Podcasts about National Stroke Association

Clarence Waldron talks about his stroke, recovery, working as Senior Editor and Writer of Jet Magazine, and his memories of Luther Vandross and Aretha Franklin. Twenty years ago, Clarence interviewed Luther's mother, Mrs. Mary Ida Vandross, for Jet Magazine after Luther suffered a stroke due to mismanaged type 2 diabetes. Clarence's story is an excellent reminder of why it's essential to ACT F.A.S.T. if you or a loved one is experiencing a stroke. The acronym FAST (Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulties, and Time) has been used by the National Stroke Association, American Heart Association, and others to educate the public on detecting stroke symptoms. Earlier treatment results in a greater chance of recovery, a reduced likelihood of permanent disability, and a lesser need for extensive rehabilitation. You'll quickly hear Clarence's upbeat attitude and ferocious appetite for music and divas have served him well during his recovery. Throughout this podcast, we feature music from Aretha Franklin's Get It Right album and Luther Vandross's Live At Radio City Music Hall 2003 20th Anniversary Edition album courtesy of SONY Music. Enjoy more Wellness with a Wow! Visit: Divabetic.Org

Lyssa Rome is a speech-language pathologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is on staff at the Aphasia Center of California, where she facilitates groups for people with aphasia and their care partners. She owns an LPAA-focused private practice and specializes in working with people with aphasia, dysarthria, and other neurogenic communication impairments. She has worked in acute hospital, skilled nursing, and continuum of care settings. Prior to becoming an SLP, Lyssa was a public radio journalist, editor, and podcast producer. In this episode, Lyssa Rome interviews Jasvinder Sekhon about her work on enabling SLPs to feel confident and competent in counseling people with post-stroke aphasia and their families.   Gap Areas This episode focuses on on Gap Area 8: Insufficient attention to depression and low mood across the continuum of care.   Guest info   Jasvinder Sekhon is a speech-language pathologist currently working clinically in Melbourne, Australia. Since graduating from La Trobe University in the early 1990s, Jas has worked across the continuum of care in public health services in Victoria, Australia and briefly in Singapore. Jas has been involved in the aphasia community for many years and co-convened the inaugural online Australian Aphasia Association national conference in 2021.   Jas has recently completed her PhD, where she investigated counselling education that enabled SLPs to feel confident and competent using counselling to support the psychological wellbeing of individuals with aphasia and their families after stroke. Jas' supervisors for her doctorate were Professors Jennifer Oates and Miranda Rose from La Trobe University and Professor Ian Kneebone from University Technology of Sydney. Her studies sit under the research program Optimising Mental Health and Wellbeing of the Aphasia Centre for Research Excellence and Rehabilitation. The director of this CRE is Professor Miranda Rose.    Listener Take-aways In today's episode you will: Learn about the stepped model for psychological care. Understand how speech-language pathologists can support psychological well-being for people with post-stroke aphasia. Identify the role of speech-language pathologists within an interdisciplinary team providing psychological care for people with post-stroke aphasia. Show notes edited for conciseness Lyssa Rome Welcome to the Aphasia Access Conversations Podcast. I'm Lyssa Rome. I'm a speech language pathologist on staff at the Aphasia Center of California, and I see clients with aphasia and other neurogenic communication impairments in my LPAA-focused private practice.   Aphasia Access strives to provide members with information, inspiration, and ideas that support their aphasia care through a variety of educational materials and resources.   I'm pleased to be today's host for an episode featuring Jasvinder Sekhon. Jas is a speech language pathologist and PhD candidate at La Trobe University in Australia, and recently submitted her thesis. She currently works part time as the senior SLP at a not-for-profit community health organization in Melbourne. Her studies are part of the research program, Optimizing Mental Health and Wellbeing at the Aphasia Center for Research Excellence. She has been involved in the aphasia community in Melbourne for many years, and is a member of the Australian Aphasia Association. She co-convened the first online Australian Aphasia Association national conference in June, 2021.   Today we'll be discussing Jas's research, which focuses on enabling SLPs to feel confident and competent in counseling people with post-stroke aphasia and their families.   In the Aphasia Access Conversations Podcast, we've been highlighting the gap areas identified in the State of Aphasia report by Dr. Nina Simmons-Mackie. In this episode, we'll be focusing on Gap Area 8, insufficient attention to depression and low mood across the continuum of care. For more information about the gap areas, you can listen to episode number 62, with Dr. Liz Hoover, or go to the Aphasia Access website.   So Jas, what led you to want to study counseling training for speech language pathologists?   Jasvinder Sekhon Firstly, thank you so much to the listeners and to Lyssa for this opportunity. So my impetus for my PhD arose from observing a range of emotional issues occurring frequently in people with aphasia and their families. My clients had issues such as depression, worry, frustration, low confidence, and distress. And despite my many years of experience in the field, there were many times that I felt inadequate to respond adequately or effectively to my clients' emotions.   So in doing this research, I found that I was not alone. Survey studies of SLP practice and post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation from Australia, the US, UK, and South Africa have found that the majority of speech pathologists feel that they have low knowledge, skills, and confidence to assess or manage emotional and psychological well-being in their clients with post-stroke aphasia—and this includes their families. So working with colleagues on the stroke team who had mental health training, such as psychologists and social workers, I learned many counseling techniques, and also learned about counseling approaches and brief therapies that I thought could be useful for speech pathologists in their work.   As part of my PhD studies, I've also undertaken further reading and some short courses in counseling. And I am privileged to have had the supervision of professors Miranda Rose and Jennifer Oates of La Trobe University, and Professor Ian Kneebone, from University of Technology, Sydney, who have a wealth of professional and research experience in the fields of psychology, stroke, and counseling, and speech-language pathology.     Lyssa Rome So can you tell us about an experience that for you points to the value of incorporating the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia into your clinical work? Jas Jasvinder Sekhon Thanks. Yes. So early in my career, I focused on impairment-level therapies. And I think there's evidence to say that's the area that we are most trained in. But I also felt something was missing. An example was one day a client I was treating in her home, literally sent me packing. After day in, day out, I was focusing on just impairment therapy, which was the comfort area. After she threw me out and after tending to my wounded ego and reflecting, I realized that I had not found out what was meaningful to her and what she wanted out of her rehabilitation. I was being very clinician-directed, and I drove the focus of therapy. She was a busy, active, courageous single mother of two teenage girls and had stuff to do and places to go. And I was not addressing her needs, or her wants, for her to fully participate in her life. And my therapy was not aimed at helping her to achieve these life participation goals.   So since then, I have pursued a holistic, biopsychosocial view of aphasia rehabilitation, and I now spend time to ensure I hear the person's story, understand their needs, wants, and goals from speech therapy, and I collaboratively set out an action plan towards meeting these goals. The assessment and management of psychological well-being is an important part of post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation and comes up often in speech therapy. I have certainly found counseling skills to be essential in my clinical practice.   Lyssa Rome Thank you. I feel like most of us in clinical practice would recognize how common it is for people with aphasia to also be dealing with low mood or anxiety. Certainly I, and I think others, worry at times about whether we're really meeting the emotional needs of the people whom we're working with. I know that there's been some attention to this for years. It seems like increasingly researchers in the aphasia community have been thinking more and more about these issues and recognizing their importance. I know this last summer, and IARC, Linda Worrall's keynote address, and other sessions focused on counseling for people with aphasia. Here in the US, ASHA has a new special interest group that's focused on counseling. And those are just two examples. I think that there are many more. I'm wondering how you see awareness of this issue changing?   Jasvinder Sekhon Yeah, the emotional and psychological issues associated with communication disorders have been well-recognized for decades, as you said, and probably since the establishment of the discipline of SLP. The presence of psychological issues after stroke and aphasia is not new. The need for psychological care in post-stroke aphasia is also not new. I think what is changing is, in awareness, I guess, is who is responsible for providing psychological care in stroke services, how this is done, and when this is provided. This includes describing and defining psychological care, that is within the scope of the stroke team, which includes SLPs, and identifying training or education gaps to fulfill these expected roles, and ensuring that the provision of psychological care is ethical and effective.   Thankfully, we have a model that provides evidence-based guidelines that addresses many of these questions. And this model is the stepped model for psychological care after stroke by the UK Government. Professor Ian Kneebone was part of the group that helped develop the psychological care model. Also, the work by Dr. Caroline Baker in translating the stepped model for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation, highlighted further evidence for rehabilitation interventions specifically to prevent and treat depression in people with mild or no depression within the scope of speech language pathologists.   Lyssa Rome So can you tell us a little bit more about this stepped model?   Jasvinder Sekhon The stepped model for psychological care is a framework for interdisciplinary psychological care after stroke. The stepped model outlines the role and responsibility for the multidisciplinary team in the assessment and management of emotional and cognitive conditions after stroke. Central to this model is that the whole team take responsibility for the identification and management of psychological issues, with clearly established referral pathways to specialist support services in the case of more severe psychological concerns.   There are four levels of the stepped model, and SLPs have a role and responsibility to support psychological care at level one and level two, for those who are experienced and trained. So at level one, there is no psychological disorder present and it's applicable to most or all stroke survivors. So level two describes stroke survivors with mild and transient psychological issues, and can be addressed by experienced speech language pathologists with adequate training, and who are supported by clinical psychologists or neuropsychologists with special expertise in stroke. At level three, and level four, the assessment and management of psychological issues require specialist psychology staff. So the model actually helps speech-language pathologists define their scope of practice in psychological care, and this includes counseling.   