Does Acupuncture Improve Dysphasia in Head and Neck Cancer?Does Acupuncture Improve Dysphasia in Head and Neck Cancer?
A pilot study found that quality of life was better after acupuncture treatment, although the difference wasn't significant. The timing and duration might be to blame. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Using one language to relearn another: Aphasia and bilingualism
In the era of globalization, bilingualism is becoming more and more frequent, and it is considered a plus. However, can this skill turn into a disadvantage, when someone acquires aphasia? More precisely, if a bilingual person suffers brain damage (i.e. stroke, head trauma, dementia) and this results in a language impairment called aphasia, then the two languages can be disrupted, thus increasing the challenge of language rehabilitation. According to Dr... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Bilingualism helps aphasia sufferers relearn primary language
Researchers have found that when a person who speaks two languages experiences brain damage leading to a language condition called aphasia, the second, less dominant language can be used to transfer knowledge to the primary one, helping with rehabilitation. The National Aphasia Association defines aphasia as "an impairment of the ability to use or comprehend words, usually acquired as a result of a stroke or other brain injury." When a bilingual person acquires aphasia, the two languages can be disrupted, making language rehabilitation quite difficult... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Aphasia and bilingualism: Using one language to relearn another
(University of Montreal) A recent critical literature review conducted by Ana Inés Ansaldo and Ladan Ghazi Saidi -- Ph.D student -- points to three interventional avenues to promote cross-linguistic effects of language therapy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Famous Faces Give Insight to Primary Progressive AphasiaFamous Faces Give Insight to Primary Progressive Aphasia
A new clinical tool highlights brain differences related to impairment in naming vs recognizing famous faces in patients with PPA. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Could 'famous faces test' be used to spot dementia?
Conclusion
This study provides some preliminary findings of use of the NUFFACE Test in people with primary progressive aphasia – a rare and specific form of early dementia.
One of the main limitations of this study was that it was very small, including only 30 people with PPA. A small sample size decreases the reliability of the study findings; if another sample of people with PPA were examined, the results could be different.
Another limitation is that it only included people with PPA who were relatively young and in the early stages of disease. Findings may not be applicable to other people in later stages or severiti...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Older people Mental health Source Type: news
Famous Face Test May Spot Early Dementia
Researchers say inability to name icons like Einstein or Elvis might signal primary progressive aphasia (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - August 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Famous Face Test May Spot Early Dementia
Researchers say inability to name icons like Einstein or Elvis might signal primary progressive aphasia
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - August 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is the Criteria for Diagnosing Beçhet’s disease?
Discussion
Beçhet’s disease (BD) is a multisystem vasculitis named for the Turkish dermatologist, Hulusi Beçhet. It has a prevalance in one study of 5.2-7.1 per 100,000 adults. It is more common in males than females but it depends on the cohort studied and there is variation among different ancestral groups.
Venous vasculitis usually causes thrombotic events whereas arterial vasculitis causes aneurysms and thrombosis. Involvement of the central nervous system vasculature can be a major problem. Central venous thrombosis can cause isolated intracranial hypertension but also aphasia, hemiparesis and sei...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 12, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Progress made in linking some forms of epilepsy to genetics
(University of Washington) Some patients with a rare disorder called epilepsy aphasia have mutations in the same gene, GRIN2A. Epilepsy aphasia disorders are characterized by seizures and speech abnormalities. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Canada subsidizes iPads for speech therapy
Last week, Toronto, Ontario-based MyVoice announced a discounted iPad or iPod Touch program for people who purchase the company’s TalkRocket Go communication app, subsidized by the Ontario Ministry of Health’s Assistive Devices Program, according to the company. TalkRocket Go, normally $99 in the iTunes App Store, uses voice synthesis technology to provide verbal communication for [...] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - July 16, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Aditi Pai Tags: Uncategorized aphasia iPad communication tool Lingraphica Medicare MyVoice Ontario Ministry of Health speech therapy TalkRocket Go text-to-speech Source Type: news
Early Brain Stimulation May Help Stroke Survivors Recover Language Function
Non-invasive brain stimulation may help stroke survivors recover speech and language function, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. Between 20 percent to 30 percent of stroke survivors have aphasia, a disorder that affects the ability to grasp language, read, write or speak. It's most often caused by strokes that occur in areas of the brain that control speech and language. "For decades, skilled speech and language therapy has been the only therapeutic option for stroke survivors with aphasia," said Alexander Thiel, M.D... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Jean-Martin Charcot's Role in the Study of Music AphasiaJean-Martin Charcot's Role in the Study of Music Aphasia
While Jean-Martin Charcot is celebrated as the father of French neurology, his pioneering theories of how the brain processes music are little-known. Brain (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Speakability launches 'Charter for People with Aphasia'
To mark SPEAK ABOUT APHASIA MONTH in June, National Aphasia charity Speakability has launched its renewed ‘Charter for People with Aphasia’. (Source: Speakability)
Source: Speakability - June 3, 2013 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: news
Study Finds Post-Stroke Aphasia Recovery Impeded By Shift Of Language Function To Right Hemisphere
In a study designed to differentiate why some stroke patients recover from aphasia and others do not, investigators have found that a compensatory reorganization of language function to right hemispheric brain regions bodes poorly for language recovery. Patients who recovered from aphasia showed a return to normal left-hemispheric language activation patterns. These results, which may open up new rehabilitation strategies, are available in the current issue of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
