Showing posts with label post-stroke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label post-stroke. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Saturday, May 21, 2016
10 years post stroke
Life is great. Lots of friends both here in Michigan and back in Minnesota and elsewhere. Completely on my own. Turned 60 this year, trying to figure out how long I have to work yet before I retire. Walking is still mainly swinging the left leg like a log, free-swinging lower leg does not seem like it will ever come back. I'm sure that eventually I will need to get my left knee rebuilt because it snaps and hyperextends. Left hand and fingers seem very unlikely to ever come back. The arm is showing signs of improvement ever since I started driving with the left arm. Biking is not really a priority right now. Running I'm not sure I will ever do again since the foot does not point straight due to spasticity.
I could easily recover whatever deficits I have in motor control if my spasticity was removed.
My cognition is as good as it ever was, I would match it against any stroke medical person in the world. It is only arrogance if you can't back up your knowledge.
10 years and I don't think stroke rehab has improved one iota mainly because no one in charge is listening to me. I bet you are screwed for the next 10 years also.
I could easily recover whatever deficits I have in motor control if my spasticity was removed.
My cognition is as good as it ever was, I would match it against any stroke medical person in the world. It is only arrogance if you can't back up your knowledge.
10 years and I don't think stroke rehab has improved one iota mainly because no one in charge is listening to me. I bet you are screwed for the next 10 years also.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Oestrogen Drug May Not Benefit Women With Alzheimer’s Dementia
But the real question needing an answer; Would this drug help memory and thinking skills post-stroke?
Oestrogen Drug May Not Benefit Women With Alzheimer’s Dementia
An oestrogen-like drug, raloxifene, has no demonstrated benefit on memory and
thinking skills for women with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease, according to
a study published in the November 4, 2015, online issue of the journal
Neurology.
“Drugs that interact with oestrogen receptors have attracted a great deal of interest as a potential treatment for women with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease, but relatively small studies of oestrogen have generally failed to confirm any benefit,” said Victor Henderson, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, California. “Prior to this study, raloxifene had not been evaluated as an Alzheimer treatment.”
For the study, 42 women with mild to moderate dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease were separated into 2 groups and given raloxifene or placebo for 12 months. The women were assessed on their memory and other mental functions at the start of the trial and then every 3 months. They were also evaluated on how well they could complete daily activities, and their family members or caregivers were asked about their caregiver burden and stress at the start, middle, and end of the study.
The results on the cognitive skills tests did not differ significantly between the placebo group and the group taking raloxifene. There were also no significant differences reported by family members and caregivers on the amount of caregiver burden or stress or in daily activities.
Dr. Henderson noted that the study was not designed to detect small effects from raloxifene in the range of that provided by approved Alzheimer’s drugs such as donepezil or memantine.
“We found that the drug did not have any significant effect on patients after 1 year,” said Dr. Henderson. “If there are cognitive effects in this population, these effects are likely to be no more than small. These results may be valuable if future trials of raloxifene are considered.”
SOURCE: American Academy of Neurology
“Drugs that interact with oestrogen receptors have attracted a great deal of interest as a potential treatment for women with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease, but relatively small studies of oestrogen have generally failed to confirm any benefit,” said Victor Henderson, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, California. “Prior to this study, raloxifene had not been evaluated as an Alzheimer treatment.”
For the study, 42 women with mild to moderate dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease were separated into 2 groups and given raloxifene or placebo for 12 months. The women were assessed on their memory and other mental functions at the start of the trial and then every 3 months. They were also evaluated on how well they could complete daily activities, and their family members or caregivers were asked about their caregiver burden and stress at the start, middle, and end of the study.
The results on the cognitive skills tests did not differ significantly between the placebo group and the group taking raloxifene. There were also no significant differences reported by family members and caregivers on the amount of caregiver burden or stress or in daily activities.
Dr. Henderson noted that the study was not designed to detect small effects from raloxifene in the range of that provided by approved Alzheimer’s drugs such as donepezil or memantine.
“We found that the drug did not have any significant effect on patients after 1 year,” said Dr. Henderson. “If there are cognitive effects in this population, these effects are likely to be no more than small. These results may be valuable if future trials of raloxifene are considered.”
SOURCE: American Academy of Neurology
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Western Diet Leads to Diminished Cognitive Performance
How precisely do they tell? This would then lead immediately to hospitals changing their food availability for all stroke survivors. Not doing so would mean that hospitals have no concern for their patients cognitive abilities.
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2014/09/western-diet-leads-diminished-cognitive-performance
I'm going to demand that my hospital at least consider these:
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2014/09/western-diet-leads-diminished-cognitive-performance
I'm going to demand that my hospital at least consider these:
What would a post-stroke diet look like?
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