Aphasia choir instructs, inspires students and singers

>A diverse group of men and women who once worked in professions including rock musician and in-home caregiver and ranging in age from 40s to 80s, choir members share one common trait: Each is a client of the Aphasia Treatment Program offered by Cal State East Bay’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Most commonly caused by a stroke, asphasia is a disorder that impairs a person’s ability to communicate but doesn’t affect intelligence...More...

Top 10 Websites and Games for Brain Exercise

From Sudoku to handheld games, people young and old alike have been looking for ways to improve their mental functioning and prevent brain aging. This list has ten of the best games and websites to improve your mental fitness.

Wireless Brain-to-Computer Connection Synthesizes Speech (thank you, Shirley )

A system that turns brain waves into FM radio signals and decodes them as sound is the first totally wireless brain-computer interface.

For now, 26-year-old Erik Ramsey, left almost entirely paralyzed by a horrific car accident 10 years ago, can only express vowel sounds with the system. That’s less than can be accomplished with wired brain-computer interfaces. But it’s still a promising step...Next..

What are dreams and why do we have them...and Stroke

Lectures curated around NOVA: What Are Dreams? about how leading dream researchers are using extraordinary experiments to investigate the world of sleep.
What are dreams and why do we have them? Are they a window into a hidden realm within us? Science is only just beginning to understand. NOVA joins the leading dream researchers and witnesses the extraordinary experiments they use to investigate the world of sleep. From human narcoleptics to sleepwalking cats, from recurrent nightmares to those who can’t dream, each sequence contains a vital clue to the question these scientists are pursuing: why do we dream?

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GHAJAR: Probably the key part is monitoring the brain pressure—the key part in treating patients with severe-head injury and trying to prevent the second injury—the first injury is the accident. You're trying to prevent the second big injury. You've got a small piece of brain that's been bruised and now this is being propagating. It's going throughout the whole brain. You're trying to prevent that from occurring. And the way to do that is diagnosis, which is monitoring the brain pressure, putting a tube in the brain and monitoring the pressure. Once you do that you get a number. Once you get that number you know how swollen the brain is, and then you do other things to try and prevent the brain from swelling even more. more....

Former Montana Senator Conrad Burns Hospitalized After Stroke

HELENA, Mont. - The family of former Montana

Republican Sen. Conrad Burns says he is hospitalized

in Washington, D.C., after suffering a stroke. more..

Free Speech (Recognition)

I leaned over to the palmtop and said, "You are witnessing an alpha copy

of Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Palm (period). Now (comma), for

the first time (comma), I can type as fast as I can speak (comma), while

my  trusty hand-held secretary takes it all down (period)." more....

Tips to help patients become more active and involved in their health care

A visit to the doctor is a time to talk and learn, and

patients play a critical role in their health care, just like

doctors, nurses and other caregivers, according to

The Joint Commission's "Tips for Your Doctor's

Visit" Speak Up™ educational campaign.