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Publication Date
Status
Available
Trim Size
6
x 9
Pages
360
ISBN
9780801883637
Illustration Description
8 halftones, 11 line drawings
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part I: Understanding Stroke
Chapter 1. Understanding Stroke and Its Consequences
Chapter 2. How Strokes Affect Our Brains and Bodies
Chapter 3. Tests
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part I: Understanding Stroke
Chapter 1. Understanding Stroke and Its Consequences
Chapter 2. How Strokes Affect Our Brains and Bodies
Chapter 3. Tests Your Doctor May Order
Part II: Stroke Recovery
Chapter 4. Minimizing Early Post-Stroke Disability and Complications
Chapter 5. Maximizing Recovery from a Stroke
Chapter 6. Post-Stroke Medical and Social Issues
Part III: Preventing Stroke: Medical Issues
Chapter 7. Risk Factors for Having a Stroke: An Introduction
Chapter 8. Heart and Blood Vessel Conditions and Stroke
Chapter 9. High Blood Pressure and Stroke
Chapter 10. Diabetes and Stroke
Chapter 11. Other Causes of Stroke
Chapter 12. Genetics and Stroke
Chapter 13. Medications That Help Prevent Stroke
Chapter 14. When Surgery Is an Option
Part IV: Preventing Stroke: Lifestyle Issues
Chapter 15. Diet and Stroke
Chapter 16. Exercise and Stroke
Chapter 17. How Smoking, Alcohol, and Illegal Drugs Affect Stroke Risk
Part V: Looking to the Future
Chapter 18. Research on the Horizon
Chapter 19. Prevent Another Stroke by Taking Charge
Resources
Notes
Index
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Julie K. Silver, MD
Julie K. Silver, M.D., is the medical director of one of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital's outpatient centers, located in Framingham, Massachusetts. This center is the home of an oncology rehabilitation program that Dr. Silver directs called RESTORE (www.cancer-rehab.org), which focuses on helping cancer survivors to physically heal. Dr. Silver is also an assistant professor of physical medicine...Resources
