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, May 22, 2026

Could Art Help Slow Biological Aging? from All Healthy email

And your competent? doctor and therapists took you on rounds to see all the art in the hospital?

Could Art Help Slow Biological Aging?

Visitors observing paintings in an art gallery, with two individuals seated on a wooden bench.

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Painting A Picture: Your friend who always has to stop and stare at every single piece when you're visiting an art museum may be onto something. A new study from University College London suggests that regularly engaging with arts and culture could actually slow down the pace of biological aging. Researchers even found effects comparable to what exercise does for the body.

The Study: Researchers analyzed blood test and survey data from 3,556 adults in the UK, comparing arts engagement with DNA changes that influence biological aging. People who did an arts activity at least weekly appeared to age about 4% more slowly than those who rarely participated. That's the same effect seen in people who exercised once a week compared to those who did no exercise at all.

The Takeaway: Protecting time for creative and cultural activities may do real things for the body, not just the soul. The researchers also found that variety matters, so mixing up the types of activities someone engages in seems to amplify the benefit. (We’ve actually been goofing around with these kits in addition to personal writing and crocheting.)

Keep in Mind: The researchers controlled for factors like income and education level, and the links still held up, though the study found an association rather than proven cause and effect.