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Neurology And Neurosurgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
1y ago
Individually prescribed music may become part of your treatment if you have a disorder like Parkinson’s disease or a host of other conditions. The therapy is underway at the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine, directed by neurologist Alex Pantelyat. Pantelyat: From a cultural standpoint, if somebody is raised in a Western country, some ..read more
Neurology And Neurosurgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
1y ago
Strategies to help people with movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease abound, and now individually prescribed music has been added to the mix. Alex Pantelyat, a neurologist and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine, explains. Pantelyat: What we’ve started doing, through the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine, is to work ..read more
Neurology And Neurosurgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
2y ago
When someone of any age has a stroke, it’s really important to find out the cause or causes. That’s according to Johns Hopkins stroke expert Michele Johansen. Johansen: Why, as stroke neurologists, do we spend a long time thinking about the cause of the stroke? Well, it’s important because stroke mechanism dictates treatment. If I ..read more
Neurology And Neurosurgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
2y ago
While it’s not really known why rates of stroke are increasing in those in the 18 to 50 year old age group, some factors are understood. Michele Johansen, a stroke expert at Johns Hopkins, says the good news is many of them are modifiable. Johansen: Modifiable risk factors. You know if we could change some ..read more
Neurology And Neurosurgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
2y ago
When a stroke takes place in a person younger than fifty, not only may the usual deficits be present, but a host of others. Johns Hopkins stroke expert Michele Johansen describes what may follow. Johansen: Stroke is a devastating disease. Stroke normally doesn’t kill you, but it leads to a great degree of deficit. Young ..read more
Neurology And Neurosurgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
2y ago
While in the US strokes are generally declining, one group in whom they are increasing is younger people. Michele Johansen, a stroke expert at Johns Hopkins, explains. Johansen: In general the age is 18 to 50 years old. Now for a long time stroke was thought of as a disease of an older adult and ..read more
Neurology And Neurosurgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
2y ago
A look at the number of strokes people experience worldwide demonstrates just what a big problem they are, with more people in the 18 to 50 year old cohort now having strokes domestically. That’s according to stroke expert Michele Johansen at Johns Hopkins. Johansen: When we think about stroke globally it’s the second cause of ..read more
Neurology And Neurosurgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
2y ago
Intensive and personalized physical rehabilitation one to two months after a stroke helps people recover better, a recent study showed, but getting such services paid for remains a challenge. Steven Zeiler, a stroke expert at Johns Hopkins, says technology can help. Zeiler: That’s why there is a lot of interest for example in some of ..read more
Neurology And Neurosurgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
2y ago
Intensive physical therapy delivered to people one to two months after having a stroke and having already received usual rehabilitative services further improved their functioning, a recent study showed. Steven Zeiler, a stroke expert at Johns Hopkins, says this is an area that needs definition. Zeiler: If we take a step back, what’s the dose ..read more
Neurology And Neurosurgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
2y ago
People who’d had a stroke, got standard rehabilitation followed by more intensive physical therapy saw better recovery, if they got the additional therapy in the first two months after their stroke, a much awaited study finds. Steven Zeiler, a stroke expert at Johns Hopkins, explains. Zeiler: Every patient that qualified for this study was then ..read more