Lyssa Rome So that leads me to wonder about the definition of counseling within speech-language pathology. How would you how should we be thinking about it?   Jasvinder Sekhon Counseling is broadly defined as a purposeful conversation arising from the intention of one person, family, or couple, to reflect on and resolve a problem with the help of another person, and in this instance, the speech-language pathologist, to assist in resolving or progressing that problem. It may be helpful to think of all counseling interventions as methods of learning. All approaches used in counseling are intended to help people change. That is, to help them think differently, to help them feel differently, to help them act differently. In other words, in the case of post-stroke aphasia, counseling aims to help the client progress their goal within their rehabilitation journey.   Lyssa Rome Thank you. That's really helpful, I think, to think about it as ways to think differently, feel differently, act differently. And in service of those goals, and the goal of helping people change, I'm wondering what kinds of psychological interventions can speech-language pathologists be expected to provide?   Jasvinder Sekhon So at level one, emotional and psychological issues are mild and transient and don't impact discipline-specific therapy for example, aphasia therapy. At level one, emotional problems resolve quickly, and speech pathologists, as I mentioned before, definitely can support psychological well-being at this level.   Key interventions at level one, include counseling skills, such as active listening, normalizing the emotions and the experience, building effective relationships, providing psychological advice and information to family and peers to facilitate adjustment and build the skills for self-management and for autonomy with the communication issue. Goal-setting, problem-solving, peer support, motivational interviewing, managing stress, routine assessment and review of mood are also recommended at level one. Enabling peer support and positive relationships, including by providing communication partner training, aphasia choirs, and self-management workbooks are also identified at level one.   Lyssa Rome You've just described a bunch of different kinds of interventions that we as SLPs might be providing. But you also said before that many SLPs don't feel confident to assess and manage psychological well-being very effectively. So I'm wondering if you could say a little bit more about that.   Jasvinder Sekhon Yeah, we conducted a systematic review of SLP counseling education in post-stroke aphasia, and found that most universities reported to provide counseling education to SLP students. However, few actually provided counseling education specifically for supporting the psychological well-being in post-stroke aphasia. So it's possible that many speech pathologists may have very little preparation to address the significant emotional and mood issues in people with aphasia after stroke.   We found after speech pathology qualifications, speech pathologists reported a range of counseling education that they received. Some, again, with no training, up to PhD qualifications in counseling. But speech pathologists did report that they received counseling education from working in stroke care—so from their peers in stroke care—and also, many speech pathologists sought further education, professional development, in-services from external sources, counseling courses. So counseling, education and experience, we found, was positively correlated with feeling more knowledgeable, more skilled, and confident for supporting psychological well-being in post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation.   Lyssa Rome With that in mind, and in order to help prepare SLPs to fill that role as you just were describing, you created a counseling education program. Can you tell me a little bit more about that?   Jasvinder Sekhon We designed a counseling education program based on our systematic review of counseling education that speech pathologists currently receive and the stepped model for psychological care after stroke. Our program consisted of seven hours of self-paced learning and it was an online module and a workshop which was three hours, where clinicians practiced their counseling skills with peers. Topics included speech pathologists' role and responsibilities for supporting psychological well-being in post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation within that multidisciplinary team model and within the stepped model for psychological care. We included counseling theory and foundations of counseling skills, and how to apply these to speech pathology practice and specifically to the issues that we were describing common to post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation.   We trialed our counseling education program with 49 practicing speech pathologists in Australia. We measured these outcomes before and after the training program, and also after five weeks of completing the training to see if the effects were maintained. Thankfully, the results of the trial were positive and we did find significant and large effects of the program on speech pathologists' self-efficacy and self-rated competency for counseling in post-stroke aphasia. Also, these effects were maintained at five weeks follow-up for both of the outcomes.   Lyssa Rome That's so exciting. So for those of us who didn't get to participate in your research and who would like to get started now, or would like to brush up on our counseling skills, or deepen our counseling skills, what resources can I and other speech-language pathologists access to help them feel more confident in this area.   Jasvinder Sekhon If you have access to stroke mental health professionals, for example, psychologists or social workers, have a chat with them and organize some training in those level one interventions that were described. Maybe discuss sourcing counseling education from external providers, or your team. Interventions that you could look at sourcing for these inservices could include problem-solving and solution-focused approaches, motivational interviewing, counseling training, foundation counseling skills, for example, behavioral activation, and person-centered counseling. Family sensitive and family therapeutic approaches are also vital and support speech pathologists to provide that level one intervention.   There may be short courses for supporting mental health after stroke available via your National Stroke Association or via ASHA. The new special interest group that you mentioned would also be a fabulous resource for that peer support and professional development. For example, Speech Pathology Australia has teamed up with a local national mental health organization, called Lifeline Australia, to run counseling courses for speech pathologists.   As we have preliminary evidence that our online counseling education program was feasible and effective for improving speech pathologists' confidence for counseling to support psychological well-being in post-stroke aphasia, we are seeking further funding to make this program into a short professional development course for SLPs, and hopefully it will be widely available for anyone who would like to take on this further education.   Lyssa Rome I look forward to that. So when speech-language pathologists are better prepared to address the psychological well-being for our clients who have aphasia, how will our practice look different?   Jasvinder Sekhon It's a great question and a big question. I think ideally, speech pathologists will feel prepared and confident in their role and feel prepared and knowledgeable in their scope of practice in counseling. I think practice guidelines for counseling will be clearer, and clearer in defining scope and boundaries, skills required, and processes for that interdisciplinary practice when addressing the psychological wellbeing of people with aphasia and their families after stroke. Speech pathologists will be able to conduct appropriate screening for social and psychological issues and to know when and how and who to refer to as required.   I think speech pathologists who are appropriately trained will also be able to use a range of counseling skills to support the client to learn communication strategies for participating in conversations relating to all aspects of their lives, as well as strategies for supporting social and psychological well-being. These include strategies for maintaining social networks, building new networks with support from peers, and strategies for coping, adjusting, self-care strategies, and also living well with aphasia. Speech pathologists will also know how to support their own mental health and that of the stroke team members. We also will be able to measure competence for counseling in clinical training and professional practice. This is an area still in its infancy.   I think finally, most importantly, the psychological well-being of people with aphasia and their families will be effectively and efficiently supported from the start of their stroke rehabilitation journey. And risk for mood disorders will be minimized or prevented and positive outcomes enhanced for all domains of health and well-being.   Lyssa Rome I look forward to that day. Jas Sekhon, thank you so much for being our guest on this podcast.   Jasvinder Sekhon It has been my pleasure, Lyssa. Thank you again to Aphasia Access for this opportunity. If anyone has any further questions or comments or would like to find out where things are with our counseling education program, please don't hesitate to contact me via the email, which will be available with this podcast, or through La Trobe University. Thank you again.   Lyssa Rome Great. We'll have that information in the show notes for today's episode. For more information on Aphasia Access and to access our growing library of materials, go to www.aphasiaaccess.org. For a more user-friendly experience, members can sign up for the Aphasia Access Academy, which is free and provides resources searchable by topic or author. If you have an idea for a future podcast series topic, email us at info@ aphasiaaccess.org. 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Stroke health professionals' management of depression after post-stroke aphasia: A qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(2), 217–228. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1621394   Doud, A. K., Hoepner, J. K., & Holland, A. L. (2020). A survey of counseling curricula among accredited communication sciences and disorders graduate student programs. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 29(2), 789–803. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-19-00042   Kneebone, I. I. (2016). Stepped psychological care after stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38(18), 1836–1843. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1107764   National Health Service (NHS), UK. (2011). Psychological care after stroke: improving stroke services for people with cognitive and mood disorders. https://www.nice.org.uk/media/default/sharedlearning/531_strokepsychologicalsupportfinal.pdf   Nash, J., Krüger, E., Vorster, C., Graham, M. A., & Pillay, B. S. (2021). 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Stroke is one of the leading causes of deaths in Malaysia, as well as disability among stroke survivors. Because of that, a stroke has consequences that can last months and years, not only for the individual but their caregivers as well. On this episode of NCD Chronicles, we hear from Noor Aza Abd Aziz, more fondly known as Mama Aza, about her journey to recover since her stroke in April 2017, as well as from Tracy Chan, Head of Rehab at the National Stroke Association of Malaysia, on how we can better support stroke survivors and their caregivers throughout rehabilitation. NCD Chronicles is a series about people living with NCDs, going beyond the diagnosis to explore their personal experiences, their challenges, as well as the impact of their health condition on their loved ones. These stories reveal the importance of understanding the unique struggles and needs of the individuals behind the disease, in our response to the NCD epidemic.

