The Sun1mon
My healthy son burned the candle at both ends – but now faces life in a wheelchair after suffering a stroke at just 30
A BRIT who dreamt of moving to Australia for years has had his dreams destroyed after suffering a stroke at 30 in a ... "He could be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
'I was determined to walk again after having a stroke'
"I said, 'I don't care. I can do difficult, I can do long. It doesn't matter. If it takes 10 years, it takes 10 years. I've ...
Stroke survivors may be saddled with an invisible disability known as spatial neglect – but a simple treatment offers significant improvement
A person with spatial neglect may be unable to steer a wheelchair straight ... and American Stroke Association, and our group ...
The Meadville Tribune11d
Active for Life: Stroke survivor went from using a wheelchair to walking again, and started a nonprofit
Deb Shaw stepped into the shower of her home in Los Gatos, California, and her vision blurred. She wobbled, fell and hit her ...
Kellogg School of Management13y
A Stroke of Genius
Neurologist and scientist Justin Zivin helped develop and champion the use of tPA, a clot-busting drug that can minimize the impact of stroke on its victims. One day in late ... “You’ll be back home ...
Business Insider India8y
'Patients who were in wheelchairs are walking' after highly experimental stem cell treatment - but doctors urge caution
and that some patients who had been wheelchair-bound could walk again. Each of the 18 patients had suffered a stroke up to five years before the trial began, and each had hit the limit in terms of ...
People25d
New Orleans Injury Victim Recalls ‘Screaming’ for Help After Attack Left His Wheelchair in ‘Pieces’: ‘Lucky to Be Alive’
“I came back and there [were] just people screaming and I was laying on the ground and I saw all my wheelchair parts on the ground beside me,” the man said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital ...
Jewish Press23d
Study: Post-Stroke Victims Struggle with Instructions
The ability to follow instructions and its impact on the rehabilitation of stroke patients has never been investigated — until now. Researchers at the Joint Laboratory for Neurological ...