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Exercise for Stroke Patient: Information About Therapy for Stroke Patients

...  looking for information about therapy for stroke patients? Then this article is for you. This article will provide a brief description of a stroke and also discuss post-stroke rehabilitation and therapy for stroke patients. It will also provide information about how stroke patients benefit from the post-stroke therapy. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel breaks or a blood clot blocks an artery interrupting the blood flow to a certain area of the brain. When this happens brains cells die and brain damage may occur. The loss of speech, movement and memory frequently seen with stroke are caused by the death of these brain cells. Read ...

Spinal Cord Injury Treatment: Sacramento Spinal Cord Injury Lawyers

Accidents happen around us all the time. There are those which are unavoidable and then again there are those which had proper measures had been taken would have avoided life changing injuries such as brain damage and spinal cord trauma. For example, when someone decides to drink and drive then causes serious road accidents that render the third party paralyzed for life, then they have to be held accountable for their actions. When a doctor ignores obvious distress signal during delivers and a child is born with cerebral palsy, he/ she ought to be charged with medical negligence. No matter the situation, brain and spinal cord injuries gravely affect the victim and that of their families and ...

Stroke Rehabilitation Centers: Stroke Rehabilitation: Common Stroke Disabilities

Have you or a loved recently suffered a stroke? Are you looking for information about stroke rehabilitation? Then this article is for you. This article will discuss common disabilities that can result from a stroke and stroke rehabilitation. This article will discuss paralysis or problems with motor control, sensory disturbances including pain, aphasia, problems with thinking and memory and emotional disturbances. Read more... ...

Physical Therapy for Stroke: Stroke Physical Therapy

Of the more than 700,000 people who suffer a stroke each year in the United States, approximately two-thirds will require some sort of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is used to help these individuals become as independent as possible. Many forms of therapy can assist them in their recovery and enable them to achieve the best quality of life. There are two types of strokes, ischemic and hemorrhagic. An ischemic stroke occurs when brain cells die due to inadequate blood flow, often caused by an artery blockage in the neck or brain. The lack of oxygenated blood that goes to the brain will cause the brain to deteriorate in function, causing your systems to shut down when a cerebrovascular accident happens. A hemorrhagic stroke is a result of a burst blood vessel in the brain that causes bleeding into or around the brain. Read more... ...

How Do I Know if I’m Chemically Dependent on a Drug?

Question by Soprano: How do I know if I’m chemically dependent on a drug? I’m very worried because I read a little bit of chemical dependency and seems like I might be chemically dependent. I have smoked so much weed since high-school like 7 or 8 years of smoking cannabis almost every day. I’d call myself a heavy marijuana abuser. Well, it formed into a habit and habits are tough to break. It was certainly hard for me to resist weed . I would want to take a day away from it but then would be like “eh, why not?” I always had weed at my house for the most part anyway to “help” some friends out. Read more... ...

Sports Cap to Alert Athletes of Dangerous Head Impact

...  Cap to Alert Athletes of Dangerous Head Impact Reebok and the electronics company MC10 have teamed up to create a mesh cap intended to measure the severity of blows to the head and alert people around them to check the athlete for possibly serious injury. Concussions and brain damage from blows to … Read more on ABC News US Army to build soldier "resilience" to fight suicides, violence The review was partly prompted by accusations last year that a mental-health screening team at the base's Madigan Army Medical Center had reversed diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder after considering affiliated Army retirement and benefit … Read more on Reuters Read ...

CDC: Twenty Percent of High School Aged Girls Binge Drink

...  Twenty percent of high school aged girls binge drink Binge drinking can have catastrophic results on its victims which include long-term health effects, like liver disease, nerve damage and permanent brain damage. Not to mention … Alcohol is the marquis gateway drug, it is easy to obtain because it … Read more on Examiner.com Narconon Riverbend Releases Video of Latest Graduate's Testimonial A new video released by Narconon Riverbend shows the graduation speech of one of the long term drug rehab's latest graduates. The student thanked the staff for their caring attitude, hard work, and communication skills. He also described the process of … Read more on ...