery of thought, feeling and consciousness.
Early genetic studies indicated that the gene was located at the end of chromosome 4. But where the gene was and how it became activated was a puzzle.
A specialist in facial plastic surgery will join Swedish Otolaryngology Specialists. Six new doctors will join the Swedish Neuroscience Institute.
The death of Sen. Edward Kennedy from glioblastoma has called attention to the challenge of developing better treatment for brain cancers. Below is column by Dr. Greg Foltz on brain cancer research that LocalHealthGuide published last May to call attention to the Annual Seattle Brain Cancer Walk to raise funds for brain cancer research..
While there has been great progress in the fight against many common cancers, progress against brain cancers, some of the deadliest cancers known, has been agonizingly slow. Over the past 25 years, for example, only three new drug have been approved for the treatment of brain cancers, and survival rates remain essentially the same as [...]
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
Laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use. Faced with the prospect of not getting paid for care, some ER personnel sidestep the problem by simply not testing patients’ blood or urine for alcohol.
Travel insurance can protect your wallet — and your health on vacation
Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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