A Community And Podcast For Stroke Survivors And Carers
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Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke is a podcast where stroke survivors share powerful stories of wisdom, purpose, connection, and hope. Each episode offers a moment of pause for storytelling and reflection. Stroke offers a powerful, life-changing, shift in perspective. Each colorful memory creates a parable for life’s greater teachings, a compass for journeys ahead, and inspired wisdom for unique growth. Ultimately, Beyond Stillness is a welcoming environment that reveres the movement be ...
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Welcome to the Know Stroke Podcast with your co-hosts Mike Garrow (stroke caregiver) & David Dansereau (stroke survivor). Listen back to Episode 1 of the podcast to hear our personal stories of how stroke impacted our lives and sparked a mission to amplify the voices, contributions, and achievements of change makers in stroke care. Show music by Jake Dansereau (JAKEEZo on Soundcloud) and show intro welcome voice of stroke survivor Caroline Goggin (see episode 2). Be sure to give the show a l ...
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We highlight stories of acquired brain injury, promote the Brain Injury Network clubhouses and their members, and sprinkle hope on everything we share to new survivors, their caregivers and the public.
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Join Dr. Joseph Schneider, renowned chiropractor, functional neurologist, functional medicine doctor, regenerative health doctor, and bestselling author of The Eight Domains of Nervous System Optimization, as he explores the world of neurological health, with a special focus on POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) and brain recovery. Drawing from his 35 years of clinical experience and his own profound journey of healing after surviving a stroke, Dr. Schneider brings hope and cut ...
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I will speak again: stroke and aphasia.
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Key Components for Stroke Rehabilitation that you might be missing. Cover art photo provided by rawpixel on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@rawpixel
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Take A BRAIN DAMAGED journey with me, as I go over the Multiple Ischemic Strokes I experienced quite recently (6/30/2022) My recovery period, and how I'm going to move forward in life after the fact. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saykidacid/support
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RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine is a top podcast featuring interviews with faculty and staff of RUSK Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Medical Center. These podcasts are being offered by RUSK, one of the top rehabilitation centers in the world. Your host for these interviews is Dr. Tom Elwood. He will take you behind the scenes to look at what is transpiring in the exciting world of rehabilitation research and clinical services through the eyes of those involved in making dynamic breakt ...
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Stroke recovery is brutal. It takes discipline, obsession, and endless hours of work. I’m Will Schmierer, a stroke survivor living with MS, and I’ve spent thousands of hours studying, testing, and living recovery. Not because I wanted to. Because I had to. Through Survivor Science, I share what I’ve learned through blood, sweat, and research. We dive into conversations with survivors and experts who’ve done the work. No shortcuts. No miracle cures. Just real science and strategies that drive ...
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Welcome to the Neuro Skills Podcast, where we explore the latest trends, research, and stories behind the transformative power of brain injury rehabilitation. The Neuro Skills Podcast is hosted by Centre for Neuro Skills’ CEO and President, David Harrington, a licensed occupational therapist and Certified Brain Injury Specialist with over 30 years of experience in the rehabilitation industry. Each episode dives into real-life stories of recovery and expert insights on innovative therapies to ...
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Hear powerful stories from people who use cannabis to treat their health conditions, and hear interviews with medical professionals in the field..
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New York City's 106.7 Lite FM's weekly talk show with host Nina del Rio, speaking with influencers, experts, and NYC non-profits. New episodes air first on WLTW-NY every Sunday, 7-7:30am EST.
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Explore the myths, mysteries, and medical breakthroughs of the most complex and powerful organ in your body – your brain. Weaving together expert interviews with heartfelt, inspiring snapshots of the patients and family members in the middle of it all, Heather Sherman dives into the latest science on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, epilepsy, stroke, concussion, spinal cord injury, brain cancer, chronic pain and other brain diseases and disorders. Along the way she uncovers surprising insights, she ...
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A pivotal podcast on a mission to improve medical intervention for patients with swallowing disorders (dysphagia). Primarily intended for medical speech-language pathologists (SLP) and also relevant for professionals and students involved in pulmonology, otolaryngology, gerontology, nutrition, rehabilitation sciences, and various other areas of healthcare. Join us as a force for change by inspiring critical thinking, facilitating discussion, and stimulating professional development for those ...
