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Strokes Can Be Linked To Stress
Strokes Can Be Linked To Stress
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  • Stroke, Stroke Prevention,
  • Stress burdens your psyche as well as your body with additional emotional and physical tension, and it can easily take control of your life if you let it. Whether it surrounds your health, work, or personal life, it’s easy to allow this weight to hang over your shoulders for long periods of time; days, months,…
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    What Is The Blood-Brain Barrier & Why Is It So Important?
    What Is The Blood-Brain Barrier & Why Is It So Important?
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  • Stroke, Stroke Treatment
  • Our brain houses billions of neurons that are responsible for transmitting information to nerve cells, muscles and glands. It comes as no surprise, then, that the brain is considered the most complex organ in our body. Not only is it the most complex organ in the human body, but it is also the most important…
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    Left Brain Vs. Right Brain Stroke
    Left Brain Vs. Right Brain Stroke
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  • Stroke, Stroke Recovery
  • In the brain, each area is responsible for specific functions and abilities. So it is not surprising that it is a very complex organ, made up of different lobes and folds. A stroke that occurs in one area of the brain may affect the body differently than one that occurs in another area. The three…
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    What You Should Know About Stroke Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery
    What You Should Know About Stroke Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery
    What Is a Stroke? When a blood vessel carrying oxygen and nutrients to the brain becomes blocked by a clot and a stroke occurs as a result, it is called an ischemic stroke. A hemorrhagic stroke occurs when the affected blood vessel bursts. When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood and…
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    Tips For Flying After a Stroke
    Tips For Flying After a Stroke
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  • Stroke, Stroke Caregivers
  • The fear of flying after a stroke Fear of flying is not uncommon after a stroke. They may have heard that it is unsafe to fly after a stroke. They may also fear the long hours up in the air with their ongoing medical conditions. Flying is a necessary part of life. There is too…
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    Traveling With Disabilities
    Traveling With Disabilities
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  • Stroke, Stroke Caregivers
  • Disabilities to deal with after a stroke A stroke can cause significant damage and often leave sufferers with a disability. Sometimes it leaves people unable to walk or even communicate on their own. For people with severe impairments, traveling can appear daunting or downright impossible. While traveling with disabilities can be difficult, it is not…
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    Luke Perry’s Fatal Stroke
    Luke Perry’s Fatal Stroke
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  • Stroke
  • 90210 Star Luke Perry Dies of Massive Stroke The star of "Beverly Hills, 90210" Luke Perry died at the age of just 52 as a result of a severe stroke. Many people faced shock and confusion following the news. They may be thinking how could somebody so young die from a stroke? – It is…
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    Sasha's Journey Of Hope After Stroke
    Sasha's Journey Of Hope After Stroke
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  • Cord Blood, Stroke, Stroke Treatment
  • Stroke Treatment Sasha was in perfect health and had no significant problems when he suffered a stroke three years ago. One night, however, in the blink of an eye, the life he knew changed forever. "The only thing I felt was a pain in my jaw," recounts Sasha, the night he suffered an ischemic stroke,…
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    Cord Blood: Everything You Need To Know
    Cord Blood: Everything You Need To Know
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  • Cord Blood
  • Cord blood as a source of stem cells In 1983, it was discovered that umbilical cord blood can serve as an amazing source of stem cells. However, it wasn’t until 1988 that the first successful cord blood transplant was carried out. Since then, cord blood has been used to treat a wide range of diseases,…
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    How Cord Blood is Collected
    How Cord Blood is Collected
    The advantages of cord blood in stem cell therapy In other clinics, it is common for patients undergoing stem cell therapy there to provide their own stem cells in an invasive procedure. With donated cord blood, however, our stem cell units are readily available as soon as the patient is ready to receive treatment. Some…
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