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//The Wire//2300Z February 20, 2025////ROUTINE////BLUF: THOUGHT CRIMES REMAIN CONCERNING THROUGHOUT EUROPE. KASH PATEL CONFIRMED AS FBI DIRECTOR. TWO JUVENILES ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SCHOOL ATTACK PLOT IN TEXAS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Scotland: This morning a 74-year-old woman was arrested for speech and thought crimes. Rose Docherty (a well known, pro-life advocate) was arrested for demonstrating via standing on a sidewalk outside Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, a very large medical complex that houses abortion facilities. At the time of her arrest she was holding a sign that read "Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want".-HomeFront-Texas: Two juveniles were arrested for an alleged plot to attack a school in Houston. The two unidentified girls, aged 15 and 16, allegedly posted the details of the plot on social media.Washington D.C. - In Congress, Kash Patel was confirmed as the next Director of the FBI this afternoon. This morning Senator Mitch McConnell announced that he will be stepping down from his seat in the Senate. AC: This is not an immediate resignation, but rather an announcement that he will not seek reelection next year.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: The arrest of Rose Docherty was made under the so-called "buffer zone" laws, which have recently gained scrutiny after being denounced by American Vice President JD Vance. Regardless of the recent media coverage, the policing of thought crimes and the persecution of Christianity throughout Scotland, the British Isles, and almost all of western Europe has remained a little-discussed (yet exceptionally grave) concern for many years. Silent Christian prayer, even including praying inside one's own home, has been relentlessly targeted by authorities, drawing the ire of those who have been subjected to public Islamic calls for prayer, which have included the participation of hundreds of official government officials and buildings. As pointed out by American diplomats (such as JD Vance), this double standard is a very large societal problem that is impacting civilization itself throughout Europe.Regarding the alleged threats in Texas, neither of the two girls were attendees of the school which was threatened (Memorial High School), both were students at neighboring schools. While inter-school rivalries are extremely common throughout the nation, in this case authorities state that the undisclosed attack details were specific and credible enough to warrant the arrests. However, the FBI is the lead agency in charge of this investigation, which has caused doubts due to the FBI's long and very questionable history pertaining to these types of events.Analyst: S2A1Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground//END REPORT//