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Rebooted Mindset is a weekly talk show that dives deep into real life experiences and offers tried and true solutions that work. Tune in every Tuesday at 5:30PM EST to join host Alida Hernandez on her journey of recovery, healing and discovery after a life-changing stroke in 2017. Also, Alida is a survivor of several traumas that affect many of us daily. Through her own struggles, Alida has discovered life-altering remedies for physical, mental and spiritual wellness. She's had to re-learn h ...
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Making Headway is a podcast made for brain injury survivors by two friends who also happen to be brain injury survivors. Known as the "invisible disability", brain injuries can make survivors feel alone and isolated even though an estimated 1.5 million Americans are affected every year. You are not alone. Join hosts Eryn Martin (subarachnoid hemorrhage survivor) and Alison House (subarachnoid hemorrhage survivor) on their brain injury recovery journeys as they interview medical practitioners ...
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Welcome to the DocTalks Podcast, a conversation on what’s new and relevant in the world of Canadian medicine and hospital health care. Join us for each episode, as we interview physicians, patients and caregivers to dive deep into what it’s like to treat and live with some of today’s most common health challenges. Hosted by Ian Gillespie. Note: The content of St. Joseph's DocTalks Podcasts is for informational purposes only. The material is not intended for and should not be used as a substi ...
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Jen’s Brain Bleed Stroke Story: From Coma to Connection
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1:06:00Brain Bleed Stroke Recovery: What Survivors Can Teach Us About Healing and Presence Introduction A brain bleed stroke — also called a hemorrhagic stroke — can change your life in an instant. One moment you’re functioning normally, the next you’re fighting to stay alive. But while the physical trauma is visible, the emotional and psychological impac…
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356. Jen's Brain Bleed Stroke Story: From Coma to Connection
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The 50th Anniversary of the National Dance Institute, Founded by Jacques d'Amboise
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15:462025 marks the 50th Anniversary of the National Dance Institute. Founded in NYC by the late, renowned dancer and teacher Jacques d’Amboise on the belief that every child should have access to learning in and through the arts, NDI impacts the lives of thousands of children in New York City and worldwide. Our guests are Executive Director Jermaine Jo…
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The West Side Campaign Against Hunger on Increased Demand At Food Banks
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15:20It’s a staggering statistic: One in three adults and nearly half of families with children experienced food insecurity in 2023. While food pantries are one of the main resources for those in need, those food pantries are serviced by food banks. Our guest is Greg Silverman, CEO of the non-profit West Side Campaign Against Hunger, on how food banks a…
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How the Trike Saved My Life - Dan Zimmerman's Story - Part One
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20:46As a way to celebrate Dan rolling through our hometown of Bend, OR this week, we are reposting Dan Zimmerman's story and interview from September of 2024. Today we welcome Dan The-Trike-Man Zimmerman who suffered a series of strokes due to Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT). About four years after his last stroke, Dan woke in the middle of…
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How the Trike Saved My Life - Dan Zimmerman's Interview - Part Two
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32:44As a way to celebrate Dan rolling through our hometown of Bend, OR this week, we are reposting Dan Zimmerman's story and interview from September of 2024. Today we welcome Dan The-Trike-Man Zimmerman who suffered a series of strokes due to Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT). About four years after his last stroke, Dan woke in the middle of…
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Transition Techniques - Natalie Shao's Story - Part One
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20:39Today, we welcome guest Natalie Shao to share her story that begins with a surprise diagnosis just weeks before college and unfolds across two decades of life-altering transitions. From the shock of discovering a cerebral AVM at seventeen to navigating the aftermath of brain surgery, hemiparesis, and epilepsy, Natalie’s journey is one of heartbreak…
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Transition Techniques - Natalie Shao's Interview - Part Two
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30:02Today, we welcome guest Natalie Shao to share her story that begins with a surprise diagnosis just weeks before college and unfolds across two decades of life-altering transitions. From the shock of discovering a cerebral AVM at seventeen to navigating the aftermath of brain surgery, hemiparesis, and epilepsy, Natalie’s journey is one of heartbreak…
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Lost in Transition: Communication and Continuity of Care
