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In the United States, more than 795,000 strokes occur each year. Doctors are interested in helping people prevent strokes whenever possible, and to do so, they must use accurate guidelines and ...
A major cause of neuronal injury is the release of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate. The concentration of glutamate outside the cells of the nervous system is normally kept low by so-called uptake carriers, which are powered by the concentration gradients of ions (mainly Na +) across the cell membrane. However, stroke cuts off the ...
The purpose of a very special episode is generally to raise awareness of an issue and encourage those affected to seek help if necessary. For example, the Diff'rent Strokes episode "The Bicycle Man", in the same year it was released, influenced a child in La Porte, Indiana, to inform his mother of a pedophile in the area, and the LaPorte police department credited the episode for the man's ...
“The reason why this is so important for everyone - every normal, everyday person - to know this is because the best outcomes are when women are evaluated and treated within three hours of ...
Silent strokes are the most common form of neurologic injury in children with sickle cell anemia, who may develop subtle neurocognitive deficits in the areas of attention and concentration, executive function, and visual-motor speed and coordination due to silent strokes which may not have been detected on physical examination.
This Tuesday at 8/7c, ABC will revisit two more classic sitcoms, Diff’rent Strokes and its offshoot The Facts of Life, by way of its Live in Front of a Studio Audience franchise. But whereas ...
In 2014 the focus of the campaign was on the specific impact of stroke on women, both in terms of their specific stroke risk factors and the balance of caregiving responsibilities. The campaign theme was 'I am Woman. Globally, women have higher stroke mortality than men, so that 6 in 10 of all stroke deaths occur in women.
The ups and downs of Gary Coleman’s life are being examined in the new documentary, GARY.. Diving deeper into the child actor’s success on Diff’rent Strokes and, ultimately, his titular Gary ...