INCREASING BRAIN/MIND FUNCTIONS - DISCOVERING THE SECRETS OF CONSCIOUSNESS EXPANSION FOLLOWING STROKE, TIA'S AND BRAIN TRAUMA OR BRAIN DISEASE - Health

In May of 1996 I had my first stroke as I slept. In August of 1997 I had a series of four more strokes, specifically, "transient ischemic attacks", over a six day time span. Surgery to remove a major blockage in my left carotid artery soon followed.
Since then i have been working to regain lost brain/body functions and have been made painfully aware that a stroke can take away short and long term memory capabilities.
I was effected dramatically by the realization that I had forgotten how to draw. This is especially important since I make my living as a commercial artist, doing storyboards and concept sketches for ad agencies, design studios, and production studios, and am expected to draw from memory quickly without the use of photographic reference.
My condition became clear to me when i viewed the awkward and pathetic attempts by my mind to process the human body form into a drawing in a life drawing class, usually an enjoyable experience where I could display my expertise and knowledge to the fellow members of the class. I fell into a severe depression that my doctor could not even help by powerful anti-depressants and counseling.

THE GREATEST ANTIDOTE TO DEPRESSION IS ACTION.

It became clear to me I had to invent my own aggressive program of rebuilding brain/body/mind functions that would hopefully return me to my past level of competence.
By using a mixed bag of related techniques, some recommended by the medical community,the AANS, CNS, and various universities and medical information groups, and the already successful new brakthrough tecno-methods being currently employed by physical therapists who treat STROKE victims daily, and some I had envented myself, some through past knowledge gleaned from Chinese Energetic Medicine seminars, past insight from several martial arts schools and classes, some through trial and error, some via inspiration, I was able to regain most of what I had lost....clearly an authentic breakthrough,

Interestingly enough I gained new abilities triggered by the somewhat unorthodox methods I employed, (specifically the ability of Remote Viewing, the supersecret program developed by the Defense Department to acquire knowledge of targets through extrasensory methods), I had a limited blueprint to follow, no time honored successful program medical science had provided specific to me.
I will share this knowledge with you.

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REWIRE DAMAGED CIRCUITS ..... NOW! THE IMPORTANCE OF IMMEDIATE REHABILITATION.Rehabilitation can help brain rewire after stroke
I NEW YORK, Jun 01 (Reuters Health) -Rehabilitation therapy can help the brain to "rewire" itself after a stroke, researchers report.
ttThis is the first demonstration in humans of a long-term , alteration in brain function associated with a
therapy-induced improvement in the rehabilitation of movement after neurological injury," according to Dr. Joachim Liepert from Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany, and associates.
After a stroke, where part of the brain is damaged due to lack of blood, the surface of the brain reorganizes,
essentially turning off areas once responsible for now ; paralyzed muscles, the authors explain.
1 Now, investigators found, a form of rehabilitation called constraint-induced movement therapy ( CI therapy) can reactivate many of the areas associated with the function of limbs left paralyzed by a stroke.
CI therapy involves restraining the patient's "good" arm, the one not affected by stroke, for most of the day over 2 to 3 weeks. It means that the patient must try to use the stroke-affected limb. It is thought that CI works by forcing brain cells close to the injured brain area to take over
guiding movements, a brain process known as cortical reorganization.
The researchers used a special mapping technique called focal transcranial magnetic stimulation to measure the activity of the surface of the brain in 13 stroke patients before and after CI therapy.
CI therapy showed almost immediate practical benefits, the team reports, substantially increasing limb movement in usual daily activities after the first day of treatment. These improvements were sustained for at least 6 months after the 12-day CI therapy began. Brain mapping reflected the performance improvements seen in the patients. According to the results published in the June issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association the number of active areas in the brain area damaged by the stroke nearly doubled from the day before treatment began to the end of the first day of CI therapy.
Like the practical improvement, the increased brain activity remained throughout the study period, the researchers note. Six months after treatment, the activity was essentially equal on both the affected and the unaffected sides of the brain.
The results--both physical and mapping improvements--were consistent across individuals, the report indicates, with both being observed in each patient.
The investigators are uncertain of the mechanism of increased brain activity after CI therapy. "Regardless of the mechanism, rehabilitation appears to lead to a recruitment of a large number of (nerves involved in the) movements the stroke-affected extremity adjacent to those involved before therapy," they conclude.
"These results show the potential for the improvement of impaired function after neurological injury by the use of appropriate techniques," said study author Dr. Edward
of the University of Alabama, in a statement. "This also opens the possibility of being able to produce this effect by other rehabilitation therapies or by pharmacological means, " he added.

