Reports are starting to circulate throughout the world about the potential damaging effects the coronavirus has on the brain and nervous system. These possible links are preliminary and are just beginning to be tracked. As reported by Dr Robert Stevens, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore We know almost nothing about the potential interactions between […]
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ISC 2020 What We Learned
Part 2: Latest Stroke Science What we learned at the International Stroke Conference (ISC20) Here’s the conference video if you want to listen to the highlights!Missed Part 1? Here’s my first ISC2020 Takeaway https://youtu.be/L_SO3q1VXno Miguel Perez-Pinzon, PhD, Louise McCullough, MD, PhD, and Tudor Jovin, MD review the big science stories of ISC 2020 in Los […]
Takeaways from the American Stroke Association’s ISC 2020
Part 1: Networking for Stroke Survivors Now that the International Stroke Conference (ISC20) has come and gone, I’m in major “catch up” mode back at home. David Dansereau at ISC20 Los Angeles Convention Center Anyone who knows me and has been following my stroke blog knows that this was not my first trip to LA […]
What Bothers You Most About Stroke?
WE WANT TO KNOW What caused your stroke? Do you know? Every year, about 200,000 stroke survivors leave the hospital without an answer to this question. They are told their stroke was cryptogenic, or without a known cause. Strokes of unknown cause, or cryptogenic strokes, account for about 1/3 of all strokes. Not knowing what […]
Results of Apple Heart Study Promising, but are Cardiologists Convinced?
-post by David Dansereau Know-Stroke.org Apple Heart Study Results Released Stanford Medicine published its long-awaited research on the Apple Heart Study, which represents one of the largest research efforts of its kind that relies on consumer devices to better understand human health. The research, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, looked […]
What learning about gait speed tells us: Start Moving Early and Don’t Slow Down!
Posting on Know-Stroke.org as this topic of gait and mobility and getting people moving early as a primary prevention strategy for stroke and all co-morbidities is always part of my education as a health professional. Perhaps after you read this study you’ll agree we should be prescribing a walking quota with our therapeutic exercise prescriptions, […]
Cut out the “Fake Stuff” to Reduce Stroke Risks
Diet Sodas Linked to Increased Stroke Risks in Women Nutrition advice for reducing stroke risks now includes dropping diet sodas and the sugar substitutes commonly found on their labels according to recent research conducted on 81,714 women 50 and older over 12 years. The American Heart Association, which published the study in its journal Stroke, […]
FDA approves Amplatzer
News announcement from FDA you’ll be interested in if you’ve suffered a cryptogenic stroke from a suspected PFO and need more choice for treatment
Body in Balance Principles Help in Recovery
The following is a recent 5 Star Review of Body in Balance on Amazon I’ve adopted the simple diet an exercise principles outline in the book and used them to fuel my obsession to get better. -March 21, 2016 By Eddie This review is from: Body in Balance: Bare Naked Truth on Nutrition Fitness and Food Policies […]
Stroke Recovery Goal Setting Action Guide
In my last post I mentioned my book Body in Balance is a great place to find help with how to create an action plan for achieving your own goals. I forgot to mention I also have a great free stroke recovery goals setting action guide you can access right away with this instant download. It is part […]
