Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Canadian Stroke Congress provides insight, answers on major public health issue

Occurring Oct. 3 and 4 so I'll have to check later if resultsLink are posted on the net. At least they are trying to do something about stroke. The US is hopeless, too much individuality and do-it-yourselfness. Its socialism if you cooperate.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/438452

Canadian Stroke Congress provides insight, answers on major public health issue

Canada NewsWire
OTTAWA, Sept. 30, 2011 /CNW/ - More than 900 of the top stroke researchers, clinicians and policy experts from across Canada and around the world are gathering at the Canadian Stroke Congress in Ottawa Oct. 3 and 4 to tackle issues related to stroke, a leading cause of death and disability in this country.
The two-day meeting at the Ottawa Convention Centre features some of the most important stroke researchers in the world, including Dr. Werner Hacke of Germany, a research pioneer in the use of clot-busting drugs for ischemic stroke; Dr. Carolee Winstein of the University of Southern California, a leader in stroke rehabilitation and robotics; and Dr. Salim Yusuf of McMaster University, an international expert on identifying risk factors for stroke.
The Congress, a joint initiative of the Canadian Stroke Network (CSN), Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) and Canadian Stroke Consortium (CSC), is the largest gathering of stroke experts in Canada. Among topics of discussion:
  • the impact of physical fitness on brain health
  • the promise and potential of new discoveries in basic science
  • optimal timing and intensity of stroke rehabilitation
  • the link between Alzheimer's and stroke (what does the research say?)
  • innovative technologies to regain function after stroke
  • high-tech solutions to reach rural stroke patients
  • the powerful link between smoking and stroke(what about nicotine and rehab?)
"This meeting is the biggest and best opportunity for Canada's stroke community to gather, share ideas, collaborate and learn about innovative approaches," says Dr. Antoine Hakim, CEO and Scientific Director of the CSN. "We are delighted that members of the European Stroke Network will join us this year to look for new ways to work together to end one of the biggest health issues facing our society."
"The Congress is a uniquely Canadian forum for experts to share the latest information in stroke education, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and community reintegration," says Heart and Stroke Foundation spokesperson Dr. Michael Hill.
Stroke is a leading cause of death in Canada and the leading cause of adult disability. Every year, 50,000 strokes occur in Canada and 315,000 Canadians are living with the consequences.
The Canadian Stroke Congress will be preceded by a National Stroke Course for physicians and workshops in the areas of basic science, nursing, rehabilitation and health promotion.

1 comment:

  1. This is very exciting! I hadn't heard anything about this...

    I will definitely be back to read more of your blog!

    - Sarah

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