Fountain View of Monroe Participates in Illegal Union Busting Campaign

DETROIT, June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Albert Garrett, President of Michigan Council 25 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, issued the following statement: "Fountain View of Monroe is a for profit nursing home facility in Monroe, Michig...

Caregivers Protest Foley & Lardner's Union Busting & Intimidation

Call Upon St. Joseph Health System to Use Valuable Patient Care Resources in Manner True to Their Mission LOS ANGELES, June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of Healthcare workers from Los Angeles and Orange Counties demonstrated in front of the law offices of Foley & Lardner, LLP on Th...

American Heart Association Statement Gives Guidance on Minimally Invasive Procedures to Treat Diseased Brain Vessels

...art Association , addresses the use of stenting, coil embolization (using metal coils to close off abnormal blood vessels), in-artery delivery of clot busting drugs, and mechanical clot-removing devices for the treatment of: brain aneurysms, narrowed brain arteries, acute is...

Nostrum Pharmaceuticals Obtains Worldwide Licensing Rights From IMTECH for Clinical Development of the Small Molecule Caerulomycin and Its Proprietary Derivatives for Their Novel Indication of Immunosuppression

...ECH and Nostrum's Symmetrix subsidiaries to pursue development of novel biopharmaceutical therapeutic protein drugs, including Caerulomycin and a clot busting protein known as Clot Specific Streptokinase obtained earlier pursuant to license from IMTECH. Dr. Mulye stated that, "our collaborative work with IM...

Study shows ultrasound and tPA effective for stroke

... BIRMINGHAM, Ala. An experimental therapy using tiny bubbles activated by transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound combined with the clot busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is more effective than tPA alone in treating patients suffering from ischemic stroke, according to new researc...

New Hair Loss Treatment with BOTOX

... Botox has been used for everything from anti-aging, wrinkle busting to treating migraine headaches. But hair loss? A recent study shows Botox, injected along with a customized vitamin cocktail 2-3 times per year may m...

WVU study demonstrates efficacy of CT perfusion in diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke

...ore treatment is initiated. The CT technology allows physicians to identify patients who are suitable candidates for treatment, utilizing either clot busting medicines or clot retrieval devices. WVU researchers believe this research could change national protocols on how stroke patients are triaged and ...

UK Businesses Urged to Help Employees Deal With Stress More Positively

...The Stroke Association has linked up with Siemens on Stroke for Stroke Week, which is a fantastic opportunity for people to realise the amazing stress busting health benefits that rowing can bring whilst raising vital money to help prevent the UK's 3rd biggest killer." *Siemens and The Stroke Association s...

Miracle leaves that may help protect against liver damage

... Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) berries are well known for their cholesterol busting properties, but scientists in India say that its leaves are also rich in anti-oxidants and may help ward off liver disease, according to new research ...

SEIU: Thousands of Ohio Nurses and Other Healthcare Employees Denied a Voice at Work After Vicious Union-Busting Campaign by the California Nurses Association

...fornia," said SEIU President Andy Stern. "Their distortions and holier-than-thou statements are nothing more than a flimsy cover for out-and-out union busting that we normally see from employers, not organizations that claim to care about workers." Ohio workers also rejected CNA's claims that SEIU was de...

Busting in Medical Technology

Nostrum Announces the Successful Completion of Early Proof-of-Concept Study for its Novel Clot Busting Therapeutic Protein

EDISON, N.J., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Nostrum, a privately-held company based in Edison, New Jersey, announced today that it has successfully completed its early, primate, proof-of-concept study for its novel thrombolytic clot-buster protein currently known as SMRX11. Nostrum's Symmetrix subs...

American Heart Association EMS Survey Uncovers Deficiencies in Response, Treatment and Transfer of Patients With Most Deadly Heart Attacks

...ge of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines, primary PCI, typically balloon angioplasty with stenting, is the preferred treatment over clot busting drugs if it can be achieved within 90 minutes. EMS is a critical part of the system of care to decrease time to treatment for STEMI patients. In...

Busting in Medical Dictionary

Deep vein thrombosis

...treatment, causes, patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. Interventional radiologists are vascular experts who offer clot busting treatment which prevents permanent leg damage from deep vein thrombosis . Deep - vein thrombosis (DVT) is a common but serious medical ...

Busting in Biological News

Free-radical busting antioxidants might not promote healthy hearts

Antioxidants, such as beta-carotene and Vitamin E, have been touted for their ability to protect against heart disease. This protective effect is attributed to their ability to prevent the oxidation of bad cholesterol by free radicals—a process thought to contribute to the build-up of disease-causi...

Loosen up, DNA: Leukemia gene changes genetic packaging

...naling is one of the first molecular mechanisms to be identified as controlling chromatin remodeling. Its work resembles that of a criminal mastermind busting a hoodlum out of jail so he can make more mischief. Behind bars, effectively inactive and silenced, the hoodlum ?in this case, a cancer-causing gene c...