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Brain-stimulation device may aid stroke survivors with speech: study
TORONTO -- An experimental procedure that stimulates the brain with electrical pulses through the skull may help people recover the ability to speak after suffering a stroke, researchers say. Up to 30 per cent of stroke survivors are left with a condition called...
F.A.S.T. Thinking Saves Lives From Stroke
Doctors have long known that the sooner a stroke is treated, the better the outcome. But now a new study finds just how much each minute counts. For each 15-minute head start doctors get on treating stroke, they cut the risk of stroke symptoms and death by 4 percent,...
1 in 4 stroke victims experiences PTSD, study finds
Post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, is not just a problem for military veterans, sexual assault survivors and other crime victims ย โ it also plagues many stroke victims, according to new research. Theย study, published online Wednesday in the journal PLOS...
Kanata 5 cyclist back riding on the road
An Ottawa man who suffered a life-threatening brain injury when he and four other cyclists were struck in a 2009 hit-and-run is back doing something medical experts said would never happen: he's riding again. Robert Wein was hit while cycling on a stretch of March...
Pentagon Hopes Brain Tissue Research Will Help Prevent Injuries
Some 260,000 cases of traumatic brain injury or TBI have been reported among U.S. service members from their time serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Well, now the Defense Department has decided to set up a brain tissue bank to better understand, treat and prevent brain...
U.S. Military Establishes Brain Tissue Repository For Study Of Traumatic Brain Injury
The U.S. military has established what may be the world's first repository of brain tissue for the study of traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is said to be the "signature" injury of the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In furthering the study of the condition...
What 20 Minutes Of Yoga Does For Your Brain
Just 20 minutes of yoga could help yourย brain function better, according to a small new study. Researchers found that people did better -- both speed-wise and accuracy-wise -- on brain functioning tests after just 20 minutes of Hatha yoga, compared with aerobic...
Poll reveals Canadians’ misunderstandings about stroke
New figures released by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada suggest that Canadians don't have a great understanding of strokes, nor whatโs involved in recovering from one. The poll found that half of all Canadians have a close friend or family member who has had...
Education sessions around the province offer practical advice to people who’ve had strokes — and their loved ones
Ray McDonald was able to move a toe, just a tiny bit, on his immobilized left side after he awoke from emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. โYou know what that means?โ his doctor asked. โThat means youโll walk again.โ Now, two years after a hemorrhagic...