DIY Video Recording Studio: Essentials to Get StartedIf you'd like to create videos to support your business, look no further. We'll cover the essentials to get your DIY video recording studio up and running, including options for a bare-bones budget, and the first upgrades to consider. Shelley Carney and Toby Younis, livestreaming experts with their own in-home studios, host this episode. Jen McFarland is on vacation, living in a yurt without Wi-Fi. We'll share the minimum livestreaming and video recording in-home studio set up including: Internet Connection Computer Hardware “Studio” Equipment Applications What to Save For Words of WisdomThe minimum setup to get you started, but to still look professional, is a high-speed internet connection, computer hardware, studio equipment, the microphone and headset, and applications, which are going to help you to get online and do everything in a simple way.–Shelley Carney The minimum requirements that you want are the ping. That's the signal that goes between you and your server provider to see how long it takes to ping one another. The minimum is 10 milliseconds, 10 or less. Five megabytes upload because live streaming is all about upload. If the service provides 10 that's great. Five megabytes download, but the more important of the two is the upload.–Toby Younis Breaking NewsIf you want to start a podcast, consider a video-first podcast option. https://westwoodone.com/2022/05/17/cumulus-media-and-signal-hill-insights-podcast-download-spring-2022-report-watching-podcasts-soars-as-youtube-edges-out-spotify-to-become-the-most-used-u-s-podcast-platform-and-li/ (Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights )revealed that 10% of survey respondents said they only ‘watched' podcasts in the last week, and 60% of weekly consumers (audio and video) said they prefer podcasts with video. Related Episodes & Contenthttps://www.womenconquerbiz.com/fave-tools/ (Jen's Ultimate Space-Saving Desk Setup) https://www.amazon.com/shop/agypsyskiss/list/1PZYFUMVZ6DF8 (Shelley & Toby's Home Studio Kit on Amazon) Tweak of the WeekFind new and used hard-to-find books at https://www.abebooks.com/ (Abe Books.) Inspirational NuggetMay is National Stroke Awareness Month. Every year, the https://www.stroke.org/ (National Stroke Association) leads the stroke community in providing ways to learn about stroke, sharable resources, and opportunities to participate. #strokeawareness How the Show Gets DonePodcast hosting: https://captivate.fm/ (Captivate) Livestream: https://streamyard.com/ (StreamYard) Music: https://uppbeat.io/ (Uppbeat.io) Brought to you by Women Conquer Businesshttps://linkedin.com/in/jensmcfarland (Connect with Jen McFarland) https://womenconquerbiz.com/ (Women Conquer Business Marketing consultancy) https://epiphanycourses.com/ (Epiphany Courses) Engineered by AGK Media Studiohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleycarney/ (Connect with Shelley Carney) Shelley's Livestream consultancy http://agkmedia.studio/ (AGK Media Studio) Shelley's podcast: https://anchor.fm/messagesandmethods (Messages and Methods: Livecast Life 2.0 Podcast) Subscribe to the ShowIf the Women Conquer Business podcast helped or inspired you, please go to Apple Podcasts and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/women-conquer-business/id1366929331 (SUBSCRIBE). We'd also love it if you would leave us a 5-star rating and review (we love sharing reviews during episodes!). Your reviews and feedback will not only help us continue to deliver great, helpful content, but it will also help us reach even more listeners just like you!

