Category: News & Articles
For National Stroke Week (8 – 14 August), world-leading stroke ... English shares five things everyone needs to know about stroke, from prevention and identification, to rehabilitation and living well after ... increasingly clear that alcohol definitely increases your risk of secondary stroke. The risks still outweigh the benefits. 4. Exercise ...
Category: News & Articles
Stroke survivors will be able to tap into technology at home to access an exercise and diet program, aimed at preventing a secondary stroke. Stroke survivors will be able to tap into technology ... researchers at University of Newcastle. News & Articles Taking stroke prevention into the lounge room Stroke survivors will be able to tap ...
Category: News & Articles
... website featuring evidence-based resources to help survivors of stroke move more and eat well to reduce the risk of a second stroke, has ... that poor diet and inactivity are strong risk factors of stroke and secondary stroke but there are currently no usual care services towards ... The i-REBOUND team would like to thank The Nancy and Vic Allen Stroke Prevention Memorial Grant for its support in making this website ...
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Join our Living with Stroke session as part of the HMRI Healthy Ageing for Seniors ... will give you a better understanding of: Signs of stroke, stroke prevention and secondary prevention Exercises and activities as well as modifiable risk ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... and researcher passionate about ensuring people living with stroke receive rehabilitation and post-stroke management that works; ... My main research interests include environmental enrichment and secondary stroke prevention through regular physical activity. Environmental enrichment ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... has provided me the opportunity to meet and work with carers of stroke survivors, including through interviews and attending ... quality of life, and achieve happier and healthier lives. Stroke prevention and rehabilitation: I have always had an interest in stroke ... proud of my Honours work, which was a pilot study of an online secondary prevention program for stroke survivors. I hope that this ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... and gaining fitness is what I love most, and my current work is with stroke survivors. Knowing that low levels of fitness and physical activity are associated with an increased risk of secondary stroke, I am passionate about finding practical ways that ... a follow up trial of a diet and exercise intervention for secondary prevention of stroke. Future Focus My research focus in the future will ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... intervention research, and developing and evaluating primary and secondary chronic disease prevention programs. She leads an innovative program of research ... change including an online health behaviour change program for stroke survivors. In 2016 she was awarded the NHMRC international Global ...
Category: News & Articles
... a one-off vaccine can reduce the risk of both heart attack and stroke. If you’re aged 55-60 and have two of three risk factors – ... risk of both heart attack and stroke. The Australian Study for the Prevention through Immunisation of Cardiovascular Events (AUSPICE) is at ... and John Hunter Hospital, says the study is examining a potential secondary role for the existing pneumonia vaccine. “Laboratory ...
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