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Model Search Winners Revealed
After reviewing thousands of submissions and hearing the incredibly passionate stories, The Joe Niekro Foundation is thrilled to announce the winners of the Brain Aneurysm Survivor Model Search. You certainly didn’t make it easy to choose as each story was more moving than the next. Congratulations to these beautiful faces that will be representing survivors across […]
Posted on Sunday, June 28, 2015Read More -
JNF Adds Caregiver Support Group
A strong support network is an important part of adjusting to living with a newly diagnosed brain aneurysm/AVM or hemorrhagic stroke patient. Most hospitals do not offer patients and families ongoing support and rehabilitation for these conditions post discharge. It is The Joe Niekro Foundation’s goal to empower members by offering information and emotional support. […]
Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2015Read More -
JNF Awards $90,000 in Research Grants
The Joe Niekro Foundation has announced the 2014 Joe Niekro Research Grant recipients. A total of $90,000 has been awarded by the foundation, which is committed to supporting patients and families, research, treatment and awareness of brain aneurysms, AVMs and hemorrhagic strokes. “We are thrilled to award these recipients with this critical funding needed to […]
Posted on Monday, January 19, 2015Read More -
Groundbreaking Study Confirms That Neurointerventional Surgery Provides Significant Clinical Benefit
Study is most significant stroke treatment clinical trial since NINDS-2 says Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery WASHINGTON, DC – December 17, 2014 – A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms that the addition of inside-the-artery clot removal is more effective than IV-administered “clot-busting” tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) therapy alone for the […]
Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2014Read More -
Everyday is Thanksgiving
Why is it that Thanksgiving is the day we are reminded to give thanks? Shouldn’t we be giving thanks everyday? Looking back on an amazing 2014, I’m eternally grateful for all of you and for the success of this foundation. We’ve come a long way since this time last year, with no plans to slow […]
Posted on Monday, November 24, 2014Read More