Subjects:  1. Cerebrovascular Diseases    2. Cerebrovascular Disorders    3. Cerebrovascular disease    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Neurology - General    7. Neuroscience    8. Pathophysiology    9. Pharmacology    10. Rehabilitation Therapy    11. Treatment    12. therapy    13. Medical / Neuroscience    14. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

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A must have book for anyone studying stroke!
As a biophysics graduate student researching techniques to image stroke I needed a good reference that covered all aspects of stroke.This text was exactly what I was looking for!It provides an excellent background in thephysiology and biochemistry of stroke and introduces current questionsbeing asked by the scientific community.Of particular interest to me werethe chapters on imaging techniques.These chapters bring the reader up todate on the many imaging modalities currently being used in the diagnosisand rehabilitation of stroke patients.Anyone hoping to gain a detailedand thorough understanding of the many aspects surrounding stroke will findit in the pages of this book. I highly recommend it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cerebrovascular Accident    2. Cerebrovascular Diseases    3. Cerebrovascular Disorders    4. Cerebrovascular disease    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Neurology - General    8. Medical / Neurology    9. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

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Readable with lots of good information
In response to a family emergency, I ordered four books on stoke recovery. Two had been recommended to me as being helpful for lay people: (1) "Living With Stroke: A Guide For Families" (Senelick, Rossi & Dougherty, 1999) and (2) "Stoke and the Family: A New Guide" (Stein, 2004). I ordered these for my family members (and myself). Two more were written at a much more scholarly, technical level for clinicans: (3) "Recovery after Stroke" (Barnes, Dobkin, & Bogousslavsky, Eds, 2005), and (4) "Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach" (Gillen & Burkhardt, Eds, 2004).
Wonderful Book!
My aunt became partially incapacitated by a stroke at the age of 55, and I took on the responsibility of assisting her in her day-to-day activities.I bought a number of books on stroke, but found this one to be by far the most comprehensive and sensitively written on the subject.Dr. Stein's book describes the wide range of severity that strokes can take and offers in-depth guidance on how best to adapt to life after stroke.I especially appreciated that the author explained the medical implications of stroke in layperson's terms that I could understand without a scientific background.If you buy one book on this subject, let this be the one -- I recommend this book without reservation to anyone whose family has been touched by stroke. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cerebrovascular disease    2. Consumer Health    3. Diseases - Heart    4. Family relationships    5. Family/Marriage    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health - General    8. Health Care Issues    9. Health/Fitness    10. Patients    11. Physical Impairments    12. Coping with illness    13. Health & Fitness / Physical Impairments    14. Popular medicine   

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300 Great Tips from a Stroke Survivor
"After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier" is just what the title suggests. Cleo Hutton,a 12 year stroke survivor, shares what she has learned during the course of her own stroke recovery. This is not a book written by someone looking from the outside, but rather contains learnings from the inside, from the perspective of a stroke survivor.
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Subjects:  1. Cerebrovascular Diseases    2. Cerebrovascular disease    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Diseases - Heart    6. Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain)    7. Healing    8. Health & Fitness    9. Health/Fitness    10. Neurologic Nursing    11. Nursing - General    12. Popular works    13. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Heart    14. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

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Great book
What a great book!Easy to read and understand....very informative and jam packed with great info on how to avoid a stroke and live a healthy life!!Even if you've never had a stroke, this book is worthwhile. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cerebrovascular disease    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - General    5. Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain)    6. Gerontology    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Healthy Living    10. Patients    11. Popular works    12. Prevention    13. Public Health    14. Rehabilitation    15. Literary Criticism & Collections / Theory    16. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

Subjects:  1. Atlases    2. Cardiology    3. Cerebrovascular Diseases    4. Cerebrovascular Disorders    5. Cerebrovascular disease    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Neurology - General    9. Medical / Cardiology    10. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

Subjects:  1. Brain damage    2. Cerebrovascular disease    3. Cognition disorders    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Neurology - General    7. Patients    8. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation    9. Rehabilitation   

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Not for ladies only?
OK, I'm humble enough to admit I was wrong. When one of my best friends, a Volvo-driving soccer mom if there ever was one, suggested that I read and PURCHASE "Into The Blue", I was skeptical at best. Scenario: author and sister rehabilitate stroke-afflicted father so he can - *gag* - fly again. Yet another "chick" book. Ho-hum.
A fascinating story
This book is the fascinating story of two sisters and their dad who was suffering froma stroke.The sisters are determined to get him back to his airplane.In this book the author underlines the support a patient needs from his doctor for a fast and safe recovery.This book will definitely be a welcome read to any one suffered from a stroke.
Exhilarating Read!
I loved this book! The writing was so sharp and funny, and the story is heartwarming and hilarious, without being overly sentimental.
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Cardiovascular Diseases    4. Caregiving    5. Cerebrovascular disease    6. Diseases - Heart    7. Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain)    8. Edsall, Wayne    9. Family & Relationships    10. Family Relationships    11. Family/Marriage    12. Health    13. Medical - General    14. Montana    15. Patients    16. Social Institutions    17. Family & Relationships / Family Relationships   

