Saturday News

Contents of This Week Saturday News ▶︎ December 12th / 2015

• Definition: Stroke and Dementia

Dementia, also known as senility, is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember that is great enough to affect a person's daily functioning. Other common symptoms include emotional problems, problems with language, and a decrease in motivation. A person's consciousness is not affected. A dementia diagnosis requires a change from a person's usual mental functioning and a greater decline than one would expect due to aging. These diseases also have a significant effect on a person's caregivers. A longer definition comes from Wikipedia.

• Video: Stroke and Dementia

      - When Stroke Becomes Dementia. Dr. Amy Brodtmann Lecture
      - Stroke, White Matter Disease and Alzheimer's Disease:
             Can Canada Avoid an Epidemic of Dementia?
      - OT Home Visits - Dementia vs Stroke - the Process and Outlook is 
             Very Different!!
      - My Theory on Dementia, Blood Pressure & Stroke - Dr. Eric Berg DC
      - Stroke and Dementia
      - Stroke and Dementia: What Lessons for Us
      - A Deadly Interaction: The Connection Between Stroke and Dementia
      - Cut Your Risk of Dementia & Stroke
      - Living With Dementia and Stroke or Coronary Heart Disease:
            Information for Consumers
      - Nun Study-Brain Health/Alzheimer's/Dementia/Stroke/Brain Exercise
      - Dementia, Stroke Risk Linked To Hand Strength, Walking Speed

• Headline Blog: Stroke and Dementia
• Dementia, Alzheimers and Stroke Survivors: Is There a Connection?
• Tools for Alzheimer's Screening: BrainCheck
• “Veterans and Brain Disease”
• A Test That Predicts when Survivors may Die
• Stroke, tPA and Physician Decision-Making
• Brain Food’s First Dish

• Eclectic Stuff: Many articles from many Guest Bloggers about Stroke
• Mind Over Muscle
• Precision PT = Progress 11 Years After My Stroke
• 7th Day of Positive Affirmations
• 50 Shades of Surprise
• You Can do a Lot with One Hand
• Taking Back My Life with Goals

• Weekly Columnists
• Musing: 85 with Dementia? Good Chance It's HS-AGING and Not Alzheimer's
• Sunday Stroke Survival: Hog Tied
• Caregiver: Bob's Artwork
• Jester: That was the Last Year Santa...
• TED Talks - Alanna Shaikh: How I'm Preparing to Get Alzheimer's
• Rick Mercer Report: Boston Christmas Tree & Ontario Medical Marijuana Plan
• Laid-Back Admin: Text + Image -> Original Link?

• Daily Comics: For Better Or For Worse, Dilbert, Mayes, Doonesbury

• Future Topics in SSTattler

     Saturday News | Future Topic
     --------------+---------------------------------------------
     Jan/09/2016   | Bobath (NDT - Neuro-Developmental Treatment)
     Jan/05/2016   | Emotional Recovery
     Dec/26/2015   | Christmas - A Cappella Quartet / Quintet
     Dec/19/2015   | CADASIL Syndrome