Deans' stroke musings: Northwestern Medicine Researchers Investigate Stem Cell Therapy for Stroke

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.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Northwestern Medicine Researchers Investigate Stem Cell Therapy for Stroke

Another case of going after the glitzy research rather than the plodding work of finding hyperacute therapies that stop the neuronal cascade of death.
But good luck.
http://www.healthcanal.com/brain-nerves/35855-Northwestern-Medicine-Researchers-Investigate-Stem-Cell-Therapy-for-Stroke.html
Northwestern is currently one of only three sites in the nation enrolling participants in a landmark study to test the safety and efficacy of adult stem cell therapy for patients with stable ischemic stroke. Accounting for 87 percent of strokes, ischemic stroke occurs when a blocked artery interrupts the flow of oxygen and blood to the brain. This causes cell death and brain damage which can leave a person with impaired body functions, including paralysis, weakness on one side, difficulty with speech and language, vision issues, and cognitive challenges.