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A life well lived, indeed
A fascinating read and a great look at the king of NBA mascots. Whether hanging from the ceiling or making up hilarious bits, Tim truly set the bar for other mascots and athletic entertainers to follow. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Basketball    2. Basketball - General    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography And Autobiography    7. Biography/Autobiography    8. Cerebrovascular disease    9. Medical - General    10. Personal Memoirs    11. Sports & Recreation    12. Sports - Basketball    13. Sports - General    14. Sports team mascots    15. United States    16. Sports & Recreation / Basketball   

Subjects:  1. Medical / Acupuncture    2. Medical / Alternative Medicine    3. Acupuncture    4. Acupuncture points    5. Alternative Medicine    6. Alternative Therapies    7. Cerebrovascular Diseases    8. Dermatology    9. Medical    10. Medicine, Chinese Traditional    11. Scalp   

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Unrivalled!
Interventional neuroradiology makes possible to treat patients that surgery cannot treat in a relatively safe way (e.g. complex, inoperable cerebral arteriovenous malformations and aneurysms) or that would not beactively treated until a few years ago. This book provides the mostcomplete outline of methods, devices, pharmaceuticals and other aspects ofperitherapeutic patient care in interventional neuroradiology that isavailable by now. This book is unique. Even experienced interventionistscould have use for it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Brain    2. Cerebrovascular Disorders    3. Diseases Of Central Nervous System    4. Interventional radiology    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Nervous system    8. Neurology - General    9. Radiology    10. Radiotherapy    11. radiography    12. Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine    13. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

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HIGH SODIUM=High blood pressure=Stroke
Potassium+sodium=HEALTH
Excellent
This book is amazing.It addresses more than just hypertension. It looks at the way blood pressure links up with diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, and even the selective information (and disinformation) we receive from the corporate and medical establishment about this condition.As someone who works with stroke patients every single day, I can tell you the tragedy is real.Not allowing this simple, common sense message to be more widely disseminated is flat out unethical.This book does disseminate it.It is a light shining in the wilderness!
Tremendous!!!
I have been on blood pressure medication for over 15 years. I was first diagnosed with high BP when I was 24. I tried most of the BP medications and hated all of them. I had significant fatigue and lethargy with all of them. I read this book and took the recommendations with respect to a high potassium diet (high K factor). To make a long story short, I have been able to reduce the medication by 2/3. Realize that switching to this diet is not easy. But for me it was, as anything I felt would be better than continuing to take the toxic BP medication. I anticipate that I will be able to completely get off of them soon. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cerebrovascular disease    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet therapy    4. Diseases - Heart    5. General    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. High-potassium diet    9. Hypertension    10. Salt-free diet    11. Cardiovascular medicine    12. Complementary Medicine    13. Fitness & diet    14. Health & Fitness / Healing    15. Health   

Editorial Review

On July 28, 1995, Robert McCrum suffered a severe stroke at the age of 42. His thoughtful memoir chronicles the long, arduous process of recovery. Drawing on his own diaries and those of his wife, Sarah Lyall (then the publishing columnist for the Read more

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Year of Recovery
This book was not quite up to my expectations.It was interesting but I felt the writer wasn't being totally honest about his rate of recovery since it conflicted heavily with his wife's view.I actually liked his wifes diaries, they were very helpful in what the actual recovery process was.I wouldn't highly recommend paying the money for this book.

Everything Is Relative
Very insightful book.Referring to the past reviewer who dismissed this book because Mr. McCrum's stroke was not catastrophic enough, I am very sorry to hear of your loved one's difficulties.However this book could be helpful to many who suffer lesser degrees of stroke and eventually recover fairly well.I can understand this book would not be useful to you personally in light of your experiences.I can say though without a doubt, as a stroke survivor, that even a mild stroke is something no person would EVER want to experience.It often strikes like a lightning bolt and even if function is eventually regained it is hard for a person to ever get over being completely paralyzed and helpless even for a short period of time.Books like Mr. McCrum's help the world at large start to realize stroke can affect anyone, even the young.Best wishes and good health to all.

