well, i have been off a while. i hope we can get this
fixed. we want meir to stay.

to confuse things even more i get a link and and
attachment at the end which i ignore.

--- Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> This is so strange because I've got the listserv
> setting set to no files.
> Maybe I need to check and make sure it allows for
> text-only messges.
>
> Kat
>
> On Sunday 20 February 2005 1:44 am, Meir Weiss
> wrote:
> > The message is ready to be sent with the following
> file or link
> > attachments:
> >
> > Shortcut to: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6981429/
> > . Cool idea
> > Feb. 16: CNBC's Hampton Pearson reports on a
> Colorado-based company that
> > is working on a new technology that offers stroke
> victims hope not just
> > of survival--but of a better recovery.
> > CNBC
> >
> >  Chilling treatment offers hope for stroke victims
> > Special cooling pads show promise in saving lives
> > PART 2 OF A 3-PART SERIES
> > By Hampton Pearson
> > D.C. Correspondent
> > CNBC
> > Updated: 6:00 p.m. ET Feb. 18, 2005About 700,000
> Americans will suffer a
> > stroke this year. That's one every 45 seconds. It
> is the No. 3 killer in
> > the U.S. and the leading cause of long-term
> disability. The cost to the
> > economy: more than $56 billion dollars a year.
> >
> > advertisement
> >
> > But one company is working to offer victims hope
> not just of survival -
> > but of a better recovery using a "real cool"
> technology.
> >
> > Recovering stroke victim Baron McFarland and his
> wife Linda know he's
> > lucky to be alive.
> >
> > "I feel very blessed that the technology was
> there," he said. "Without
> > it I would have been dead."
> >
> > McFarland's odyssey began late last summer with a
> 911 call from the
> > couple's rural La Plata, Md. home. Next stop was a
> nearby medical
> > center, where an emergency room doctor told Linda
> her husband needed
> > more help than he could offer.
> >
> > "He said, 'I just want to let you know that the
> situation that we have
> > here is a very tough situation. You may lose your
> husband,'" she said.
> >
> >  CNBC FAST FORWARD: Medical Technology
> > . Boot Camp for the brain slows aging
> > . Chilling new treatment for strokes
> > . Feb. 21: A doctor in the palm of your hand
> >
> > A helicopter flew McFarland to the Washington
> Hospital Center, one of
> > the few trauma centers in the country equipped
> with a new high-tech,
> > non-invasive device called the Arctic Sun. He was
> immediately hooked up,
> > wrapped up, and cooled down.
> >
> > "This freezing situation on him, like ice, like
> he's frozen down and
> > cold as I don't know what," said Linda McFarland.
> >
> > Controlled hypothermia
> > Doctors say the procedure saved his life. The
> machine cools the body to
> > as low as 91.4degrees and keeps it there sometimes
> for as long as 24
> > hours. It's called controlled hypothermia.
> >
> > "The theory is that as you allow the brain to get
> cooler - or
> > normothermic - then therefore the brain rests,"
> said Dr. Dan Herr,
> > Washington Hospital Center's Chief of Critical
> Care. "And the amount of
> > damage that can progress from the stroke will be
> limited."
> >
> > Denver-based Medivance introduced the Arctic Sun
> in 2004 after six years
> > of research and development - backed by $24
> million dollars in venture
> > capital. CEO Robert Kline said the system relies
> on several important
> > advances, including a series of special "energy
> transfer pads."
> >
> > "We actually have thousands of little water paths
> within the pad itself
> > that break up the water and keep it in constant
> motion," he said.
> >
> > Then there's the patented "magic" hydrogel.
> >
> > "If I put it on the back of my hand, where I have
> some hair, and pull it
> > off, it does the same thing, very gently it won't
> pull hair," said
> > Kline.
> >
> > Finally, there's the temperature control module,
> which at the push of a
> > button manages the whole process.
> >
> > "The doctor doesn't even have to come in to the
> hospital, he just orders
> > the equipment and the nurses actually implement
> the therapy," he said.
> >
> > That was a top-selling point for Herr at
> Washington Hospital Center.
> > Seven months since moving the technology into his
> emergency room, he's
> > seen two stroke patients and 10 cardiac victims
> come back from death's
> > door.
> >
> > "We certainly have some good examples of patients
> that have had severe
> > strokes - to the point that we would think that
> their neurological
> > recovery would be nil - that have recovered," he
> said.
> >
> > Medivance sees a lot of "hot" opportunities to
> expand the market for
> > this "cool" device.
> >
> > They include "neural trauma, cardiac trauma, fever
> management - all the
> > conditions that exist in every major hospital
> throughout the world,"
> > said Kline.
> >
> > Several other privately held companies are
> competing to come up with the
> > best cooling treatment for stroke victims. Another
> hot market is the
> > development of diagnostic tools designed to catch
> strokes before they
> > strike.
> >
> > Analysts say Siemens, Philips, and General
> Electric, the parent company
> > of CNBC, are all making big strides in this area.
> >
> > And finally carotid stents from the likes of
> Guidant, Boston Scientific,
> > Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson are also playing a
> bigger role.
> >
> > CNBC producer Steve Lewis contributed to this
> report.
> >
> >
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