stroke victims

SRMC Names Enriquez New Chief Executive Officer

SRMC names Enriquez new chief executive officer SRMC is a Certified Primary Stroke Center and consistently recognized for clinical excellence. SRMC offers a full suite of cardiac services including diagnostic and interventional cardiology as well as hospital-based Cardiac, Pulmonary and Physical … Read more on TCPalm Patient advisory council provides a voice for handicapped panhan – kotanow … Gene McDowell, a physical therapist and Stroke Clinical Coordinator for the Acute Rehabilitation Unit, says the 12-member board provides a voice for other handicapped residents throughout the panhandle. "And so they've been able to go out to council … Read more on Kota Read more... ...

Rehabilitation Unit Undergoes Shake-Up

...  unit undergoes shake-up The unit, which provides rehabilitation for stroke victims and others who need physical and occupational therapy to help them remain independent, is not accepting any new patients. Instead, part of the building will be converted into a discharge lounge … Read more on Banbury Guardian How I survived stroke I also benefited greatly from the free one-to-one physiotherapy provided by the Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM), a programme specially created for stroke survivors. HUKM also had a good stroke facility capable of ...

Researchers Develop New Rehabilitation Techniques for Amputation, Stroke

...  Missouri (MU) have developed new rehabilitation techniques for individuals suffering from stroke or amputation. According to a University of Missouri-Columbia news release, when use of a dominant hand is lost by … Read more on Physical Therapy Products Microsoft Kinect brings stroke recovery home, helps Alzheimer's patients Surprisingly, two teams working independently, one in Korea and the other in Montreal and Seattle, have developed systems to bring rehabilitation home, improving stroke victims' motor skills. According to Information Week, the Seoul project started … Read more on TechnologyTell Read ...

Robot Gives Recovering Stroke Patients a Helping Hand

...  gives recovering stroke patients a helping hand … companies know sooner when they should stop testing a particular medication.” The robot is currently being used to help stroke victims at the Burke Rehabilitation and Research Hospital in White Plains, N.Y. and the Western Infirmary in Glasglow … Read more on Tech Page One Know the signs of stroke and act FAST! WNH also partners with Via Christi-St. Francis, which is a primary stroke center. Together they offer complete care for any stroke victim from emergency treatment through rehabilitation. Many of the risk factors for stroke are beyond your control … Read more on Winfield Daily Courier Online ...

The Mortality Paradox

by Alex Light The Mortality Paradox A large body of evidence, mainly from studying stroke victims, brain-damaged patients and functional MRI studies, has verified this (3). If there really is an ever-present soul that is inextinguishable and/or continually monitoring your internal and … Read more on News24 New Zealand Medical Tech At Heart Of Australian Stroke Hub A collaborative project between Callaghan Innovation and Lower Hutt company Im-Able has led to a ground-breaking trial at Royal Melbourne Hospital of specialised technology that can speed up the recovery of stroke victims. The Australian trial, led by … Read more on Scoop.co.nz (press release) Read ...

Seeing the Light: Vision Restoration Therapy®

  Seeing the Light: Vision Restoration Therapy® – This television report features a U.S. stroke patient undergoing NovaVision VRT – Vision Restoration Therapy® and his physician Dr. Jose Romano, Associate Pr…   Two decades of recovery: Southern Indiana Rehab Hospital celebrates 20 years NEW ALBANY — In the winter of 1994, Randy Napier said he remembered taking his Jeep and driving patients to and from the Frazier Rehab Institute in the middle of the worst snowstorm the region saw in decades. Meanwhile, maintenance crews were … Read more on Evening News and Tribune Read more... ...

Kinect Assists Stroke Victims With Home Rehab

...  Assists Stroke Victims With Home Rehab Both teams hit upon the idea of using games to make the process of rehabilitation less onerous and more fun, and increase the chances that people will stick with the long and (currently) repetitive and uninspiring exercises needed to rewire the brain … Read more on InformationWeek West Lothian weight loss pair are fit for a new challenge He said: “A couple of things happened. An old school friend of mine had a stroke aged 38 and doctors blamed his ...