Not helpful if you need info on serious strokes
This was one of a mountain of books I poured over following my father's severe intracerebral hemorragic stroke, which has left him quite disabled both physically and mentally.For persons, such as myself, searching for answers and insight on how to cope with the seriously disabling stroke of a loved one, this is not the right book.Mr. McCrum never lost consciousness, his mental faculties remained intact (indeed, he was keeping a copious and cogent log of his observations from the first days after the stroke), and his physical disabilities were relatively minor (a slowed gait, and weakness on right side).Frankly, the book had a slightly narcissistic tenor, McCrum using every opportunity to name-drop (constantly referring to his many notable visitors), recount his adventures abroad, and demonstrate his command of arcane literature, which he quotes constantly.He discusses how his stroke caused him to rethink his career choices, and feel more committed to his marriage.McCrum's existential crisis, which culminated in his decision to leave his editorial post to become a journalist, left me cold.I think of the thousands of stroke sufferers who cannot put two sentences together, much less write a book. In the end, McCrum's account is less about the consequences of his stroke, and more about the early mid-life crisis it provoked.Mrs. McCrum, on the other hand, wrote extremely candidly and touchingly of her fears and struggles throughout her new husband's recovery.Her passages provide a very real, honest glimpse into the turmoil suffered by the family members of stroke victims, who are often vexed by feelings of helplessness, fear, isolation and sorrow. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Authors, English    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Book editors    8. Cerebrovascular disease    9. General    10. Great Britain    11. Health    12. Historical - British    13. McCrum, Robert    14. Patients    15. Specific Groups - Special Needs    16. Health & Fitness / General   

Subjects:  1. Brain    2. Cerebrovascular Diseases    3. Diseases    4. Health/Fitness    5. Imaging    6. Magnetic resonance imaging    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Neurology - General    9. Neuroradiology    10. Radiology    11. Spine   

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Physical Therapy    2. Cerebrovascular Diseases    3. Cerebrovascular disease    4. Evidence-based medicine    5. Exercise therapy    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Neurology - General    9. Patients    10. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation    11. Rehabilitation    12. Rehabilitation Therapy    13. Medical / Allied Health Services / Physical Therapy    14. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    15. Physiotherapy   

Subjects:  1. Aphasia    2. Audiology & Speech Pathology    3. Cerebrovascular disease    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Music    6. Neurology - General    7. Patients    8. Reference    9. Rehabilitation    10. Speech Therapy (Medical Aspects)    11. Speech therapy    12. Therapy   

Subjects:  1. Cerebrovascular Circulation    2. Cerebrovascular Diseases    3. Cerebrovascular Disorders    4. Cerebrovascular disease    5. Diagnostic Imaging    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Neurology - General    9. Radiology    10. Ultrasonic Diagnosis    11. Ultrasonic imaging    12. physiopathology    13. ultrasonography    14. Cerebrovascular disease--Ultrasonic imaging    15. Medical / Neurology    16. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

Subjects:  1. Cerebrovascular disease    2. Magnetic resonance imaging    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Neurology - General    6. Radiology    7. Medical / Neurology    8. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

Subjects:  1. Brain    2. Cerebrovascular Diseases    3. Complications    4. Concussion    5. Congresses    6. Head    7. Health/Fitness    8. Medical    9. Medical / Nursing    10. Neurology - General    11. Surgery - General    12. Treatment Of Wounds And Injuries    13. Wounds and injuries    14. Medical / Neurology    15. Medicine | Neurology    16. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

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A Clear Explanation of Brain Functions, by fermed
"The Shattered Mind" was first published in 1975, and its usefulness has not diminished in the quarter century since then. Yes, there have been dramatic changes in the neurological sciences since that time, but because the book deals with the "basics," it is still as relevant and useful as when it was first published. Howard Gardner's tone is uniformly optimistic and up-beat without being saccharine, something that is probably greatly appreciated by those suffering a sudden brain injury and by their relatives. The book allows them to acquire useful factual information and it also encourages them to develop the more rare and desirable qualities of hope and optimism when facing their difficult times. Finally, a complete picture of the unknowable.
Amnesia is the loss of memory, something that happenes to many with brain injury.What medicine does not understand is why the brain does what it does, what motives it.Gardner has put into words what many have tried butnever done successfully: describe and relate the indescribeable andunrelateable.I was amnesic for over 16 years; recovery showed me about"self", identity, and reasons for our actions and thoughts. Gardner has expressed what I learned without having to have been amnesic. A must for anyone who wants to learn about personality, what it is, whatimpairments can do to one's personality. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Brain    2. Brain damage    3. Case studies    4. Cerebrovascular disease    5. Diseases    6. Neuropsychology    7. Psychology    8. Psychopathology - General    9. Body & health    10. Human biology    11. Medicine & nursing    12. Non-Classifiable