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Stroke Recovery
Stroke affects 730,000 Americans each year and is the leading cause of adult disability. Stroke also can mean a dramatic change in a person's ability to live a normal life. These experts are available to discuss the medical science behind strokes and the therapies available to stroke victims.
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Carolyn Baum
Professor in the Program of Occupational Therapy and Neurology and Elias Michael Director of the Program in Occupational Therapy
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Baum's research focuses on enabling older adults to live independently. Rather than focus on people's deficits, she seeks to understand what a person with chronic disease or disability can do. Her work has been recognized by funding from the National Institutes of Health, The James S. McDonnell Foundation, ...
Expertise: aging, enabling independent living, return of function following stroke
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Alexander W. Dromerick
Associate Professor of Neurology and Occupational Therapy
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Dromerick is known for his clinical and laboratory research on rehabilitation methods for stroke patients, including a new technique called constraint-induced movement therapy.
Expertise: stroke, neurology, brain injury, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, constraint-induced movement therapy, brain imaging, …
Media assistance: (314) 286-0109 / reckessg@wustl.edu
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Alison M. Goate
Professor of Genetics and Psychiatry
A professor of genetics in psychiatry, Alison Goate is a molecular geneticist who discovered the first genetic mutation that causes a form of Alzheimer's disease.
Expertise: Alzheimer's disease, amyloid, genetics, psychiatry, genetic mutation, amyloid-beta, disease-causing mutations
Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu
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David M. Holtzman
Head of the Department of Neurology
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Holtzman is known as one of the leading experts in researching the underlying mechanisms that lead to Alzheimer's disease in an effort to improve diagnosis and treatment. In addition to seeing patients at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Memory Diagnostic Center, Holtzman leads a research ...
Expertise: Alzheimer's disease, dementia, neurology, molecular biology, monoclonal antibodies, amyloid plaques, perinatal stroke
Media assistance: (314) 286-0109 / reckessg@wustl.edu
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John Holloszy
Professor of Medicine
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Holloszy is a pioneer in understanding the impact of exercise training on the quality of life of the elderly. One of the leading figures in gerontology research, his seminal studies include investigations into whether exercise reverses some of the deterioration in functional capacity that has traditionally ...
Expertise: gerontology research, calorie restriction
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When every second counts
Stroke treated significantly faster and just as safely by medical residents
Feb. 24,
2009 -- Diagnosing acute stroke is a high-pressure decision. The speed with which treatment is delivered makes all the difference. Early treatment can stop brain damage, but if treatment is given inappropriately, it can dangerously increase the risk of bleeding in the brain. Because of this risk, the final decision to administer stroke treatment is usually reserved for neurologists or, in some cases, other attending physicians. But now researchers have shown that residents with appropriate training can safely make the call, ensuring that effective treatment is delivered faster.
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Worm's low-oxygen survival skills may aid stroke, heart attack patients
Worm provides clues about preventing damage caused by low-oxygen during stroke, heart attack
Jan. 29,
2009 -- Neurobiologists at the School of Medicine have identified pathways that allow microscopic worms to survive in a low-oxygen, or hypoxic, environment. They believe the finding could have implications for conditions such as stroke, heart attack and cancer. Sensitivity to low oxygen helps determine how damaging those medical conditions can be.
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Brain-computer interfaces may help move limbs
Brain implants may help stroke patients overcome partial paralysis
Nov. 11,
2008 -- Scientists have shown for the first time that neuroprosthetic brain implants may be able to help stroke patients with partial paralysis. Researchers found that implants known as brain-computer interfaces (BCI) may be able to detect activity on one side of the brain that is linked to hand and arm movements on the same side of the body. They hope to use these signals to guide motorized assistance mechanisms that restore mobility in partially paralyzed limbs.
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Depression can break the heart
USA Today
March 4,
2009 -- Depression almost doubles the risk of developing heart disease over 12 years, according to a long-term study of twins. It contributes to the risk of heart disease as much as diabetes, high cholesterol or obesity does, says study leader and WUSTL psychiatry professor Jeffrey Scherrer.
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Women Less Apt to Get Clot-Buster, Study Finds
U.S. News & World Report online
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Feb. 24,
2009 -- Gender definitely makes a difference when it comes to stroke, new research shows. WUSTL neurology professor Mark Goldberg comments.
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Lowly worm offers new clues on stroke, heart drugs
Reuters
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Jan. 30,
2009 -- Worms that can survive with almost no oxygen are teaching scientists how to rescue oxygen-starved cells in humans who suffer a heart attack or stroke, said WUSTL medical researcher Michael Crowder, whose study appears in Science.
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The hidden dangers of belly fat
MSNBC.com
May 24,
2006 -- While we all know that excess pounds increase your risk of certain diseases, you may not realize that where you carry the weight makes a big difference. Researchers have found that abdominal fat could be even more hazardous to your health.
WUSTL nutrition expert Samuel Klein, director of the Center for Human Nutrition, explains why.
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In a stroke patient, doctor sees power of brain to recover
Wall Street Journal
Nov. 30,
2005 -- Story on the growing interest in neurointensive care treatment for stroke patients. Article mentions a 2001 critical care study by WUSTL researchers Michael Diringer and Dorothy Edwards, who studied records of more than 40,000 patients with bleeding in their brains. Patients in a regular intensive-care unit were 3.4 times as likely to die as patients in a neurointensive unit, after adjusting for the severity of the bleeding.
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