This morning on #TheLITEBreakfast at 7am, Betty Ng, Stroke Survivor who recovered and started raising funds for the National Stroke Association of Malaysia joined Asha & JD.

Crisis management strategies and tools are critical to the survival of your agency. Learn what you can do to prepare for any scenario with M&C's Diane Mulligan. Hear insights about: Diane's journey in the communications industry Why Diane Chose to niche her business in the CBD industry The top crisis management strategies agency owners should follow Why it is so important to plan for crisis scenarios What Diane's Brand Protection Tool is, and how it works Understanding normalcy bias in the context of crisis management The most important financial lessons Diane has learned as an agency owner Crisis Management Strategies in the Agency World Diane Mulligan is the President of M&C, a public relations firm committed to representing inspirational people, organizations, products, and services. Diane founded M&C in 2009 following eight years as VP of National Communications for the National Stroke Association. Recently, M&C developed the Brand Protection Tool™ to teach brands where to focus their crisis management strategies by working through likely crisis scenarios and crafting responses that will protect their businesses. In this episode of the Progressive Agency podcast, Diane joins us to share her expertise and talk about crisis management in the agency world. The First Steps are Critical Crisis Management Strategies are critical to the survival of your agency, especially in the wake of 2020. If you can prepare your team for potential challenges and issues that may come down the pike, you can create a basic response plan that will make all the difference. This doesn't have to be a complicated process. The goal here is to prevent yourself and your team members from freezing. All you need is a plan that enables you to take the first few reactionary steps in response to a crisis so you can pivot. If you take action, doors often open up, and that is what planning will accomplish. Prepared for Any Scenario Diane and her team created the Brand Protection Tool™ to demystify this process. It provides an opportunity for brands to brainstorm potential crises, from the most absurd to the most likely scenarios. Then, brand leaders can use the tool to rank them and create a pilot checklist they can use if a particular issue, challenge, or crisis hits the organization. Planning for crisis scenarios helps us overcome normalcy bias so we are prepared for anything. Diane walks us through all of the details for this process during our conversation. As always, please visit me at www.theprogressivedentist.com for more informative, money-saving podcast episodes like this one. Additional Resources: FREE COVID Loan Grant Calculator Download Website: www.theprogressivedentist.com Twitter: @CraigC2742 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigcodycpa How to Connect with Diane Mulligan: Website: https://www.mandccommunications.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianemulligan-apr/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/mandccomms/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MandCComms Twitter: https://twitter.com/MandCComms About Diane Mulligan: Diane Mulligan, APR is president of M&C, a public relations firm committed to representing inspirational people, organizations, products, and services. Diane founded M&C in 2009 following eight years as VP of National Communications for the National Stroke Association. Diane was News Director at Channel 7 in Denver, notably managing the newsroom during coverage of the Columbine High School shootings. As Senior News Editor for NBC News in New York City, Diane oversaw coverage of countless major stories. Diane led the M&C team to a 2020 PRSA National Silver Anvil award for crisis communications and a 2017 PRSA Colorado Gold Pick Award for brand-building on behalf of the Rocky Ford Growers Association. She also served as the 2018 Western District Conference Chair for PRSA Colorado, and board member for Therapeutic Riding of Tucson and co-founder of the nonprofit group CHART (Children's Help and Assistance for Residential Treatment). M&C Communications has developed the Brand Protection Tool™ to help you focus on your three most vulnerable areas, so you can make the most of your crisis management plans.

