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Currently, the only FDA-approved drug for ischemic stroke victims is tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which is also given to patients who have suffered a heart attack...
However, according to Associate Professor of Radiology Eng H. Lo, a co-author of the study, tPA is used in only 1 to 3 percent of ischemic stroke cases because, if not given in a brief window of time after the stroke, it can cause intracerebral hemorrhage...
...could make tPA better, make it a hell of a lot better,” said...
Consider the BIA's distribution of tribal-priority-allocation (TPA) funds to tribes. Each year the BIA hands out about $800 million for basic programs such as general assistance to individual Indians and families, vocational training and child welfare. While TPA funding is a small fraction of the BIA's total spending on Native Americans, it underscores how awry the system has gone. In President Bush's 2003 budget proposal, the 28,000 Turtle Mountain Chippewa in North Dakota, 68% of whom are unemployed, will receive the equivalent of an average $154 each. But the 400 members of the Miccosukee...
...twice criticized the BIA's distribution system, pointing out that "tribes with the highest reported revenues can receive more TPA base funds than other tribes with no revenues or with losses." Congress directed the BIA to report by April 1, 1999, "on alternative methods for distributing TPA funds, taking into account tribal revenues and the relative needs of tribes and tribal members." While acknowledging funding inequities, the BIA will not change the system. One reason: the tribes view such government funding as an entitlement. As an official of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians--a tribe in Minnesota with...