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Stroke Heroes 2016
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Puget Sound Division, along with our sponsor Medtronic, congratulates the honorees for this year's Stroke Hero Awards. We had amazing stories sent to us. Thank you to all of you who submitted a nomination. Here are some of the inspiring individuals honored this year as a Stroke Hero. AMY MOORE, Stroke Survivor Amy is described as a truly an inspiring person who has never let her stroke stop her from accomplishing her goals. Her stroke was diagnosed at six months of age and left her legally blind. Amy learned Braille during her first two years of high school an...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Smoking behaviour trends among Portuguese physicians: are they role models? A conference-based survey
This study explores smoking behaviour among Portuguese physicians and addresses the research question: Do Portuguese physicians act as role models by smoking less than the general population or reporting willingness to quit? This was an exploratory questionnaire-based cross-sectional study conducted in 2009 during two major national medical conferences, and reproducing previous survey methodology. Self-administered questionnaires were delivered and collected during the Stroke Society Annual Conference (all 450 physicians in attendance) and the GP Society Annual Conference (33% systematic random sample out of 1500 participa...
Source: Public Health - December 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: S.B. Ravara, M. Castelo-Branco, P. Aguiar, J.M. Calheiros Tags: Short Communications Source Type: research

Self-Advocacy
On August 18, 2008 I went up to the office to do a load of xeroxing, throwing my bag in the back seat of the car. When I got to school, however, something was wrong. Though early in the am, it was like I was drunk, with walking wobbly and difficult. Being a compulsive, I idiotically worked for half an hour, holding on to the copying machine to steady myself. Then I drove home (second stupid act), called the health help line, where they told me to get to the ER. And don't drive! Once there, they figured I had had a stroke and put me on coumadin, a powerful blood thinner. Three days later, in the evening, a nurse wrote on my...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news