Nicholas Alahverdian's obituary appeared on a memorial site called Ever Loved. It detailed how the man, who grew up in foster care became a Harvard Graduate and a vocal critic of Rhode Island's childcare system after suffering sexual abuse as a child.  It also detailed how Alahverdian died of Hodgin's Lymphoma at 32 years old, leaving behind a wife and two young children who remained at his bedside as he died. Alahverdian's death was a lie, an elaborate scheme created by Nicholas Rossi, a man charged with sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in Orem, Utah as well as multiple complaints against him in Rhode Island for alleged domestic violence.  David Rossi, the stepfather says at an early age Nicholas would hit his mother, grandmother, and siblings, and wouldn't listen in school. Alahverdian was placed in psychiatric care. Nicholas Alahverdian, using the name Rossi, was accused of assaulting a young woman he met at Sinclair Community College in Ohio. The two had lunch together.  Alahverdian offered to walk the co-ed to her next class. The coed claims Alahverdian then pinned her against a wall in a basement, groped her, and masturbated. Alahverdian apologized and asked the girl not to tell anybody. She made a police report and Alahverdian, aka Rossi, was convicted of public indecency and sexual imposition, and was required to register as a sex offender. Two years later, police are called to an apartment in Rhode Island.  Officers can hear arguing and screaming. When a woman comes to the door, she has marks on her face neck, and left eye and her right eye is swelling. The woman tells police she and Alahverdian were arguing and when she tried to leave he slapped her in the face. Police arrest Alahverdian who proclaims his innocence and begins banging his head on the bars in the back of the squad car. Officers have to use pepper spray to make him stop trying to hurt himself. Alahverdian pleads no-contest to domestic simple assault. Testing reveals Alahverdian's DNA is present in a rape case, and other allegations have already been lodged. Fraud charges also land in Alahverdian's lap, and this is when he fakes his death and heads overseas. The death of Nicholas Alahverdian is met with skepticism.  Alahverdian's foster mother Sharon Lane said she was contacted by Alahverdian's biological mother.   The minute Sharon Lane read the obituary, she believed it was written by Alahverdian himself. Utah authorities continued investigating the first rape allegation against Nicholas Alahverdian and issued a warrant for his arrest seven months after he supposedly died. An FBI search of Alahverdian's iCloud account and cell phone records led investigators to Scotland. As investigations were looking for Nicholas Alahverdian and Nichols Rossi in the United States, a man named Arthur Knight was being treated for Covid-19 at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow.  He had been living a happy new life,  married a woman named Miranda, and worked as a tutor, but then he suffered a serious case of pneumonitis, caused by Covid-19. Someone recognized him through his distinctive tattoos. They were a match to those from a Pawtucket police booking photo of him.  In December 2021,  they arrested the convicted sex offender in the Glasgow hospital. Authorities say Knight was just one of Alahverdian's 16 known aliases, which include Nicholas Rossi, Nicholas Brown, Arthur Brown, and Arthur Knight-Brown. Nicholas Alahverdian fought extradition back to the US.  For over two years, Alahverdian exhausted every legal avenue available in the UK. Ultimately the courts ruled he was a wanted fugitive and agreed to the United States' request to send him home.  Joining Nancy Grace Today: Greg Ahlgren  – International Attorney-at-Law at the US-MX Law Group, Ltd. & DRT Alliance/Diaz Reus International Law Firm Dr. Jeff Kieliszewski  - Forensic Psychologist, Author: " Dark Sides;" YouTube: Dr. Jeff Kieliszewski,  rv Brandt – Senior Inspector, US Marshals Service International Investigations Branch; Chief Inspector, DOJ Office of International Affairs, US Embassy Kingston, Jamaica; Author: “SOLO SHOT: CURSE OF THE BLUE STONE” – AVAILABLE ON AMAZON IN JANUARY; ALSO “FLYING SOLO: Top of the World;” Twitter: @JackSoloAuthor Brett Brown - Executive Director of SASS Go (Surviving Assault Standing Strong, a Nonprofit on a mission to eradicate abuse, trafficking, and violence against women and girls globally; @sassgoglobal on FB, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok  Tim White - Investigative Reporter and Managing Editor for WPRI-TV (A CBS News affiliate), Co-Author: “The Last Good Heist: The Inside Story of The Biggest Single Payday in the Criminal History of the Northeast;" Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Roger Williams University in RI; X: @timwhiteRI, FB: Tim White-WPRI   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ed Newman is a Consultant Neurologist based at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He has a specialist interest in movement disorders and Parkinson's Disease. He is part of the National Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) service in Scotland and runs a Parkinson's Disease telemedicine service to the Western Isles. He is also interested in medical education and runs the clinical neurosciences teaching programme for University of Glasgow's Medical School. If you want to know more about DBS, Parkinson's UK have a number of great resources, please click here for more.  Jo who has Parkinson's invited Parkinsons UK to film her journey following having DBS, if you would like to view this, click here  