Joining me is Diane Mulligan, president of M&C Communications, a public relations firm committed to representing inspirational people, organizations, products, and services that make the world better. For more than a decade, M&C has provided strategic communications, specializing in an integrated approach to earning media we call Insider Media Relations™. M&C believes that consistency, transparency and educating the CBD customer are all part of Brand Protection PR™ that protects a company’s brand and enhances their customer loyalty. Formerly, Diane was a journalist. She was the news director in Denver during the Columbine shootings and senior news editor for NBC News in New York City. She honed her PR chops as Vice President of National Communications for the National Stroke Association.To learn more visit www.mandccommunications.com or www.movethestairs.comIn this episode we cover:Move The Stairs DefinedCOVIDEmbrace TechnologyBuild LoyaltyTarget Your AudienceBrand ProtectionCrisisEmbrace ChangeSeek JoyThanks so much for tuning in again this week. I appreciate you

I shouldn’t have to tell you that traumatic brain injury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. I shouldn’t have to. But I will. And it is. In severe cases of head injury, there can be delayed and irreversible deterioration in the nervous system for which there is no treatment and the prognosis is grim. This week on the program, Dr. Monisha Kumar (University of Pennsylvania) discusses the worst of the worst of these scenarios, what to look out for, and expert recommendations on what to do when it happens. Produced by James E. Siegler and Monisha Kumar. Music courtesy of Rui, Swelling, Unheard Music Concepts, Jahzzar, Ian Southerland, and TRG Banks. The opening theme was composed by Jimothy Dalton. Sound effects by Mike Koenig and Daniel Simion. Unless otherwise mentioned in the podcast, no competing financial interests exist in the content of this episode. BrainWaves' podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used for clinical decision making. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @brainwavesaudio for the latest updates to the podcast. REFERENCES Strich SJ. Diffuse degeneration of the cerebral white matter in severe dementia following head injury. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. 1956;19:163-85. Adams JH, Graham DI, Murray LS and Scott G. Diffuse axonal injury due to nonmissile head injury in humans: an analysis of 45 cases. Annals of neurology. 1982;12:557-63. Povlishock JT, Becker DP, Cheng CL and Vaughan GW. Axonal change in minor head injury. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 1983;42:225-42. Gentry LR. Imaging of closed head injury. Radiology. 1994;191:1-17. Meythaler JM, Peduzzi JD, Eleftheriou E and Novack TA. Current concepts: diffuse axonal injury-associated traumatic brain injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001;82:1461-71. Arfanakis K, Haughton VM, Carew JD, Rogers BP, Dempsey RJ and Meyerand ME. Diffusion tensor MR imaging in diffuse axonal injury. AJNR American journal of neuroradiology. 2002;23:794-802. Scheid R, Preul C, Gruber O, Wiggins C and von Cramon DY. Diffuse axonal injury associated with chronic traumatic brain injury: evidence from T2*-weighted gradient-echo imaging at 3 T. AJNR American journal of neuroradiology. 2003;24:1049-56. DeKosky ST, Ikonomovic MD and Gandy S. Traumatic brain injury--football, warfare, and long-term effects. The New England journal of medicine. 2010;363:1293-6. Johnson VE, Stewart W and Smith DH. Widespread tau and amyloid-beta pathology many years after a single traumatic brain injury in humans. Brain Pathol. 2012;22:142-9. Schrag M and Greer DM. Clinical associations of cerebral microbleeds on magnetic resonance neuroimaging. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association. 2014;23:2489-2497. Haghbayan H, Boutin A, Laflamme M, Lauzier F, Shemilt M, Moore L, Zarychanski R, Douville V, Fergusson D and Turgeon AF. The Prognostic Value of MRI in Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Critical care medicine. 2017;45:e1280-e1288. Izzy S, Mazwi NL, Martinez S, Spencer CA, Klein JP, Parikh G, Glenn MB, Greenberg SM, Greer DM, Wu O and Edlow BL. Revisiting Grade 3 Diffuse Axonal Injury: Not All Brainstem Microbleeds are Prognostically Equal. Neurocritical care. 2017;27:199-207. van Eijck MM, Schoonman GG, van der Naalt J, de Vries J and Roks G. Diffuse axonal injury after traumatic brain injury is a prognostic factor for functional outcome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain Inj. 2018;32:395-402.

This episode we look at choosing a lane. Diane Mulligan from M and C Communications joins the conversation on "Making Waves at C-Level" to talk about marketing.  She specializes in helping Cannabis Companies with their media communications and PR.  She is a specialist in "Brand Protection" and crisis planning, and has many years of experience helping companies in all areas master their public relations.   About Diane Mulligan      Diane Mulligan, APR is president of M&C Communications, a public relations firm committed to representing inspirational people, organizations, products, and services that make the world better. For more than a decade, M&C has provided strategic communications, specializing in an integrated approach to earning media we call Insider Media Relations™. M&C believes that consistency, transparency and educating the CBD customers are all part of Brand Protection PR™ protecting a company’s brand and enhancing its customer loyalty. Working with brands like Blue Kudu and Dr. Zogg’s Amazing CBD, M&C specializes in business goal-oriented PR. Formerly, Diane was a journalist. She was the news director in Denver during the Columbine shootings and senior news editor for NBC News in New York City. She honed her PR chops as Vice President of National Communications for the National Stroke Association.   About M&C Communications    M&C Communications doesn't do PR. Not in the traditional sense, anyway. It does:   Brand Protection PR™: helping companies and non-profits build active communities, deflect negative public relations, and build trust to stand head-and-shoulders above their competitors. CBD public relations: helping emerging CBD industry businesses build communities of loyal customers through strategic public relations. Insider Media Relations™: using experience as local and network journalists to help clients navigate the media landscape and handle every interview with poise and confidence. Crisis Communications: leveraging the unique Brand Protection PR™Tool process to help create durable crisis communications plans to deftly handle life's curveballs. M&C Communications does results not excuses and substance not style. It does strategy not PR. Contact MandCCommunications.com or Movethestairs.com or 720-273-0927.   https://thomsinger.com/podcast/diane-mulligan

A stroke is a sudden interruption in the blood supply of the brain. Most strokes are caused by an abrupt blockage of arteries leading to the brain (ischemic stroke). Other strokes are caused by bleeding into brain tissue when a blood vessel bursts (hemorrhagic stroke). The acronym FAST (Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulties and Time) has been used by the National Stroke Association, American Heart Association and others to educate the public on detecting symptoms of a stroke. Information located: http://www.strokecenter.org/patients/about-stroke/what-is-a-stroke/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/time2teach/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/time2teach/support

Recovery from stroke is a lifelong process. For many people recovery begins with formal rehabilitation. It is important for you and your family to know that no matter where you are in your recovery journey – there is always hope. Learn as much as you can about stroke and recovery, and the resources that are available. National Stroke Association has designed this publication to provide you with valuable information and help you on your road to recovery.

