Daily TED Talk – Jill Bolte Taylor’s Stroke of Insight
This week I’m posting a favorite brain-related TED video each day. In this talk from TED 2008, brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor tells an incredible story about studying her own stroke and long...
View ArticleA Rare Side Effect of Surgery: A Funky Foreign Accent
File this under strange but true: I recently saw a news story about a woman who had minor dental surgery and woke up from the operation speaking with a foreign accent. Post-surgery, Oregon native Karen...
View ArticleCancelled Stent Study for Strokes Reveals Implications for Evidence-Based...
I recently read an article in the New York Times that made me think about some issues around how medical testing works. The article talked about a randomized, controlled study that aimed to prevent...
View ArticleStudy: To Cut Stroke Risk, Eat More Fiber
A new study in the journal Stroke has found that people who eat a lot of fiber have a lower risk of stroke. The meta-analysis, which looked at data from eight studies, found that adding even a small...
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To Cut Stroke Risk, Eat More Protein
A recent study from Neurology found that increasing protein in your diet may help cut stroke risk. The study found that people who consume more protein have a decreased risk for stroke as compared to...
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To Prevent Stroke, Just Add Milk?
Recent research from Monash University has found that a small daily intake of milk may help prevent stroke- at least in people who don’t normally consume dairy products. The researchers used data from...
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