Stroke survivors with physical deficits have to fight to get the muscles moving again. They also have to fight to stop some muscles from moving. Tone and spasticity are why our elbows curl, our fists squeeze tight, and our toes can curl under our feet so we crush our own toes as we walk. Dr. Wayne Feng is an expert in tone and spasticity after stroke and he joins us this week to explain how we can address these challenges If you don't see the audio player below, visit Strokecast.com/MSN/ToneBasics to listen to the conversation. Click here for a machine-generated transcript Who is Dr. Wayne Feng? From Dr. Feng's Duke Profile: I am the division chief for Stroke and Vascular Neurology in the Department of Neurology at Duke Health. I see stroke patient in the emergency department, inpatient service as well as in the outpatient clinic. I also treated post-stroke limb spasticity, a disabling complication after stroke. In addition to the patient care, I also run a brain modulation and stroke recovery lab at the Duke University campus to study stroke patients in my lab to develop new stroke recovery therapy. On my days off, my boys and I are big on fishing. I enjoy drinking and collecting tea. As a stroke doctor, I do not drink coffee at all (there is a reason for it). If you come to see, I will tell you. Current Appointments and Affiliations: Professor of Neurology, Neurology, Stroke and Vascular Neurology 2019 Chief of Stroke & Vascular Neurology in the Department of Neurology, Neurology, Stroke and Vascular Neurology 2019 Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering 2022 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGeOGI2bry4&w=560&h=315] Tone and Spasticity Overview Mos of our limbs move because of the interaction between two types of muscles -- extensors and flexors. The flexors contract to bend a limb. The extensors contract to extend the limb. For example, the biceps are flexors. They pull our forearm up or into an angle. When people want to show off their arm muscle, the flex their arm -- they activate their flexors. The triceps on the back of the upper arm are extensors. When they activate, they extend the arm -- they pull the arm straight.  When flexors contract extensors relax. When extensors contract, flexors relax. That's how we control our limbs. After stroke, the flexors can activate on their own. And they can be, well, overenthusiastic, in those actions. That happens because the default behavior of the flexors is to be active and curl up. When we talk about curling up into the fetal position, that's most of our flexors activating. The reason we can go through life upright and with our limbs straight is that the cortex of the waking brain is constantly suppressing the normal contracting of the flexors. After stroke impacting the motor cortex of the brain, the corticospinal tract is disconnected. With that disconnect, the brain can no longer suppress the flexors so they do what they do -- they contract and curl and cause all sorts of problems. Peripheral vs Cortical Problems Categorizing issues as cortical or peripheral is a fancy way of saying brain or limb. A stroke is a cortical issue. The problem exists in the brain. That's where the disconnect happens. A peripheral issue is when something goes wrong in the limb. Shoulder subluxation, for example, is peripheral issue. Most PT and OT works with the limbs to treat the cortical issues. Tone and spasticity are caused by cortical issues. The long-term problems caused by tone and spasticity are peripheral issues. One of those peripheral issues is contracture. When tone and spasticity is severe and long term, the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and other soft tissue can actually shrink in the contracted position. When that happens, getting the extensors back online and suppressing the flexors no longer  helps. The limb can become almost permanently bent. Repairing peripheral issues, like contracture, may require surgery to sever and extend tendons and other tissue. Preventing and Treating Tone and Spasticity The first line of defense is in the immediate short-term after stroke. Getting the limbs moving and keeping them moving to drive the neuroplastic change of recovery helps. Beyond that, and once tone and spasticity set in, regular stretching is critical. A survivor needs to keep stretching those limbs to prevent contracture. That's why in conference calls and interviews, I'm often stretching my fingers back and my wrist back to counteract the tone and spasticity in my left arm and hand. Medication can help, too. Baclofen is a popular choice. It's basically a muscle relaxer that helps counteract the excessive action in my flexors. Some people find it can cause drowsiness so it's not the best choice for everyone. I tend to take my Baclofen before going to bed. If it makes me drowsy then that's great. It also helps reduce the tone I might experience overnight. For folks with severe tone and spasticity, a surgically implanted Baclofen pump can help. The medicine directly target the key muscles which means the patient needs much less medicine for a much greater impact. Since it is a low dose, it is less likely to induce the fatigue, too. Other medications to treat tone and spasticity include: Tizanidine Flexeril Gabapentin Botox, Dysport, and Xeomin are also treatments that can help. These are neurotoxins that a doctor can inject every three to four months. By delivering the toxins to the flexors, it reduces their ability to flex. That gives the extensors a chance to recover and rebuild a normal relationship. Of course, this is a short-term solution. Combined with exercise, it can definitely help. I'm probably overdue for my next Dysport treatment. Contralateral C7 Nerve Transfer for Stroke Recovery: New Frontier for Peripheral Nerve Surgery A promising area for relieving tone and spasticity is C7 nerve transfer. Recent studies are showing promising results. Neurosurgeons split the a nerve from the unaffected side of the brain that runs through the spine and reconnect half of it to the equivalent nerve on the affected side. The do this in the neck. Results show a quick reduction in tone and spasticity even in patients 15+ years after stroke. After a year, patients are experiencing improved use of the limb, too. The number of people in the studies so far is pretty small (36) and more research is needed. It is a promising result, though, and builds on techniques that have been used to treat non-stroke injuries. It also highlights the tremendous ability of the brain to adapt since now the unaffected side starts to control the affected side of the body. You can read a review of the technique and studies at the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Vagus Nerve Stimulation In 2021, I spoke with Dr. Jesse Dawson, a Professor of Stroke Medicine and Consultant Physician in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Scotland about his research in Vagus Nerve Stimulation. This research is now being commercialized and used to treat patients in the US. The therapy involves surgically implanting a stimulator in a patient's chest that connects to the Vagus nerve. During PT or other exercises, the device sends an electric signal to the Vagus nerve. Stimulating the nerve while doing therapy has shown positive results in terms of limb use. It's interesting because it's not treating the Vagus nerve itself, but stimulating this nerve appears to make the other nerves in the brain more receptive to the therapeutic exercises. You can learn more about this research here: http://Strokecast.com/VNS. Survey What do you think of the Strokecast? Let me know what you like and what you would like to be different by completing the survey at http://Strokecast.com/Survey. I would really appreciate it. If you complete the survey by March 31, 2023, you could win a $25 Amazon gift card, too. Hack of the Week Hand grip exercisers are nice tools to encourage stretching and exercise throughout the day. These things are like a pair of pliers without the tool end. They are spring loaded. You squeeze them to exercise and they try to force your hand open. You can get them in a variety of strength levels. Start with light weight ones and move on to tougher ones as your strength improves. What I like about them is that closing a fist comes back before opening one. Closing your fist takes work. Opening your fist is often harder, but these gadgets force the hand open. So you get to practice the squeeze and you get a stretch into fingers, too, to address tone and spasticity. It's also one more way to reduce the odds of developing a contracture. Here are a couple options: https://strokecast.com/Hack/HandExerciserTraditional (Traditional design)* https://strokecast.com/Hack/HandExerciserAdjustable (Adjustable resistance)* Links Where do we go from here? Check out Dr. Feng's work at Duke University Share this episode with someone you know by giving them the link http://Strokecast.com/ToneBasics Complete the Strokecast survey at http://Strokecast.com/Survey Don't get best…get better More thoughts on Tone and Spasticity