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11 Million 'Silent Strokes' A Year
Published: 2/16/01

A surprising 11 million Americans each year have strokes that are never detected because they cause no obvious symptoms, although over time they may lead to memory loss and other ills, a study concludes.

Doctors have long known that people can have insidious "silent strokes" -- tiny spots of dead cells inside the brain that do not cause classic stroke symptoms. But the new study suggests they are extremely common, occurring in about 4 percent of the U.S. population each year.

Besides the 11 million Americans who have silent strokes annually, about 750,000 more have ones that cause classic stroke symptoms, such as slurred speech, dizziness and numbness on one side.

'Their Effects Accumulate'

"Silent strokes are epidemic in this country," said Dr. Megan C. Leary. While they occur in parts of the brain where they don't cause symptoms right away, "the word `silent' should be put in quotes, because their effects accumulate over the years."

While a single silent stroke may have no impact, repeated ones lead to memory lapses, mood problems and difficulty walking. They are also a sign that people are especially prone to full-blown strokes.

Leary and colleagues from UCLA Medical Center released the results Friday at a meeting of the American Stroke Association in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

'An Alarming Estimate'

"It's an alarming estimate," said Dr. Robert J. Adams of the Medical College of Georgia. "It's surprisingly high but very possibly accurate."

The researchers say silent strokes are rare before age 30. But after that, their prevalence doubles every 10 years. By the time people reach their 70s, one in three has a silent stroke every year.

The researchers also found that some people have more than one silent stroke in a year. When these repeat ones are added together, Americans have almost 22 million silent strokes annually. This means that only 3 percent of the total number of strokes in 1998, when the data were compiled, were actually diagnosed.

Leary based her estimate on two surveys involving brain scans on about 5,500 Americans.

Strokes Can Be Prevented

"What's sad is that silent strokes and symptomatic strokes are among the most preventable diseases in this country," Leary said.

Doctors can see the scars left by silent strokes when they perform routine brain scans. But ordinarily they do not search for them. However, the new data raise the possibility that perhaps they should, since people who have one silent stroke are likely to have many more.

Strokes can be prevented by keeping blood pressure under control, lowering cholesterol, treating diabetes and stopping smoking.

Leary said if people actually know they have had a silent stroke, they might be more willing to stick to blood pressure medicines and cholesterol-lowering drugs that cut their risk.

'Tip Of the Iceberg'

The new data suggest that diagnosed strokes "may be just the tip of the iceberg," said Dr. Ralph Sacco of Columbia University. But while they raise the possibility that doctors should look for silent strokes and treat victims more aggressively, "we don't have the data to show that yet."

In a separate study, Dutch doctors did brain scans on a cross-section of 1,077 elderly people. They found that one-quarter of them had signs of stroke, and 80 percent of these were silent strokes.

"Up until now, we have not told people about silent strokes because we didn't know what they mean," said Dr. Sarah E. Vermeer of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. "Now we have evidence that silent strokes do count."

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THE FAMILY OF THE STROKE VICTIM

How the Family Can Help

If you are a family member of a stroke survivor, here are some things you can do:

Support the patient's efforts to participate in rehabilitation decisions.

Visit and talk with the patient. You can relax together while playing cards, watching television, listening to the radio or playing a board game.

