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, January 2, 2015

5 powerful benefits of 'pro-aging' thinking

But what about pessimists living longer?

Pessimists May Live Longer

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/02/health/age-self-fulfilling-prophecy/index.html?hpt=hp_bn13
Here are five powerful benefits of "pro-aging" thinking:
It can help you live longer. In 2001, researchers from Yale and Harvard University looked at 660 participants between the ages of 50 and 80 who participated in a community-based survey, the Ohio Longitudinal Study of Aging and Retirement. They measured how self-perception of aging impacted survival over the course of 22.6 years. They found that participants who held a more positive attitude about their own aging -- such as continuing to feel useful and happy -- lived, on average, 7.5 years longer.
In fact, they found that perception of aging influenced longevity even more than blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index, or a person's tendency to exercise.
It can reduce disability. Loss of independence is among the greatest fears most people have about getting older. Staying physically and cognitively active can defend against disability. Yet less emphasized is the role of your belief about your own aging. In a study published in the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, participants in the Ohio Longitudinal Study of Aging and Retirement who held a positive self-perception of aging had a greater ability to carry out daily activities over an 18-year period, regardless of their functional health at the start of the study.
It can help you practice prevention. Preventive habits have been proven to continually improve health and quality of life at every age, yet older adults are less likely to engage in preventive behaviors. Misconceptions about aging, such as believing that heart disease is inevitable, can weaken the motivation to follow a preventive lifestyle. Similarly, a negative perception of aging may adversely influence your habits. In a 2004 study, the participants in the Ohio Longitudinal Study of Aging and Retirement who had more positive perceptions of aging were significantly more likely to have physical exams, eat a balanced diet, exercise and take prescriptions as directed over a 20-year period.
It can boost your memory. Be careful what you think. According to The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, the longest-running study of memory and aging, expecting memory decline can actually contribute to memory loss over time. Over a 38-year period, participants 60 years of age and older who held more negative stereotypes of cognitive aging had a 30.2% greater decline in memory performance than those who held less negative stereotypes about memory and aging.
It can help your heart. Lastly, believing in negative age stereotypes can increase your risk of heart disease. When negative stereotypes are formed early in life, they can have a profound impact on health decades later. In a study from participants in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, young adults who held negative age stereotypes were significantly more likely to experience a cardiovascular event over the next 38 years. However, by making a significant positive change in their stereotype of aging, of two standard deviations on an administered age-stereotype scale, these young adults could reduce their risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event by 80%.

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