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) says the science around brain disease in players is "complex and evolving". A study by researchers from Glasgow University and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital found elite rugby players are more than two times more likely to have dementia, and up to 15 times more likely to suffer motor neurone disease than other people. New Zealand Rugby is waiting on the final results of a study of 12,000 former professional rugby players, which it has helped fund. Lisa Owen asked NZR's General Manager Professional Rugby Chris Lendrum if he accepts the science that rugby players are at greater risk of degenerative brain disease.

An in-depth conversation with former Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman. She shares the mood inside the cabinet during the first months of the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020, her regrets over care homes, and the difficult decisions made on restrictions over Christmas. Freeman also discusses the ongoing public inquiry into safety at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, and a second independence referendum in 2023.

Dr Tina Ryan interviews Dr Lara Mitchell about syncope. They discuss assessment, the importance of a history taking, driving advice, and how to setup a syncope service. Dr Mitchell is a Consultant Geriatrician at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where she setup a syncope service. -- Resources -- Syncope Unit Rationale - https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euv115 Syncope pathway article (Br J Cardiol 2019;26:133–6) - http://dx.doi.org/10.5837/bjc.2019.040 ESC Guidelines - https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines/Syncope-Guidelines-on-Diagnosis-and-Management-of Nice Guidelines - https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/neurological-conditions/transient-loss-of-consciousness -- Follow us on Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees

Pete talks us through the definition of damage control resuscitation and the application of this concept to critically injured patients in the pre-hospital setting. The discussion ranges from the practicalities of delivery to novel therapies sitting on the horizon.  Top 3 tips:  Remember that the classic ABC algorithm has morphed into CABC and that C stands for the control of catastrophic haemorrhage. This has to be immediate and concurrent with managing the airway, breathing and circulation. Nail your IV lines!  If a red team is on the way but you are on scene, you may be the one who has the best chance to place the IV cannula which is going to facilitate further resuscitation.  Place it and make sure it is really secure.  You can extend the classic algorithm from "ABCDE" to "CABCDEF" where “F” stands for forward planning.  So immediately you are activated and en-route, start planning ahead and consider what other services you may need.  If on scene you recognise a severe derangement in physiology activate the red or HEMS team as appropriate; the earlier these teams and the receiving facility receive patient information - the better they are able to allocate their resources.    Biography:  Pete qualified in medicine in 1987 and has served in the UK Defence Medical Services ever since, apart from a nine-year sabbatical in New Zealand during which time he trained in helped to produce three children, trained in Emergency Medicine and explored the Southern Alps. He is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Retrieval Medicine, working between the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (a component of the Scottish Specialist Transfer And Retrieval Service - ScotSTAR) when not deployed on Regimental duties. A climber and skier since his teenage years, these sports have taken him on adventures throughout the world and continue to foster his passion for Wilderness Medicine. 