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43:40We bring attention to a widespread challenge in clinical care: decisions and recommendation that don’t follow the patient. Whether it’s missing imaging, undocumented rationale, or unclear explanations, these breakdowns in continuity disrupt care, bias clinical judgment, and strip patients of informed choice. Explore what happens when information is…
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S6E10 - Rewiring Hope: Transforming Stroke Recovery with Vivistim
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24:29Imagine regaining movement after years of immobility. Julie Graham, OT and therapy development specialist at MicroTransponder, discusses her extensive 20-year career in occupational therapy and her work with Vivistim, a device designed for chronic ischemic stroke survivors. Vivistim pairs vagus nerve stimulation with physical and occupational thera…
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Episode 451: Five Years Past Terminal—How Cannabis Helped Jay Jay O'Brien Heal From Stage 4 Lung Cancer and Brain Tumors
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30:50In this deeply inspiring follow-up conversation, Jay Jay shares the life-changing role that cannabis has played in her journey, including her unexpected recovery from severe pain, a recurrence of brain tumors, and even a broken vertebrae from a seizure. She also speaks candidly about addiction, emotional healing, diet changes, and the power of educ…
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We Pushed Through Stroke Fatigue to Share This With You
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1:09:39Stroke Fatigue Recovery: Why You’re Not Lazy, You’re Healing Some mornings you wake up and think, Today will be different. Today I’ll catch up. But by lunchtime, you’ve folded a towel, answered one message, and the fatigue hits hard. And the guilt follows right behind it. Sound familiar? If so, this post is for you. Because stroke fatigue recovery …
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355. We Pushed Through Stroke Fatigue to Share This With You
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Braver Angels with Strategies to Bridge the Partisan Divide
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17:19Whether you believe the U.S. is on it’s way to becoming great again, or things are going terribly wrong, most of us would agree, we’re having trouble talking to the other side. Yet, our guest has strategies to do just that: Gabriella Timmis is Director of Communications at Braver Angels, a non-partisan organization with a mission of bringing Americ…
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A Fair Shake For Youth: NYC's Longest Running School-Based Dog Therapy Program
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16:33A Fair Shake for Youth is the city’s longest-running therapy dog program in public schools in Brooklyn, The Bronx and Manhattan. For their 15th anniversary, founder Audrey Hendler talks about how the idea took root with a prison rehabilitation program, and how NYC dog owners can volunteer for kids alongside their own pets. For more, visit afairshak…
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One Million Kids, One Mission: Sevaro & Yale Neurologists Unite for Stroke Awareness
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56:37Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Episode Overview: In this powerful episode of the Know Stroke Podcast, we're diving into a bold and urgent mission: educating one million kids on how to recognize the signs of stroke. We sit down with the team behind this ambitious initiative—Sevaro CEO Raj Narula and Yale School of Medicine’s Rebecca DiBiase and S…
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Episode 450: Rewiring the Mind After a Stroke—How Ian McGann Took His Healing Into His Own Hands (Part 2)
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38:45Ian speaks candidly about learning to walk and talk again, navigating emotional trauma, and how cannabis played a transformative role in his neurological recovery. He also opens up about ego loss, the power of belief, and how practices like positive affirmations, sacred plant medicine, and quantum manifestation shaped his healing. This is a raw, in…
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Grand Rounds: Dr. Molly Fuentes, Health Inequities Among Children with Disabilities: Focus on American Indian and Alaska Native Children. Part 2
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31:19Dr. Molly Fuentes is medical director at the inpatient rehabilitation unit at the Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. Fuentes is an assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Medicine. She also is a pediatric physiatrist. She completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and is a graduate of the School of Medicine …
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How Thomas Graham Rewired His Life After a Pons Stroke
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1:28:28Ischemic Pons Stroke: What It Is, What to Expect, and How to Recover An ischemic stroke in the pons, a key area of the brainstem, can feel like life-changing in an instant. Recovery can be complex and emotional, but healing is possible. In this article, we explore what a pons stroke is, why it matters, and how stroke survivors can begin to reclaim …
