Tag Archive 'Strokes'

Public service announcement

On the same day I heard a friend tell about her father’s stroke, which was initially misdiagnosed and therefore not treated, I got the following in an email.  It’s a no brainer to pass it on to you: STROKE IDENTIFICATION It only takes a minute to read this… A neurologist says that if he can [...]

The mysteries of the human brain

Many years ago, I was talking to a friend of mine who was a medical student on his neurology rotation.  He related what was, to me, an amazing story.  The patient he saw that day was a fairly young man who had suffered a major stroke, resulting in an almost complete loss of speech (aphasia).  [...]