Lieutenant Colonel Ross Moy (Twitter: @ross_moy) is a consultant in Emergency and Pre-Hospital Medicine in the British Army. During training he undertook Fellowships in Critical Care, Aeromedical Retrieval and Pre-Hospital medicine. He has deployed overseas several times, including operational tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. He is now an EM Consultant at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow and EMRS Scotland. He is also the Clinical Director of MERT Training and has clinical interests in austere care, human factors and ethics.   He is married to Pauline, with two enthusiastic sons, and a lazy Labrador. He is a dreadful guitarist, and reasonable runner. He also enjoys hillwalking, skiing and whisky. (Nb. Ross' words, I'm not being judgemental!)   I really enjoyed talking to Ross about his career, trauma care, human factors, medical education, and much more.    I hope you enjoy listening and let us know what you think!    -- Silas.     Plugs!  Ross on Twitter Army Medical Services recruitment PhEDECs™ ECG Course   References Meet MERT MERT overview REPHILL trial   Sound recordist Jack Neuman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pete talks us through the definition of damage control resuscitation and the application of this concept to critically injured patients in the pre-hospital setting. The discussion ranges from the practicalities of delivery to novel therapies sitting on the horizon.  Top 3 tips:  Remember that the classic ABC algorithm has morphed into CABC and that C stands for the control of catastrophic haemorrhage. This has to be immediate and concurrent with managing the airway, breathing and circulation. Nail your IV lines!  If a red team is on the way but you are on scene, you may be the one who has the best chance to place the IV cannula which is going to facilitate further resuscitation.  Place it and make sure it is really secure.  You can extend the classic algorithm from "ABCDE" to "CABCDEF" where “F” stands for forward planning.  So immediately you are activated and en-route, start planning ahead and consider what other services you may need.  If on scene you recognise a severe derangement in physiology activate the red or HEMS team as appropriate; the earlier these teams and the receiving facility receive patient information - the better they are able to allocate their resources.    Biography:  Pete qualified in medicine in 1987 and has served in the UK Defence Medical Services ever since, apart from a nine-year sabbatical in New Zealand during which time he trained in helped to produce three children, trained in Emergency Medicine and explored the Southern Alps. He is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Retrieval Medicine, working between the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (a component of the Scottish Specialist Transfer And Retrieval Service - ScotSTAR) when not deployed on Regimental duties. A climber and skier since his teenage years, these sports have taken him on adventures throughout the world and continue to foster his passion for Wilderness Medicine. 

Click here for a machine generated transcript A lot of the attention in stroke research is paid to the acute phase. How can we treat a stroke in the ER? What can we do so it doesn't get worse? How can we prevent strokes from happening? What can we do in inpatient rehab to help folks get better? Those are all important things,  and the stunning innovations happening around us are amazing, newsworthy, and truly impacting people's lives in a meaningful way. But there's not as much attention given to chronic stroke. Sure, there's some. There are people working really hard to help stroke survivors recover even years after stroke. But not as much makes it into the news. That's one reason I was interested in Dr. Jesse Dawson's work at the University of Glasgow. The recently published a study in the Lancet about using Vagus Nerve Stimulation to drive recovery in patients years after stroke. And their procedure looks promising. Bio Dr. Jesse Dawson is a Professor of Stroke Medicine and Consultant Physician in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. His research portfolio includes prevention and rehabilitation clinical trials in stroke survivors. His main interest is in improving the long-term outcome after stroke. Dr. Dawson holds a BHF/Stroke Association programme grant, HTA NIHR funding and NIH funding and runs a large outcomes adjudication system for multi-national stroke trials. He is the NHS Research Scotland lead for stroke research and sits on the editorial board of Stroke. Dr. Dawson is currently researching the role of xanthine oxidase inhibition as a novel preventative treatment after stroke. This is the focus of a UK wide clinical trial, funded by a programme grant from the BHF/Stroke Association. He is also studying novel treatments for upper limb weakness after stroke, including vagus nerve stimulation and robotic therapy. These studies included a large NIHR funded study, funding from Chest Heart Stroke Scotland and a collaboration with industry.  Dr. Dawson is the Medical Outcomes Manager for the endpoint committee of the large NIH funded CLEAR III trial, the NIH funded MISTIE III study, the European Union FP-7 funded EuroHYP study and the international SITSOPEN collaboration. This involves review of all trial endpoints and co-ordination of the endpoint adjudication process for these large phase III studies. He supervises several PhD and MD students, including students with competitive government and charitable funded fellowships. He co-directs a large MSc programme in Clinical Pharmacology and is Director of the Vertical Theme for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics for the MBChB programme. He is a regular MRCP PACES examiner and external higher degree examiner for several UK univeristies. The Research This is a fascinating study because even though they are stimulating the Vagus nerve, they are not actually treating it. Instead they are using it as a messenger to the brain to say, "Wake up! It's time to learn something." Essentially, it's trying to get the brains attention so traditional Occupational and Physical Therapy can work. And it seems to be working. It will be interesting to see if in future studies they can get similar results with Speech Therapy. The other important take away here is that this work with chronic stroke survivors -- folks who had strokes years ago -- even in the control group. Granted the experimental group that got the Vagus Nerve Stimulation got better results. The point is, though, that intense physical and occupational therapy gets results even years after as stroke, demonstrating once again that the 6 or 12 month caps on recovery are complete and utter nonsense. Hack of the Week Pick a small thing to focus on. Perhaps it's a small task. Or part of a small task. Or maybe it's a new goal you haven't done before but it seems within reach. Do that. Focus on that. Achieve that. The look for more small challenges. Lots of wins on small challenges adds up to big success in the long run. Links Where do we go from here? Lear more about this study here. Share this episode with someone you know by giving them the link http://Strokecast.com/VNS Subscribe to the free, monthly Strokecast newsletter at http://Strokecast.com/News Don't get best…get better.

