Deans' stroke musings
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This blog is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. The blog contains my personal ideas on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research
Deans' stroke musings
9h ago
Good 8:29 video, not going to help you recover from your stroke but will make you more knowledgeable than your doctor! Oops, I'm not playing by the polite rules of Dale Carnegie, 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'. Telling supposedly smart stroke medical persons they know nothing about stroke is a no-no even if it is true. Politeness will never solve anything in stroke. Yes, I'm a bomb thrower and proud of it. Someday a stroke 'leader' will try to ream me out for making them look bad by being truthful, I look forward to that day. Brain changes over our lifetime ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
13h ago
Well, I'm not coupled, but that isn't stopping me from enjoying drinks with female friends listening to live jazz music. And didn't your competent? doctor tell all the males in their patient load to drink with buddies twice a week? WHY NOT? Your doctor incompetently didn't know of the research or didn't follow thru? Either case is grounds for firing your doctor!
Men must drink with male friends twice a week to stay healthy, study finds December 2017 The latest here:
Cheers to Longevity: Couples Who Drink Together, Live Longer
Summary: Couples with similar drinking habits, specifically those w ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
20h ago
A breathless tweet from @JNIS_BMJ: BREAKTHROUGH in Stroke Treatment! Meta-analysis: Mechanical Thrombectomy >> Medical Management for large infarct stroke! ++ functional recovery & quality-adjusted life-years PLUS more cost-effective over life. You can decide how breakthrough it is; I don't see full 100% recovery for all!
The feasibility of mechanical thrombectomy versus medical management for acute stroke with a large ischemic territory
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-0808Assala Aslan1,
Saad Abuzahra1,
Nimer Adeeb2,
http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4910-6090Basel Musmar2,
http ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
1d ago
It is your doctor's responsibility to ABSOLUTELY INSURE that your mental health post stroke is good. And that is only possible with 100% recovery protocols. If you don't have those protocols, you don't have a functioning stroke doctor. Depression is a secondary problem that would not exist if you had 100% recovery protocols.
Most Post-Stroke Depression Strikes Within 5 Years
Cumulative depression incidence was about 60%, long-term study shows
by Michael DePeau-Wilson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today March 27, 2024
The vast majority of post-stroke depression ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
2d ago
Darn, late life bilingualism doesn't seem to help. My attempts to learn German in grade school, high school and community ed were all failures. Now I'm working on Spanish just for traveling.
Bilingualism May Shield Against Aging Brain Problems
Summary: Bilingualism may serve as a powerful tool against age-related cognitive decline, particularly in social cognition areas such as the theory of mind. A new study demonstrates that early bilingualism leads to beneficial structural changes in the brain, including increased gray matter volume and cortical thickness, which contribute to a strong ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
2d ago
Not one thing discussed here will do a damn bit of good until you finally CREATE EXACT 100% RECOVERY PROTOCOLS! It's that simple! Does no one in stroke have two functioning neurons to rub together?
Transforming Posthospital Stroke Care, Outcomes, and Use of New Innovations Through Implementation Science
Janet Prvu Bettger,
Michelle Nichols,
Charles Esenwa and
Alexis N. Simpkins
Originally published26 Mar 2024https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.031310Journal of the American Heart Association. 2024;0:e031310
Life after an acute stroke hospitalization requires an intentional focus toward e ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
2d ago
We could probably vastly reduce disability and mortality post stroke if we stopped the 5 causes of the neuronal cascade of death in the first week. But no one in the stroke medical world seems to be working on that. And since there is NO leadership in stroke, there is no one to address this problem. Sherman Lecture: Are We Aiming at the Correct Targets to Reduce Disparities in Stroke Mortality? Celebration, Reflection, and Redirection
George Howard
Originally published26 Mar 2024Journal of the American Heart Association. 2024;0:e031309
Abstract
Although deaths from stroke have been re ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
2d ago
In 9 years has any research been done to see how to migrate these neurons to where the damaged areas are? Or is stroke leadership so fucking incompetent they can't see the possibilities in that? What about this? Identification of the growth cone as a probe and driver of neuronal migration in the injured brain March 2024
Dynamics of hippocampal neurogenesis in adult humans
Kirsty L. Spalding,#1Olaf Bergmann,#1Kanar Alkass,1,2Samuel Bernard,3Mehran Salehpour,4Hagen B. Huttner,1,5Emil Boström,1Isabelle Westerlund,1Celine Vial,3Bruce A. Buchholz,6Göran Possnert,4Deborah C. Mash,7Henrik Druid,2 a ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
2d ago
Even with moderate effect, WHERE THE HELL IS THE PROTOCOL? Survivors need to know where it is so they can tell their stroke medical 'professionals' what they need to do to get them recovered. Top down has been proven not to work, most stroke medical 'professionals' seem to be completely out-of-date on stroke research!
The effects of visual skills training on cognitive and executive functions in stroke patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Marc Niering &
Johanna Seifert
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation volume 21, Article number: 41 (2024) Cit ..read more
Deans' stroke musings
2d ago
Your doctor can review the info presented to see if anything is useful for your recovery, I'm not spending the time. You can view the slides and recordings of the talks, as well as all the posters from our competition here. GM(Greater Manchester) Neurorehab & Integrated Stroke Delivery Network Annual Conference
27 March 2024
We held our first joint stroke and neurorehabilitation annual conference on the 20th March at the AJ Bell Stadium in Eccles. We also offered a live stream for those who could not attend in person
You can view the slides and recordings of the talks, as well as ..read more