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Stroke Is The Third Leading Cause Of Death And The Leading Cause Of Adult Disability In The United States And In Europe. In Fact, Some Studies Show That Stroke Will Soon Become The Leading Cause Of Death Worldwide. And—Although Stroke Can Cause Permanent Neurological Damage, Complications, And Death If Not Promptly Diagnosed And Treated—People Survive Them And Live Normal Lives. Welcome To Stroke-Report.com. This Site Is Your Free Information Resource That Will Answer All Of Your Questions About Stroke And Life After Stroke.
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Nearly 2,500 years ago the father of medicine, Hippocrates, recognized and described a stroke--the sudden onset of paralysis. Until recently, modern medicine had very little control over this particular ailment, but the world of stroke medicine is rapidly changing and new and more advanced therapies are being developed every day. Today, some people who suffer a stroke, can literally walk away from the attack with no or very few disabilities--if they are treated promptly. Doctors are beginning to offer stroke patients and their families the one thing that, until now, has been so difficult to give--HOPE. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted or... |
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So You've Had a Stroke -- Now What? |
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You have had a stroke. Hopefully, you went to the hospital when you developed your symptoms of weakness, numbness, altered speech or visual impairment. Your hospital care enabled you to limit the damaging effects of the loss of circulation to a portion of your brain. You've made it through the acute phase of stroke management. Now what? You will want to obtain the best achievable outcome from the impairments you already have. If you have "motor" impairments (weakness or clumsiness) you can rest assured that randomized, controlled trials -- the gold-standard method for determining a treatment's effectiveness -- have shown that physical therapy can improve your level of functioning. If you... |
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Stress can make blood pressure go up for a while, and it has been thought to contribute to high blood pressure. But the long-term effects of stress are as yet unclear. Stress management techniques do not seem to prevent high blood pressure. However, such techniques may have other benefits, such as making you feel better or helping you to control over-eating thus helping in decreasing your blood pressure.. Remember Your blood pressure increases remarkably when you are under physical or emotional stress. If you constantly feel "stressed out," your body may maintain an abnormally high level of responsiveness, creating an artificially induced state of high blood pressure. Exercise can also... |
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Amphetamine and Stroke Recovery
Author: News Canada
(NC)-Animals that have suffered a stroke recover faster and to a greater extent when they are treated with amphetamine, but it's unclear whether the drug will have the same effect in humans. Dr. Sandra Black and her team at the Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre are conducting tests to determine whether patients treated with amphetamine recover better from paralysis, sensory loss, language deficits and other effects of stroke. The researchers will use magnetic resonance imaging to detect how the brain recovers from stroke and how amphetamine affects this recovery. This research could lead to new stroke treatments.
Dr. Black's research is being funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). CIHR is Canada's preeminent health research catalyst and is funded by the government of Canada. An exciting new concept, CIHR is modernizing and transforming the health research enterprise in Canada.
To learn more about CIHR please visit: www.cihr.ca, e-mail: info@cihr.ca or write to: CIHR, 410 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa ON K1A 0W9.
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You've suffered a right-hemisphere stroke, meaning the right side of your brain was impacted. The physical results, however, affect the left side of your body, resulting in weakness and partial paralysis. You've spent a harrowing three days on multiple hospital units, endured the poking and prodding of who-knows-how-many doctors and nurses and even, if you're not mistaken, a curious mechanic who happened to be passing through. It's time to go home. The thought of your own food and your own bed leaves you anxiously studying each excruciatingly slow tick of the clock. You're not in great shape, but you have a few positive things working in your favor and, thank goodness, the right side of your body is humming along nicely. Not that it won't be hard, but while you undergo therapy to regain the use of your left arm, you can still work your way through your daily routine with your right. Who ever said it takes two good hands to work a fork? Not so fast. You watch in horror as the doctor hands your wife a white cotton strap, about three inches wide, and says, "Use this to tie down his right arm first thing each morning. It will help him regain the use of his left arm more quickly." What? The stroke must have affected your ears as well. Surely you heard that wrong... Not at all. The therapy is known as Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) and it is currently being studied at Emory University and six other medical centers across the country. The theory is relatively straightforward - to improve a non-function extremity it must be utilized to the fullest extent. There is no reasonable call for rest and recovery when the issue is stroke. The call of the day is action, the sooner the better. Emory and the other centers participated in the Extremity... |
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