Imagine what it would have been like, to have lived in 1918. Spanish influenza killed approximately 3% of the world’s population. Other than the world war, international travel was fairly limited. There was no social media. No flu vaccine. No mechanical ventilators. No World Health Organization. A century later, we’re facing the next great pandemic. And what have we learned? What do we know? From the neurologic complications of SARS-CoV-2, to non-infectious consequences, the environmental impact of a pandemic, and lessons learned polio, we hope to leave you with a few important take-home messages, a silver lining—and some food for thought—about the ongoing COVID pandemic. ** IF YOU’RE TAKING YOUR NEUROLOGY BOARDS THIS SUMMER, CHECK OUT THE PENN NEUROLOGY BOARD REVIEW COURSE AT https://upenn.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?P=5&EID=65373. AND FOR A DISCOUNTED RATE ON THE ONLINE OR STREAMING RESOURCES, USE PROMO CODE ‘WAVES2020’. ** REFERENCES Murata K, Inoue O, Akutsu M and Iwata T. Neuromotor effects of short-term and long-term exposures to trichloroethylene in workers. Am J Ind Med. 2010;53:915-21. Umapathi T, Kor AC, Venketasubramanian N, Lim CC, Pang BC, Yeo TT, Lee CC, Lim PL, Ponnudurai K, Chuah KL, Tan PH, Tai DY and Ang SP. Large artery ischaemic stroke in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Journal of neurology. 2004;251:1227-31. Li Y, Wang M, Zhou Y, Chang J, Xian Y, Mao L, Hong C, Chen S, Wang Y, Wang H, Li M, Jin H and Hu B. Acute cerebrovascular disease following COVID-19: a single center, retrospective, observational study. Lancet. 2020;Epub ahead of print. Mao L, Wang M, Chen S, He Q, Chang J, Hong C, Zhou Y, Wang D, Miao X, Hu Y, Li Y, Jin H and Hu B. Neurological Manifestations of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: A Retrospective Case Series Study. Lancet. 2020;Epub ahead of print. Perbellini L, Olivato D, Zedde A and Miglioranzi R. Acute trichloroethylene poisoning by ingestion: clinical and pharmacokinetic aspects. Intensive care medicine. 1991;17:234-5. Guehl D, Bezard E, Dovero S, Boraud T, Bioulac B and Gross C. Trichloroethylene and parkinsonism: a human and experimental observation. European journal of neurology : the official journal of the European Federation of Neurological Societies. 1999;6:609-11. Gash DM, Rutland K, Hudson NL, Sullivan PG, Bing G, Cass WA, Pandya JD, Liu M, Choi DY, Hunter RL, Gerhardt GA, Smith CD, Slevin JT and Prince TS. Trichloroethylene: Parkinsonism and complex 1 mitochondrial neurotoxicity. Annals of neurology. 2008;63:184-92. Wang G, Zhang Z, Ayala C, Dunet DO, Fang J and George MG. Costs of hospitalization for stroke patients aged 18-64 years in the United States. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association. 2014;23:861-8. West JB. The physiological challenges of the 1952 Copenhagen poliomyelitis epidemic and a renaissance in clinical respiratory physiology. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2005;99:424-32.

When Steve had a massive stroke out in the wilds of Colorado, his determination to survive got him to the point where he could get help. Charlene, his wife and now caregiver demonstrated the same work ethic and fortitude in the weeks and months following his stroke. Stroke spouses, partners, and caregivers are amazing, and this is Charlene's story. Bio Charlene Hayward is a native of Colorado, a mountainous region in the middle of the US. Growing up, her family did lots of outdoor activities: camping, hiking, water skiing, and snowmobiling to name a few.   Charlene and Steve got married at her parents’ cabin in Grand Lake, Colorado, and have stayed true to their “mountain roots”. They love the mountains and will be moving there full time in just a short while.   They have two amazing daughters that are at the center of their lives. Last January Charlene and Steve became the proud grandparents of a little boy and are over the moon seeing pictures and videos of him weekly!   For the most part, Charlene enjoys the weather in Colorado and loves being outside. She likes to read, go for walks, and visit with old friends. She is a swimming and diving official in the summer, and for high school, college, and masters levels as well. It is truly her passion! RAISE Award In 2018, Charlene received the Outstanding Caregiver of the year RAISE award from the American Heart Association. They describe the program like this: The Raising Awareness in Stroke Excellence (RAISE) Awards annually recognize individuals and groups from across the country for taking stroke awareness activities to new heights. Awards are given in several categories and recognize people engaged in community-level awareness activities directly supporting the National Stroke Association’s mission. Here's part of how they tell Charlene's story: Charlene’s story is so unique that a local television station featured her and Steve as part of a National Stroke Awareness Month feature. Her advice? Never give up and look for the blessings in disguise. Charlene is a strong, fierce and determined wife, mother and caregiver. You can read more here. Stroke Life Hack Motivational quotes can help with mindset. They can help with mindset, and they can help us break out of negative thought cycles. There are many things we can't control in our lives and recoveries. So when we have the opportunity to give ourselves an edge for a while, let's take it. Here are the 3 quotes Charlene referenced. From Derek Jeeter, “There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” From John Lennon: “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” And the one that guides her whole life is simply: “Never give up!” What quotes do you find inspiration from? Where do we go from here? If you'd like to reach out to Charlene or congratulate her on her RAISE award from the American Heart Association, let us know in the comments below. Share this episode with a caregiver you know by giving them the link http://Srrokecast.com/Charlene. Subscribe to Strokecast in your favorite podcast app so you never miss an episode. Don't get best, get better

