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...STROKE RISK? THE EYES HAVE...
...usually takes more than a touch of magic to cure an illness, but a Harvard Medical School (HMS) study has found that wand-waving may actually help stroke patients recover. The study of 10 stroke patients, conducted by HMS neurologist Dr. Felipe Fregni and co-authors at the medical school, found that placing magnetic wands over the heads of stroke patients can help them to regain lost motor skills. The non-invasive therapy, called transcranial magnetic simulation (TMS), uses a figure eight-shaped coil to deliver weak, pulsating electrical currents to specific areas of the brain. When the therapy...
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)—a Harvard Medical School-affiliated teaching hospital—have found that many eligible stroke victims do not receive an important clot-dissolving drug on time, significantly increasing their risk of disability. The study is part of a larger research project into hospitals’ performance in quality improvement campaigns for stroke patients, including the American Stroke Association-based “Get With the Guidelines.” It will appear in the November issue of the journal Stroke. The drug in question, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), is the only...
...Harvard women’s golf team broke its one-day low score record on Saturday for the second time this season. The Crimson’s total score of 301, a two-stroke improvement over the previous record, earned the team second place in a field of 11 colleges at the William and Mary Invitational. The team was greeted with rain when it arrived at the Kiskiack Golf Club in Williamsburg, Va. on Friday. Harvard got through only seven holes of its practice round before the rain rendered the course unplayable. The rain did not abate and the tournament...
...dreamed of being a doctor but didn't think she was smart enough and didn't encounter enough people to tell her otherwise. Her turn toward the law had a very personal trigger: it was a lawyer who helped her family navigate the challenges of her father's shattering stroke. She saw the good that the law could do, and its power, and became one of nine women in a class of 143 to graduate from S.M.U. law school...