A lot of the attention in stroke research is paid to the acute phase. How can we treat a stroke in the ER? What can we do so it doesn't get worse? How can we prevent strokes from happening? What can we do in inpatient rehab to help folks get better? Those are all important things,  and the stunning innovations happening around us are amazing, newsworthy, and truly impacting people's lives in a meaningful way. But there's not as much attention given to chronic stroke. Sure, there's some. There are people working really hard to help stroke survivors recover even years after stroke. But not as much makes it into the news. That's one reason I was interested in Dr. Jesse Dawson's work at the University of Glasgow. The recently published a study in the Lancet about using Vagus Nerve Stimulation to drive recovery in patients years after stroke. And their procedure looks promising. Bio Dr. Jesse Dawson is a Professor of Stroke Medicine and Consultant Physician in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. His research portfolio includes prevention and rehabilitation clinical trials in stroke survivors. His main interest is in improving the long-term outcome after stroke. Dr. Dawson holds a BHF/Stroke Association programme grant, HTA NIHR funding and NIH funding and runs a large outcomes adjudication system for multi-national stroke trials. He is the NHS Research Scotland lead for stroke research and sits on the editorial board of Stroke. Dr. Dawson is currently researching the role of xanthine oxidase inhibition as a novel preventative treatment after stroke. This is the focus of a UK wide clinical trial, funded by a programme grant from the BHF/Stroke Association. He is also studying novel treatments for upper limb weakness after stroke, including vagus nerve stimulation and robotic therapy. These studies included a large NIHR funded study, funding from Chest Heart Stroke Scotland and a collaboration with industry.  Dr. Dawson is the Medical Outcomes Manager for the endpoint committee of the large NIH funded CLEAR III trial, the NIH funded MISTIE III study, the European Union FP-7 funded EuroHYP study and the international SITSOPEN collaboration. This involves review of all trial endpoints and co-ordination of the endpoint adjudication process for these large phase III studies. He supervises several PhD and MD students, including students with competitive government and charitable funded fellowships. He co-directs a large MSc programme in Clinical Pharmacology and is Director of the Vertical Theme for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics for the MBChB programme. He is a regular MRCP PACES examiner and external higher degree examiner for several UK univeristies. The Research This is a fascinating study because even though they are stimulating the Vagus nerve, they are not actually treating it. Instead they are using it as a messenger to the brain to say, “Wake up! It's time to learn something.” Essentially, it's trying to get the brains attention so traditional Occupational and Physical Therapy can work. And it seems to be working. It will be interesting to see if in future studies they can get similar results with Speech Therapy. The other important take away here is that this work with chronic stroke survivors — folks who had strokes years ago — even in the control group. Granted the experimental group that got the Vagus Nerve Stimulation got better results. The point is, though, that intense physical and occupational therapy gets results even years after as stroke, demonstrating once again that the 6 or 12 month caps on recovery are complete and utter nonsense. Hack of the Week Pick a small thing to focus on. Perhaps it's a small task. Or part of a small task. Or maybe it's a new goal you haven't done before but it seems within reach. Do that. Focus on that. Achieve that. The look for more small challenges. Lots of wins on small challenges adds up to big success in the long run. Links Dr. Jesse Dawson at the University of Glasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/icams/staff/jessedawson/ Dr. Dawson on Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7_DW_FMAAAAJ&hl=en Dr. Dawson on Neuro News https://neuronewsinternational.com/jesse-dawson/ Vagus nerve stimulation paired with rehabilitation for upper limb motor function after ischaemic stroke https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00475-X/fulltext#%20 Where do we go from here? Lear more about this study here. Share this episode with someone you know by giving them the link http://Strokecast.com/VNS Subscribe to the free, monthly Strokecast newsletter at http://Strokecast.com/News Don't get best…get better. Strokecast is the stroke podcast where a Gen X stroke survivor explores rehab, recovery, the frontiers of neuroscience and one-handed banana peeling by helping stroke survivors, caregivers, medical providers and stroke industry affiliates connect and share their stories. *Affiliate links