1. Featured Article: Quality improvement in neurology: Epilepsy Quality Measurement Set 2017 Update2. What’s Trending: Using artificial intelligence in neurological diagnosisDr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Anup Patel about his paper on the 2017 epilepsy quality measurement set update. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Andy Southerland focuses his interview with Dr. Eric Oermann on the use of artificial intelligence in diagnosing neurological conditions. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Anup D Patel has been a consultant for Greenwich Biosciences, UCB Pharma, LivaNova, and Supernus. Dr. Patel’s other activities include Greenwich Biosciences, UCB Pharma, LivaNova, and Supernus. Dr. Patel’s has received research support for commercial entities from Greenwich Biosciences Brain Sentinel Upsher Smith Pharmaceuticals LivaNova, and research support from foundations and societies from Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation (PERF) American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Dr. Patel’s non-financial disclosures include serving on a voluntary basis as the vice chair for the AAN Quality Safety Subcommittee and as the chair for the Epilepsy Quality Measure work group.Dr. Andy Southerland has served on editorial boards for Journal Neurology, Section Editor Neurology Podcast Patents Intellectual property unrelated to current work: U.S. Patent Application No. 14/910,890 (iTREAT study) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/620,096 (BANDIT study). Dr. Southerland's consultancies include National Stroke Association - helped develop website for resources regarding telestroke and teleneurology, Research Support, Commercial Entities. Dr. Southerland's Edwards Lifesciences include perform neurological assessments for the PARTNER clinical trials of transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Dr. Southerland's Research Support, Government Entities include Stroke Hyperglycemia Insulin Network Effort (SHINE) NINDS/NIH U-01 NS 069498, Health Resources Services Administration - Evidence based tele-emergency network grant (RURAL EQUIT-E Project) HRSA G01RH27869, and NHLBI/NINDS - Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) - performed neurological assessments in conjunction with the neuroprotection trial of aortic valve replacement. Dr. Southerland's Research Support, Foundations and Societies include American Heart Association-American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program, Cervical Artery Dissection Expression (CADEX) AHA 3CRP141400001, American Academy of Neurology - Education Research Grant, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Faculty Fellowship Award. Dr. Southerland's legal proceedings include Legal Expert Review - perform expert review, on behalf of the UVA University Physician's Group, pertaining to stroke and vascular neurology questions for both plaintiff and defense cases.Dr. Eric Karl Oermann has received research support for foundations and societies from Doris Duke Charitable Research Foundation.

1. Featured Article: Primary angiitis of the CNS and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: A comparative study2. What’s Trending: Cannabis and chronic neuropathic painDr. Andy Southerland talks with Dr. Anne Ducros about her paper on primary angiitis of the CNS and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Heather Harle focuses her interview with Dr. Haggai Sharon on the use of cannabis analgesia in chronic neuropathic pain. DISCLOSURES:Dr. Ducros has served on scientific Advisory Boards for Novartis, Eli Lilly, and TEVA;has served on editorial boards for Cephalalgia: Associate Editor, Headache: editorial advisory board member, Journal of Headache and Pain: editorial advisory board member. Dr. Sharon reports no disclosures Dr. Southerland has served on editorial boards for Journal Neurology, Section Editor Neurology PodcastPatents Intellectual property unrelated to current work: U.S. Patent Application No. 14/910,890 (iTREAT study) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/620,096 (BANDIT study). Dr. Southerland's consultancies include National Stroke Association - helped develop website for resources regarding telestroke and teleneurology, Research Support, Commercial Entities. Dr. Southerland's Edwards Lifesciences include perform neurological assessments for the PARTNER clinical trials of transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Dr. Southerland's Research Support, Government Entities include Stroke Hyperglycemia Insulin Network Effort (SHINE) NINDS/NIH U-01 NS 069498, Health Resources Services Administration - Evidence based tele-emergency network grant (RURAL EQUIT-E Project) HRSA G01RH27869, and NHLBI/NINDS - Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) - performed neurological assessments in conjunction with the neuroprotection trial of aortic valve replacement. Dr. Southerland's Research Support, Foundations and Societies include American Heart Association-American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program, Cervical Artery Dissection Expression (CADEX) AHA 3CRP141400001, American Academy of Neurology - Education Research Grant, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Faculty Fellowship Award. Dr. Southerland's legal proceedings include Legal Expert Review - perform expert review, on behalf of the UVA University Physician's Group, pertaining to stroke and vascular neurology questions for both plaintiff and defense cases.

Aurora Quigley of the National Stroke Association sits down with David Van Zetter to discuss stroke prevention, treatment and upcoming events. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Years ago, Anne was working as a medical scheduler for the Oregon Health & Science University. She learned how hard it is for stroke survivors. Once discharged, the support is weak. Most survivors leave hospitals in a wheelchair. She wanted to do something to change. Anne quit her job. With the support of her husband, started forming the Backstrokes Support Group. A group that uses community music to help survivors recover. She found a professional musician to help. Today, Backstrokes has really grown to include 3 groups. They are reported by major local and national TV stations. In 2017, Anne and her team won the RAISE Award by the National Stroke Association. Listen to Anne and her group tell you their remarkable and fun journey.

In our first episode with neurology content, we will discuss my research interest in neurologic deterioration after stroke. Enjoy! BrainWaves podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used to guide medical decision making in routine clinical practice. The case discussed in this episode is fictional and does not contain any patient health identifying information. REFERENCES 1. Siegler JE, Boehme AK, Albright KC, George AJ, Monlezun DJ, Beasley TM and Martin-Schild S. A proposal for the classification of etiologies of neurologic deterioration after acute ischemic stroke. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association. 2013;22:e549-56. 2. Thanvi B, Treadwell S and Robinson T. Early neurological deterioration in acute ischaemic stroke: predictors, mechanisms and management. Postgraduate medical journal. 2008;84:412-7. 3. Balami JS, Chen RL, Grunwald IQ and Buchan AM. Neurological complications of acute ischaemic stroke. The Lancet Neurology. 2011;10:357-71. 4. Kwan J and Hand P. Early neurological deterioration in acute stroke: clinical characteristics and impact on outcome. QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians. 2006;99:625-33.

