› Share page: Email Digg del.icio.us Reddit icon StumbleUpon Technorati

Posts

Sort by: Most recent | Name
Born with half a brain, woman living full life by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Born with only half a brain, Mack can speak normally, graduated from high school and has an uncanny knack for dates. At 27, doctors determined that the right side of her brai ... Read on »
Spreading the message by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health "Then, Tuesday afternoon, she was dressed for Sunday School," she said. "We realized she wandered when 'Pop' was in the shower. That was a familiar place to sea ... Read on »
Singalong the right prescription for patients by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health THERAPEUTIC SINGALONG: Parkinsons sufferer Iris Matheson is finding the CeleBRation Choir is helping her to walk more confidently. Relevant offersThe CeleBRation Choir is not ... Read on »
Audeo devices decodes speech for the speechless by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Speech requires a few things: an electro-chemical signal rocketing from the brain, a release of air from the lungs, the vibration of your vocal cords and the phonemic mouth mo ... Read on »
Donny Winn - My Second Chance by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Reflecting on my Cognitive Development Posted by Donny Winn • October 18th, 2009 • Printer-friendly Reflecting on my Cognitive Progress. Thanks to Dr. Schutz, Rach ... Read on »
When singer Edwyn Collins had two strokes, his family were desperate to help. But nurses treated... by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health When singer Edwyn Collins had two strokes, his family were desperate to help. But nurses treated them as a nuisanceTwo devastating strokes had left him paralysed and barely ab ... Read on »
Garrison Keillor suffers minor stroke by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health (CNN) -- Garrison Keillor, author and host of the folksy radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," was being treated Wednesday for a minor stroke he suffered over the w ... Read on »
News Anchor Walter Cronkite, Dead at 92 by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health It seems almost ironic that legendary Walter Cronkite died just before the 40th anniversary of our first moon walk. Mr. Cronkite was the newsman who most people remember when ... Read on »
Music a 'mega-vitamin' for the brain by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health LONDON, England (CNN) -- When Nina Temple was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2000, then aged 44, she quickly became depressed, barely venturing out of her house as she ... Read on »
Friends promote debut novel of writer who has post-stroke aphasia by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health When Owen, Frank, Audrey, and Jin-Ae meet online after each attempts suicide and fails, the four teens mak e a deadly pact: they will escape together on a summer road trip to ... Read on »
Lost in the Cosmos by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Night Sky, a new off-Broadway play, concerns a world renowned astronomer named Anna who suffers an injury to her brain during a car accident and loses her abilities of languag ... Read on »
Aphasia by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health A condition, caused by neurological damage or disease, in which a person’s previous capacity to understand or express language is impaired. The ability to speak, listen, ... Read on »
Spain Celebrates Stroke Awareness by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Written by Heidi WardmanFriday, 24 April 2009Spain will recognize Stroke Awareness Day for the first time this year, thanks to the efforts of the Torrevieja Stroke Support Gro ... Read on »
PIRACETAM, OTC drug by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Piracetam ; i looked into this drug and tried it out, it did increase all of the stated benefits, so i thought i would share. Google the name for personal research and compani ... Read on »
What is Proloquo2Go? by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Proloquo2Go™ is a new product fromAssistiveWarethat provides a full-featured communication solution for people who have difficulty speaking. It brings natural sounding t ... Read on »
Fred Berry by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Berry died on October 21, 2003, at his Los Angeles home where he was recovering from a stroke. Read on »
SmallTalk for Aphasia SmallTalk for Aphasia by Robert D. M. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health SmallTalk for Aphasia SmallTalk for Aphasia Download on iTunes Published 2 days ago Lingraphica View profile Designed for people with aphasiaan impairment of the ability ... Read on »