If the patient has trouble communicating (aphasia), ask the speech-language pathologist how you can help.

Participate in education offered for stroke survivors and their families. Learn as much as you can and how you can help.

Ask to attend some of the rehabilitation sessions. This is a good way to learn how rehabilitation works and how to help.

Encourage and help the patient to practice skills learned in rehabilitation.

Make sure that the program staff suggests activities that fit the patient's needs and interests.

Find out what the patient can do alone, what the patient can do with help, and what the patient can't do. Then avoid doing things for the patient that the patient is able to do. Each time the patient does them, his or her ability and confidence will grow.

Take care of yourself by eating well, getting enough rest and taking time to do things that you enjoy.

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Cell Transplants Possibly Repair Stoke Damage
Feb. 19, 2001 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Stem cells, or immature cells, have the ability to develop into major cells in the brain when transplanted in rats. The question researchers hope to answer is, will it work the same way in humans?

Researchers from New York transplanted stem cells into rats to see if they have the ability to grow new brain tissue after a stroke. Gaurav Gupta, M.D., from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, says, "Our goal was to replace the dead area of the cortex with neural stem cells that would mature into neurons and other brains cell types." Stem cells are found in bone marrow of adults or in embryonic tissue. They have the ability to grow and differentiate into many different types of cells in the body in response to injury or disease.

Researchers found transplanted stem cells grew in damaged areas of the brain and formed connections with neighboring cells. Study researcher Daniel Rosenbaum, M.D., says, "We were not sure the transplanted cells would even survive, but they did. In just seven days, some cells had begun differentiating into the basic ... immature types of cells that form the fundamental structure of the brain." However, the rate of cell growth varied in damaged and non-damaged areas.

Dr. Gupta says, "Because tissue in the stroke damaged cortex is replaced by scar tissue and fluid-filled cavities, there is relatively poor structural and nutritional support. Transplanted cells do not grow as well as they do in the more fertile ... regions which have supportive factors that help the cells grow."

Dr. Rosenbaum says, "We've demonstrated that transplanted stem cells can survive, multiply and differentiate. Differences in the cell growth depend on the local factors in the areas of the brain in which they're implanted. A greater understanding of what these local factors are may enable us to better manipulate the stem cells to grow new brain tissue."

The results of the study were presented at the 26th International Stroke conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Dr. Gupta received the Mordecai Y.T. Globus Young Investigator of the Year Award at the conference for his work.

Estrogen may Hurt, not Help, Stroke Risk
Feb. 19, 2001 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Although estrogen is known to have vascular and neuronal properties, researchers report there is no association between estrogen and a reduced risk of stroke. Results from previous studies have produced inconsistent results.

Researchers from Yale University in New Haven, Conn. studied more than 650 women to determine if estrogen therapy reduces the risk of stroke. All women were age 45 or older and post-menopausal. One group received one milligram of estradiol (estrogen) once a day while the other group received a placebo. To be eligible, women had to have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA), or a non-disabling stroke, within 90 days of entry into the study. TIA's produce stroke-like symptoms that generally resolve within 24 hours of onset.

Researchers say the study produced some startling statistics. They found no difference in the risk of recurrent stroke between the estrogen group and the placebo group. Estrogen also showed no protective effects relating to the rate of death following stroke or in stroke death itself. Further, the data shows the placebo group was more than twice as likely to make a good recovery from a severe stroke than the estrogen group. The only other randomized data available for estrogen replacement therapy for vascular disease comes from the HERS trial, which suggested a trend toward a beneficial effect for estrogen late in their trial. Lawrence M. Brass, M.D., from Yale University, says, "We found no evidence for such a ... beneficial effect."

In fact, Dr. Brass says, "When we look at the specific causes of death overall, stroke death was increased in those women randomized to estrogen." He concludes, "Estrogen is not effective in preventing recurrent stroke or death among postmenopausal women with established cerebral vascular disease. Estrogen may increase the risk for fatal stroke and estrogen may also result in more severe neurological damage following stroke." .

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