Episode 16 of the Scottish Garden Podcast is a chat with Sallie Sillars, Head Gardener at Horatio’s Garden Scotland, which is located within the grounds of Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow.  The charity Horatio’s Garden works across the UK and creates beautiful, accessible gardens in NHS spinal injury centres.  We discuss the planting and design of the garden in Glasgow, which was designed by James Alexander-Sinclair and opened in 2016.Horatio's Garden Scotland website is here and they also have a Facebook page, Twitter feed and they're on Instagram and YouTube.For details of how to get involved, donate or volunteer, visit this page.  

The UK has marked one year since the announcement of its first coronavirus lockdown. It has marked the first anniversary by holding a minute's silence to remember those who have died from Covid-19. The country's top nurse takes time to reflect on the past year. Also on the programme: the crisis engulfing Australian politics in the wake of new sex tapes that have surfaced; and how the common cold might boot out Covid-19. (Picture: At the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, staff stood outside to reflect. Credit: PA Media.)

Audio podcast of online service. Guest preacher is Rebekah Sharp-Bastekin, Chaplain to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Dr. Farrugia is an infectious disease registrar currently working at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians with a Masters in Research (MRes) in mycology and fungal immunology. Interviewed by Dr. Alex Curmi. Questions comments and feedback can be sent to podcast@maudsleylearning.com - Twitter @maudsleypodcast. To learn more: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/covid19-novel-coronavirus

On this month’s podcast, we discuss the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans with Dr Liz Ballou from the University of Birmingham In January 2019, news broke that two patients at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow had tragically passed away. When tested, both patients showed signs of a fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. One of the patients’ deaths was unrelated to the infection, however it was a contributing factor to the death of the second patient. This month we talked to fungal geneticist Dr Ballou; she researches how human fungal pathogens, specifically C. neoformans, survive and cause disease in the host. We discussed C. neoformans research, the lifecycle of the fungus, and the disease it can cause.

Audio podcast of morning service. Guest preacher is Rev Rebekah Sharp, Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Gillian Russell explores how we can use music for mind, body and soul … as part of our health and fitness toolkit. Gillian visits Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to meet Tom Binns, founder of Glasgow Piano City, and Jackie Sands, Senior Arts & Health Specialist from NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, to find out about the impact “Molly” the piano is having in the hospital environment. Research Fellow Dr Emma Moore from the University of Edinburgh talks about whether music can rewire the brain. Dr Rachel Drury from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland explains how we can use music to express ourselves while colleague Dr Jill Morgan describes the impact music has on our social world and the research she’s done into how mothers and their teenagers share music. Sonia Allori explains what the Lost And Found project is all about and how the music therapy is helping people who have suffered a stroke. Nick Jedrzejewski describes the idea behind Feels FM, the world’s first online emoji-powered jukebox for mental health. The programme opens with pianist Tom Binns playing a piece he wrote in 2006. 'Follow Me No More' is about facing the grief of losing his grandfather.

Audio podcast of morning service with guest preacher Rebekah Sharp, Chaplain to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital