Emergency Medicine Doctors in Maxwell Afb, AL Accepting Medicare

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Dr. James Wiggins Walter, MD
Emergency Medicine - Emergency Medical Services
Medicare: Medicare Enrolled
Practice Location: 300 South Twining Street, Maxwell Afb, AL 36112
Phone: 334-953-5675    

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Turning off GSK-3α protein activity can prevent heart remodeling

When a person has a heart attack, portions of the heart muscle die in the next several days or even weeks if deprived of oxygen for long enough. The recovering heart slowly remodels itself, even fostering the growth of new blood vessels, in an attempt to regain some of its former function. But all too often, the remodeling is actually harmful, and the damaged heart is on an inevitable downward slide to heart failure.

Healthcare professionals to share therapeutic hypothermia knowledge at 'Cool It' program

Healthcare professionals are invited to 'Miracle on Ice: Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Patients' September 9 and 10 in Minneapolis. The conference is devoted to the fundamentals of establishing and developing a cooling program and features Minneapolis physicians and other national experts."We are sharing what we've learned with physicians and hospitals who are just beginning therapeutic hypothermia programs and with those who want to expand existing programs."

Researchers report discovery of new gene linked to Tau accumulation in AD

Tau pathology is one of the defining features of Alzheimer disease (AD), which is the most common form of dementia in older age.

Penn researchers develop model to predict sudden cardiac death risk

Each year more than 300,000 Americans will succumb to out-of-hospital sudden cardiac death (SCD) - the immediate and unexpected cessation of the heart's ability to function properly - one of the leading causes of death in the United States.

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Popular Specializations in Maxwell Afb, AL:

Family Medicine
Pediatrics
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Preventive Medicine
Internal Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Allergy & Immunology


Emergency Medicine: An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.


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