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This tip card lists common cognitive changes after brain injury and helps survivors, families and caregivers recognize cognitive challenges after brain injury. It gives tips on using compensatory strategies for memory, attention, concentration, mental fatigue, slowed responses, planning, organizing, judgment, and safety awareness. Anavex today announced the successful completion of its Phase 1 single ascending dose clinical trial of ANAVEX 2-73, its lead compound for the treatment of Alzheimer's. Coping with life after a brain injury is not easy. The effects of a traumatic brain injury upon a person's ability to think and learn can be so overwhelming that the survivor literally struggles to get through each day. What we think of as routine can be a challenge for a survivor of a brain injury. Anavex today announced that the first healthy human volunteers have been dosed with ANAVEX 2-73, in its Phase I clinical trial for Alzheimer's disease. Marilyn Lash M.S.W., a partner in Lash and Associates Publishing/Training Inc. has been invited to be a keynote speaker in March at the Palo Alto VA Hospital's conference on "Finding Resilience after Brain Injury: A Workshop for both Family and Professional Caregivers. After her husband sustained a traumatic brain injury in 2003, M. Stahura created a journaling workshop for people with brain injury. Those workshops were the foundation for After Brain Injury: Telling Your Story - A Journaling Workbook. All new information about sports concussion available through Lash and Associates. Concussions can have effects on athletes from the playing field to the classroom. "Understanding Everybody's Behavior After Brain Injury: Don't "Don't"", a new book by Dr. Harvey Jacobs, has just been released by Lash and Associates Publishing/Training Inc. Dr. Jacobs places emphasis on the "dos" over the "don'ts". Accompanying the book is a workbook with exercises that help showcase people's abilities. What started as a vision has turned into a remarkably successful publishing company serving a diverse community with traumatic brain injuries. Quincy Bioscience, a research-based biotechnology company, announced the issuance of United States patent No.7,671,015. The patent covers the use of aequorin-containing compounds for the purpose of preventing and alleviating symptoms and disorders related to calcium imbalance Quincy Bioscience, a research-based biotechnology company, announced interim results from the Prevagen Memory Study. The Prevagen Memory Study is a three-month long, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study using both qualitative Quality of Life surveys and a quantitative, computer-based set of cognitive tests developed by Cogstate Ltd. Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia, or Type 2 Trigeminal Neuralgia, is a rare form of Trigeminal neuralgia, a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve. This form of neuralgia is difficult to diagnose, as it is rare and the symptoms overlap with several other disorders. The symptoms can be mistaken for migraines, dental problems such as TMJ, musculoskeletal issues, and hypochondriasis. Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia treatment in India have certifications for internationally recognized quality standards and are well-equipped and staffed to ensure the highest level of professionalism, safety and care to patients. A simple thing like tripping on a carpet or slipping on a wet floor can change your life in a heartbeat. Like the thousands of people who fall each year, you may suffer a broken bone. Broken bones are no picnic, and for older people, a broken bone can be the start of more serious health problems... Pretty much everyone knows at least one person who has fallen. The fall may have been purely accidental, such as a slip and fall, or the fall may have been related to dizziness. More than one in three people age 65 years or older falls each year... A recent study suggests that after age 40, dizziness makes you 12 times more likely to suffer serious injury from a fall. About 69 million Americans over age 40 have some form of inner-ear dysfunction or another, that predisposes dizziness and makes them up to 12 times more likely to suffer a serious fall... Falls are the leading cause of injury, death, and emergency room visits for people over age 65 years. Falls also rank highly for those under 65 years, despite what most people believe, or want to believe. Some falls are unavoidable and happen purely by accident. Unfortunately however, many are not. Many individuals suffer from imbalance, and because the brain is so good at compensating for things, imbalance typically goes unnoticed until a fall actually occurs. Anavex Life Sciences Corp.today announced the completion of scale-up manufacturing of ANAVEX 2-73, its lead compound for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. I just returned from my daily trip to the hospital, and today, a nurse’s station was setup in the foyer graciously screening blood pressures for passersby. It dawned upon me that I check blood pressure for patients all day long, but never have my own checked. So I decided to stop and participate, (incidentally, my pressure was on the low side of normal). As I sat in the chair it occurred to me how many individuals have high blood pressure that never stop to have it checked, and what an enormous mistake this is. Disorders of high blood pressure such as stroke Vertigo, for being one of the top reasons why an individual would go to a doctor, is an extremely misunderstood and frequently inappropriately treated disorder. Vertigo in and of itself manifests as a symptom, not as a true disease entity. It is often confused with dizziness, lightheadedness... After having completed specialty postdoctoral neurology course work a few years back in the treatment of children as well as adults with neurobehavioral disorders such as ADD, ADHD, autism, etc, I did not incorporate a plan to attract these types of patients into my office immediately. Until recently, my office has largely focused in the management of patients with balance and movement disorder syndromes... Anavex Life Sciences (OTCBB: AVXL - News) was highlighted in a feature story published by Pharmawire on March 31, 2009. What has become of our culture? TV is now inundated with drug commercials advocating drugs to treat just about everything, and during the part where they are required to list the side effects, a pretty young girl is... There is no question that vestibular rehabilitation therapy is the best way to manage most causes of vertigo, dizziness and imbalance. The downside is that... Anavex Life Sciences Corp. ("ANAVEX") (OTCBB: AVXL) was selected to present its latest results with ANAVEX 1-41 at Neuroscience 2008, the 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, which took place November 15-19, 2008 in Washington, DC. If you have a headache, you’re not alone. Nine out of ten Americans suffer from headaches. Headaches comprise the top three reasons why one goes to the doctor. Some are occasional, some frequent, some are dull and throbbing, and some cause debilitating pain and nausea. What do you do when you suffer from a pounding headache? In the past decade, prescriptions for Ritalin, a stimulant medication commonly used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), increased five-fold, with 90 percent of all prescriptions worldwide consumed in the United States. As many parents grow leery of the traditional drug approach to ADHD, promising results with non-drug treatments that focus on postural stability, nutrition and lifestyle changes that affect brain activity are emerging... Right up there with headaches and back pain, as the first two reasons which people seek medical attention. Invariably the standard medical treatment approach for vertigo and dizziness is to prescribe meclizine, (Antivert), a vestibular suppressant drug, which doesn’t work. Here is why... For over twenty years in my practice, I have personally witnessed the impact of helping people recover from various disorders, not just in terms of their health, but also in their ability to improve their quality of life. Dizziness is a very common and growing problem of modern life... Despite the multitude of dramatic success stories associated with chiropractic medicine over the past 200 years, the profession is ridden with myths, wives tails and many unfortunate beliefs, or as it may be, disbeliefs. I have been running a center, which, very successfully, treats patients with vertigo, dizziness and dystonia for over ten years now. Because of my success in this area... Quoted from Laurence J. Peter, US educator & writer (1919 - 1988), one must wonder if he somehow anticipated our current healthcare system. We are living in an age where it is deemed ok to suggest prescription drugs on TV which can cure all of your woes... [ Previous 30 | Display By Oldest | Display By Newest | Next 30 ]  |
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