Category: Education

When he was little, around seven or so, I took my son to a few homes of friends who had chickenpox so that he would get them, too, instead of...

I didn't drink in excess, or smoke, or have diabetes, or have high cholesterol, or high blood pressure, or obesity, the main reasons why people have strokes. I'll get to point,...

There are three things about getting old that make it worth the wait.  I don't remember when it exactly happened (lately, I know for sure), but I have new-found wisdom,...

Portland, like other cities, can be "crazy bad" when the temperature spikes. I venture to say, brain injury survivors are near the top of the list. Look at English expressions:...

A member suggested this topic, but first, a little background. Your hunting and gathering ancestors didn’t have regular access to food like we do, so their bodies had to develop...

Did you wonder why the researchers use mice and rats in experiments when the results are often applied to humans, ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes and TBIs among them? I wondered...

There are many reasons for anyone who has high blood pressure, also called hypertension, none of them good. Here's the story. High blood pressure is the main risk factor for...

Confabulation is when people, a significant portion of Traumatic Injury Injury (TBI) survivors, have gaps in their memory and were asked to recount the details of past events. Rather than...

I have a sensitive stomach, and ever since my stroke, more sensitive, which I didn't think was possible. I wanted to know WHY! In other words, is there a connection between stroke and...

When I started to research oral care--brushing and flossing--for stroke, I found advice all over the world. But first a little background on how I was reacting to oral care when I...