Most of us welcome sadness and pain about as much as a root canal — without Novocaine. They’re uncomfortable, unpleasant, and just no fun at all, but let’s face it, negative emotions are an unavoidable part of life. When coupled with all the other things life throws at us, they can often lead to depression.
Depression is a complex, episodic, and recurring illness with CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
In an era of increasing activity in the biotech sector, Brian Harris is bringing a level of simplicity to the medical field.
His company, MedRhythms, uses melodies and rhythms to help treat and combat the effects of certain brain injuries, strokes, and Parkinson’s disease. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.
It always happens at the wrong time. You probably have heard about it, or even seen it. Stroke Survivors uncontrollably crying after a stroke.
Wolfgang Wolf
BSocP (Counselling), Dip.CD
It confirmed the old truth: Every stroke is different, and so are its effects. I really do not understand why people still talk about it as “one-fits-all”. Talk to a few survivors, and you will get as many different stories as there are people. READ MORE HERE
Living things can repair themselves. Damaged skin and fractured bones heal, and a damaged liver can regenerate itself.
Only recently have scientists begun to understand this is also true of the brain. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
We are now in the middle of the holiday season which can challenge those of us with an injured brain. It is a time when so much more is expected of us than most other times of the year. We along with our loved ones, friends and caregivers should all remember that it’s best to simplify so we can enjoy things more. It’s been nearly 9 years since my brain injury and I’m doing much better but I have to remind myself to keep things simple instead of doing all the things I “should” do, or the things I did before my injury.
New research indicates that stimulating a particular region
in the brain via non-invasive delivery of electrical current
using magnetic pulses, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation,
improves memory.
Credit: Image from video courtesy of Northwestern University
Amy Edmunds, a stroke survivor, is a globally recognised advocate of young adult stroke patients. Her group – YoungStroke, Inc., is a 501 c3 non-profit advocacy organisation that evolved from her graduate research to extend understanding of the stroke experience among young adults and their
caregivers.
Referring to young stroke survivors in her article “Speak Up and Speak Out”, she says:
When stroke leaves a young adult with aphasia, the sudden loss of ability to communicate imposes hardships upon social and workplace relationships which differ from geriatric stroke survivors.
Social relationships are often honed during early adulthood as interpersonal evolve during dating and early marriage. Young adults who experience aphasia may forfeit opportunities to build such meaningful, committed relations due to their inability to effectively express emotions
. . . in addition to managing other deficits imposed by stroke. In contrast, many geriatric survivors have already experienced such relationships. Additionally, many have nurtured long-lasting friendships and raised children into adulthood.
Amy adds:
Globally, young stroke survivors are an emerging population driven by epidemics of obesity, hypertension and diabetes. Within six years, nearly two million Americans who have suffered a stroke or brain injury will be living with aphasia according to the
American Speech-Language Hearing Association.
The growth in survivors – with stroke or stroke resulting in aphasia, correlates with the formation and growth of Facebook groups specifically for young adults (ages 18 to 50 of age).
Here we identify some of the leading groups for young people with stroke and aphasia.
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