First guest Dr. Christine Horner, an expert on cancer prevention in the United States. 2nd Guest Matt Lopez, stroke survivor & CEO of National Stroke Association. NSA offers people HOPE AFTER STROKE. Third guest is Chef George Duran he showcases fast and easy meal solutions that are a snap to incorporate into the busy Fall and Back to school Season. This show is broadcast live on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Ready to Unload: With Cal & Sanpete May is American Stroke Awareness Month (promoted by the National Stroke Association)... go to http://www.strokeassociation.org/ for more information and become a Stroke Hero... learn to spot stroke signs and act quickly... it might make the difference between life and death! Subscribe to the RTU: Podcast in iTunes HERE - Also available on STITCHER HERE RTU: #233 - Connor Rogers -  NYJDraftCentral.com UNLOADING on: There's a ton of sports tonight, with the Mets suddenly fixed because they beat up on bad teams... the Yankees are doing the same thing, why does how they are doing it feel better than the Mets? We have Jets OTA's to talk about... interesting idea about practice... yes, we'll be talking 'bout practice. Then Connor Rogers of Turn on the Jets.com, Bleacher Report NFL and his own new site, NYJDraftCentral joined us to talk a ton about the Jets, Todd Bowles, Geno Smith, practice habits, and blogging and sports media in general. Great spot with a rising star.  Tune in live, or check out the podcast on Friday on iTunes!

Ready to Unload: With Cal & Sanpete May is American Stroke Awareness Month (promoted by the National Stroke Association)... go to http://www.strokeassociation.org/ for more information and become a Stroke Hero... learn to spot stroke signs and act quickly... it might make the difference between life and death! Subscribe to the RTU: Podcast in iTunes HERE Also available on STITCHER HERE RTU:  #232 - Streaming/Recording LIVE Thursday May 21st at 10pm Main Course: After a number of tech difficulties... we got to it. PJ and Sanpete vamped the crap out of it, then we taked sports, then we talked other stuff. 

Ready to Unload: With Cal & Sanpete May is American Stroke Awareness Month (promoted by the National Stroke Association)... go to http://www.strokeassociation.org/ for more information and become a Stroke Hero... learn to spot stroke signs and act quickly... it might make the difference between life and death! Subscribe to the RTU: Podcast in iTunes HERE Also available on STITCHER HERE RTU: #231 - Sillly Puttying Dondi Main Course: This is a combo show... one part NY Sports, three parts funload... 100 percent fun. Check it out... it's long, but you have time. We covered so many bases, this little synopsis won't do it justice, so just take the week and listen. 

Ready to Unload: With Cal & Sanpete May is American Stroke Awareness Month (promoted by the National Stroke Association)... go to http://www.strokeassociation.org/ for more information and become a Stroke Hero... learn to spot stroke signs and act quickly... it might make the difference between life and death! Subscribe to the RTU: Podcast in iTunes HERE Also available on STITCHER HERE

Ready to Unload: With Cal & Sanpete May is American Stroke Awareness Month (promoted by the National Stroke Association)... go to http://www.strokeassociation.org/ for more information and become a Stroke Hero... learn to spot stroke signs and act quickly... it might make the difference between life and death! Subscribe to the RTU: Podcast in iTunes HERE Also available on STITCHER HERE RTU: #230 - Murph Palmer Main Course: We put an emotional button on the Islanders season, then went into the DH, PEDs and illegal drugs and the Mets and Jets... Sanpete also told Cal about the annual May 6th Birthday picnic...

SPECIAL GUESTS: Faces of Stroke Ambassadors   National Stroke Association's Faces of Stroke public awareness campaign aims to change the public perceptions of stroke through education and personal stories of those impacted by the fourth leading cause of death.   The Faces of Stroke campaign features an online gallery of hundreds of stroke champions' stories and photos, an easy-to-use story submission tool, educational information about stroke and new ways to share stories online on Facebook, Twitter and via email. National Stroke Awareness Month has been recognized during May since 1989. Yet, stroke is the fourth leading cause of death, killing more than 133,000 people a year. The public is dangerously uninformed about stroke and few know that up to 80 percent of strokes can be prevented by working with a healthcare professional to effectively manage risk. http://www.stroke.org  

[audio:http://penanghokkien.com/media/PgHkn-2011-03-28.mp3] I had a special opportunity to attend my first ever Twestival, and miraculously, it's in my hometown, Penang. I also learned about the National Stroke Association of Malaysia (NASAM) at my first Penang Twestival. Learn more from fellow twestival attendees and the chairman of NASAM Mr Chan. Please donate to NASAM generously. Support your local Twestival next year. I really appreciate how the young generations utilize technology and social media for charity. I'm honored to be a part of it. http://penang.twestival.com (((DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILE)))

International Journal of Stroke spoke with Padma Gunaratne, the President of the National Stroke Asdociation in Sri Lanka, who discusses her joy at winning the 2009 World Stroke Day Gold Medal. The medal came about through the hard work of four main organisations: the National Stroke Organisation in Sri Lanka, the World Stroke Organisation National office, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Services. International Journal of Stroke and Padma also address the issue of the burden of stroke in Sri Lanka. Please see the following link to the article featured in the current issue of International Journal of Stroke: World Stroke Day 2009, gold award winner : National Stroke Association of Sri Lanka (NSASL) (p 323-324) by Padma S. Gunaratne, Hamsananthy Jeevatharan. PDF: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/123574826/PDFSTART

  Special Guest: Mark McEwen--Journalist, author and former CBS news anchor, Mark McEwen was voted one of the most trusted people in America and was a fixture on CBS in the mornings from 1987 until 2002. His wit and warmth made him a welcome guest in millions of homes. During his 15-year tenure at CBS, Mark served in a variety of high-profile positions, including anchor for "CBS This Morning", weather and entertainment reporter for "The Early Show" and correspondent for "48 Hours." He is a stroke survivor and works with the American Stroke Association and the National Stroke Association to educate people on how to make healthy lifestyle changes. His has written Change in the Weather: Life After Stroke.In his memoir, Change in the Weather: Life After Stroke, Mark candidly recalls his harrowing journey of rehabilitation from a massive stroke. It is an intimate, life-affirming journey of recovery and his ultimate message of hope for stroke victims and their families. For more information, visit: www.markmcewen.com. ****Special Guest: Dr. Rani Whitfield--Dr. Whitfield, “Tha Hip Hop Doc” or “H2D”, engaged in a twelve-month campaign, five days a week during the evening drive on WEMX Max 94.1 FM. His commercials, aptly titled the “Hip Hop Medical Moment,” became a main draw that spawned the attention of his fellow Baton Rouge natives. Currently in the midst of developing the Hip Hop Healthy Coalition, H2D plans to merge his three favorite pastimes: music, medicine and sports for the good of the community. Dr. Whitfield is also involved with the “Road to Health Tour” alongside nationally syndicated radio commentator and television talk show host Tavis Smiley.