More research on stroke patients’ bladder control needed
Bladder control research among stroke survivors is urgently needed.
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Loved ones may delay emergency care for stroke patients
seek emergency care within the first hour of symptom onset
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Urine absorbent products for incontinence
Caregivers use diapers, pull-ups, inserts to manage urine incontinence.
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Our brain’s post-stroke recovery journey
The damaged brain begins its recovery journey in minutes after stroke. Experts group this into five phases. Find out.
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Cochrane reviews on urine incontinence research
Cochrane reviews about urine incontinence
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How stroke causes speech problems
Stroke can cause unique speech problems; two common ones include Broca’s aphasia and Wernike’s aphasia. This post explores those two and how stroke creates them. Let us begin with Broca’s aphasia. Broca’s aphasia This type of speech problem occurs due to a stroke attack in Broca’s area. Where is it located? Broca’s area (Figure 1) The…
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Neurons
An illustrated neuron graphic
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The neuron forest
“Neuron” by NIH-NCATS is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Our brain contains about 100 billion neurons; it looks like a neuron forest. because a neuron is more or less similar to a tree. Neurons are a special kind of cell. At one end, it sprouts a large number of very thin short threads – “dendrites”. The ends of these…
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Who cares for caregivers?
Marguerite Blais
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Clot removal effective even six hours after stroke
It is good news; until 2018, we knew that neurosurgeons can salvage living neurons only if they remove the clot within six hours of the block. Now, we know it is not so. They can go ahead with the operation if a patient is ready for the surgery even after six hours. About the study…
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