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.

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Birdwatching vs. nature walks: a randomized trial to compare mental health outcomes in Iran

 Ask your competent? doctor whether forest bathing is better in your country or birdwatching. 

forest bathing (35 posts to September 2015)

Birdwatching vs. nature walks: a randomized trial to compare mental health outcomes in Iran

Iman Ebrahimi
,
Fateme Kazemi
&
Mohammad Ali Agha Ebrahimi
Published online: 15 Nov 2025
 
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ABSTRACT

While nature’s mental health benefits are well-documented, the specific effects of birdwatching remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap by examining the mental health benefits of a combined birdwatching and preparatory education compared to nature walks through a randomized controlled trial with 170 urban participants in Iran. The birdwatching group engaged in educational birdwatching sessions and a full-day birdwatching trip, while another group participated in general nature walks. Anxiety and stress reductions were significantly greater in the birdwatching group compared to participants who went on nature walks. However, there was no significant difference in depression scores between the groups. Participants with higher baseline distress and male participants showed more pronounced improvements. These findings suggest that birdwatching offers unique benefits as a mental health intervention in urban settings, particularly for reducing anxiety and stress, with further research needed to explore its long-term impacts.

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