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.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

The World Stroke Organization and Boston Scientific Join Forces to Bolster Awareness and Advocacy Efforts

Big Whoopee. More press releases. Why not tackle the neuronal cascade of death and do something worthwhile?  Lazy, lazy, lazy.
Sorry Dr. Stephen Davis, this is not what an innovative, forward thinking leader would do. This is the sign of a boring status quo leader.
http://world.einnews.com/pr_news/152084116/the-world-stroke-organization-and-boston-scientific-join-forces-to-bolster-awareness-and-advocacy-efforts
The World Stroke Organization will team with global medical technology leader Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX), to further raise awareness and take action in the worldwide fight against stroke.
"The WSO aims to reduce the global burden of stroke through prevention, acute treatment and long-term care," said WSO president Prof. Stephen Davis. Joining forces with Boston Scientific and other leading companies involved in the stroke field, to address atrial fibrillation and other stroke-related conditions, directly helps us to achieve that mission."
As the newest member of the World Stroke Campaign, Boston Scientific will join other sponsors to raise awareness about World Stroke Day to take place on October 29, 2013 and will support additional World Stroke Organization efforts to share key messages and important information about stroke prevention and treatments through campaign websites, pamphlets, posters, educational efforts and email messages.
"Boston Scientific is dedicated to improving the health of patients around the world and supporting WSO in efforts to increase awareness of stroke is a natural extension of our mission," said Keith Dawkins, M.D., global chief medical officer, Boston Scientific. "We are committed to developing innovative technologies which may provide alternatives to the current standard of care for stroke, and the WSO efforts to support patient education about stroke, risk factors, prevention and treatment options are highly complementary to our work."
According to the World Health Organization, approximately 15 million people suffer a stroke each year. Stroke is the second leading cause of death for people above the age of 60 and the fifth leading cause in people aged 15 to 59. It also affects children, including newborns. Each year, nearly six million people die from stroke. In fact, stroke is responsible for more deaths annually than those attributed to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria altogether. Stroke is also the leading cause of long-term disability, irrespective of age, gender, ethnicity or country.
The WSO launched the World Stroke Campaign in 2010 with the theme "1 in 6" to call attention to the fact that one in six people worldwide will have a stroke in their lifetime. Stroke knows no borders and can strike at any age. More information about the campaign can be obtained by visiting http://www.worldstrokecampaign.org
The WSO is calling on its member organizations and partners to share the WSO "1 in 6" challenge by asking them to remind individuals about these important steps in preventing stroke:
  1. Know their personal risk factors: high blood pressure, diabetes, and high blood cholesterol.
  2. Be physically active and exercise regularly. Attain and maintain a healthy body weight.
  3. Maintain a healthy diet high in fruit and vegetable and low in salt, sugar, saturated and trans fats to stay a healthy state and keep blood pressure low.
  4. Limit alcohol consumption.
  5. Avoid cigarette smoke. And, if they smoke, to seek help to stop now.
  6. Learn to recognize the warning signs of a stroke.

About WSO
The World Stroke Organization (WSO) was established in October 2006. WSO's mission is to reduce the global burden of stroke through prevention, treatment and long-term care. As the lead international body for stroke, WSO aims to accomplish its mission by:
  • Fostering the best standards of practice
  • Increasing stroke awareness among the population and among health professionals
  • Preventing subtle cerebrovascular disease leading to gait disorders, imbalance, vascular cognitive impairment and behavioral changes
  • Influencing policies for stroke prevention and improved health services
  • Providing education in collaboration with public and private organizations
  • Facilitating stroke research advocacy for people with stroke
  • Fostering the development of systems and organizations for long-term care and support of stroke survivors and their families.
With individual and organizational members worldwide, including stroke support groups, WSO is the global voice for stroke. WSO is the only international stroke NGO in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO). Prof. Stephen Davis, MD, FRCP, Edin FRACP, from Melbourne, Australia, is the president of the World Stroke Organization.
http://www.worldstrokecampaign.org

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