Support from family and friends is a huge component during the recovery process. They give the person a sense of belonging to the world and purpose to life they had prior to the stroke. Patients who are recovering from a stroke need to feel connected more than ever to help increase the mo...
Popovich, the NBA’s career coaching wins leader, released a statement through the Spurs expressing gratitude for the support he has received in recent weeks. He had what the Spurs said was a mild stroke about 2½ hours before the team’s home game against Minnesota on Nov. 2. There is...
thin instruments (one that has a camera attached to it for visualization purposes) are inserted through these small incisions to remove the ovary or ovaries. In some instances, the surgeon uses a robotic arm (controlled via a computer) to perform the ...
Increased pressure in the brain: Many medical conditions can cause pressure in the brain, such as a brain tumor, bleeding in the brain, or swelling from a stroke, cancer, or traumatic brain injury. Diabetes: Uncontrolled diabetes can cause extreme changes in blood glucose levels and chemical an...
The first few days after a stroke, they almost always include blood-thinning medications – drugs that make your blood thin. The main purpose of these medications is to help dissolve the clot and prevent new clots from forming. You will also need to receive oxygen, pain relievers, and fluids...
“although stroke patients from differing socioeconomic backgrounds often have similar functional status at discharge, outcomes can vary dramatically a year later. as a clinical research associate, i get to interact with them far beyond the completion of their urgent treatment, which sparked my ...
The beneficial effects of the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 have been reported in several organ systems, and recently in CNS disorders, including rat models of stroke and hippocampal ischemia/reperfusion injury, catalepsy and schizophrenia, and spinal cord injury (161). In a rat model ...
The resultant increase in LV end-diastolic volume along with concomitant LV wall thinning that can occur in some settings, set the stage for progressive functional ventricular afterload mismatch that contributes further to a decrease in stroke volume. Moreover, the high end-diastolic wall stress ...
Severe complications, like stroke, occur in less than 2% of cases and usually in people with pre-existing risk factors.7 Purpose of Pacemaker Surgery Having a pacemaker implanted often helps you feel better so you can return to your daily routine without symptoms like dizziness,palpitations, breat...
Generalized seizures are those in which the clinical manifestations indicate that the whole brain is involved from the beginning of the seizure. Partial seizures (local, focal) are those in which the epileptic event is limited to one part of the body or to a particular function of the brain,...