Know Stroke Podcast : That’s a Wrap for 2021!

Thank you! What a fun successful first year of the Know Stroke Podcast!  Thanks to Our Know Stroke Podcast 2021 Guests and Listeners! We’d like to thank all of our great guests that were gracious to trust and work with us to make this year possible. Thank you to: Caroline Goggin @7NewsBoston (also the welcome …

Interview with Katelyn Skeels Stroke Advanced Practice Nurse Tufts MC

In our last episode of Season 2 we welcomed Kate Skeels, Stroke Advance Practice Nurse at Tufts Medical Center to the show. Listen to this episode! We picked the great discussion right up where we left off with her Tufts colleague Dr. Lester Leung from our previous episode. We learned what brought Kate from her …

Stroke Recovery and The Power of Team and Coach

-One Smile Can Begin a Friendship- -One Hope Can Raise our Spirits- -One Act Can Inspire a Movement- -One Touch Can Show You Care- Full Interview Available Now on the Know Stroke Podcast S2E7 There is power in being one team working together. The power of the group becomes one. We dive into this topic …

Get to Know Stroke Nurse Navigator-Brooke Medel

https://youtu.be/p042m3p3p_A Know Stroke Podcast Season 2 Episode 5 Interview with Brooke Medel- Stroke Nurse Navigator at UConnHealth Navigator: one that navigates or is qualified to navigate. Who are some people that come to mind when you think of navigators? Most navigators have personality traits of wanting to help others achieve their goals. Brooke Medel is a …

Grateful on #WorldStrokeDay

For all those that spread the word today about WorldStrokeDay through posts, actions and maybe just through smiles and reflection. I am grateful -Thank you! Sharing a good tip especially on this day #worldstrokeday to get in touch with your brain. Here's what I'm reading.... Link to Whole Brain Living Book GRATEFUL! My stroke brain …

Interview with Dr. Carolyn Brown, Founder of StrokeOT

Dr Brown first assisted us with the Next Step Forward Program back in May 2020. Dr Brown is a clinically certified occupational therapist with over 25 years experience in neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation and is the founder of StrokeOT.org

Know Stroke Podcast S2E2

Season for Change About this episode:  Listen to S2E2 Here https://www.buzzsprout.com/1751132/9338329 Co-Founders of EnableUs and Co-Hosts of the Know Stroke Podcast Michael Garrow and David Dansereau recap "In the News" this past week and discuss more great media coverage on music therapy and how things continue rocking and rolling for MedRhythms. A few days after …

A Gross Case of Lack of Surgical Oversight in PFO Closure

Why is it so difficult to prevent unnecessary medical procedures in the US Healthcare System? This was the subheading of a recent article in the Politics section of the Atlantic on August 13,2021 by Chris Outcalt that caught my eye after a Google alert for stroke and PFO flagged it for me. Image Source: The …

Nutrition, The Gut and Stroke

Link found between gut microbes and stroke New findings from Cleveland Clinic researchers show for the first time that the gut microbiome impacts stroke severity and functional impairment following stroke.  Date:June 16, 2021 Source:Cleveland Clinic Summary: New findings show that the gut microbiome impacts stroke severity and functional impairment following stroke. The results lay the …

What Moved You in May?

May is Stroke Awareness Month Here's Why it Matters to Me David Dansereau I’m always renewed in May.  Not necessarily because the days are longer and the sun a bit brighter and warmer as we emerge back and get out again cautiously from our isolation, but that certainly helps too.  I’m renewed each May 1st …