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If you’re watching the news, you know thousands of workers in the federal government are being laid off. But some are leaving their jobs voluntarily—stepping down from responsibilities, often in protest of specific policies and new rules. Whatever your job or role, what is the ethical red line that might cause you to leave? What is the balance betw…
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Roads To Success on NYC After School Programs
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18:19What do NYC’s best after school programs offer and how can they help tap into a child’s potential? Our guest is Sheila Duke, Chief Executive Officer of Roads to Success, a nonprofit that empowers future leaders by helping young people discover their potential and pursue their dreams. Founded in 2001, Roads to Success serves over 7,000 youth and you…
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354. How Thomas Graham Rewired His Life After a Pons Stroke
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Reconnecting with the Mountain and Myself - Brad McKenzie's Story - Part One
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23:29This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke, we welcome guest Brad McKenzie to share his powerful and vivid stroke recovery story filled with life-threatening urgency, deep peace, resilience, and the pursuit of connection and purpose. We dive into ways small acts of kindness illuminate unique paths toward trust and create a foundation for s…
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Reconnecting with the Mountain and Myself - Brad McKenzie's Interview - Part Two
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27:26This week on Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke, we welcome guest Brad McKenzie to share his powerful and vivid stroke recovery story filled with life-threatening urgency, deep peace, resilience, and the pursuit of connection and purpose. We dive into ways small acts of kindness illuminate unique paths toward trust and create a foundation for s…
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In this reunion episode, chiropractic classmates Dr. Joseph Schneider and Dr. Mark Sanna reflect on their educational journey before diving into the complex world of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) treatment. Dr. Schneider explains how patients with POTS face cascading symptoms affecting multiple body systems, leaving them frustrat…
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Exploring New Frontiers in Brain Recovery
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34:41Dr. Brandon Crawford, a prominent neurologist and researcher, discusses his journey into the field of developmental functional neurology and how through the use of PhotoBioModulation, incorporated with traditional neurological treatments, revolutionizes brain injury recovery. He is renowned in the field of photobiomodulation, or laser therapy, and …
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Dr. Lisa Murphy on Stroke Recovery, Advocacy, and a New Vision for Survivors
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52:34Dr. Lisa Murphy, CEO of the Stroke Foundation, discusses stroke recovery, advocacy, and the support services stroke survivors need now more than ever. Stroke Foundation New England Journal of Medicine Highlights: 00:00 Dr. Lisa Murphy’s Journey to Leading the Stroke Foundation 05:11 Impact of Working with Stroke Survivors 15:04 Challenges in Raisin…
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353. Dr. Lisa Murphy on Stroke Recovery, Advocacy, and a New Vision for Survivors
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Episode 449: Surviving the Impossible — Ian McGann’s Stroke Recovery and Spiritual Awakening (Part 1)
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42:02Show Notes: Note: Part 2 of Ian McGann’s story continues next week in Episode 450. Stay tuned for the next chapter in his remarkable recovery. 00:37 — Introduction by Ian Jessop: Stroke statistics and introducing guest Ian McGann 01:37 — Ian's early disclaimer: stroke recovery affects speech, memory, and pacing 03:30 — The moment the stroke hit: lo…
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Send us a text Raw courage and resilience take center stage as Malik shares his extraordinary journey of recovery following a life-altering stroke and horrific accident. With candid vulnerability, he recounts the moment his world changed forever—half his body in a cab, half exposed on the street, when a driver suddenly accelerated. The resulting tr…
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Samaritan Daytop Village’s Young Mother’s Program Serving Women in Recovery
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16:01Our guest is Sarah March, Program Director of Samaritan Daytop Village’s Young Mother’s Program, where women who are in recovery have the opportunity to keep their children with them—a program model proven to improve recovery outcomes. For over 60 years, Samaritan Daytop Village has been improving the quality of life for New Yorkers, serving over 3…
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Ballet Hispanico Presents CARMEN.maquia at NY City Center from May 29-June 1, 2025
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15:06Ballet Hispanico, the nation’s largest Latine/x/Hispanic dance organization and recognized by the Ford Foundation as one of America’s Cultural Treasures, presents Gustavo Ramírez Sansano's masterwork CARMEN.maquia at New York City Center from May 29-June 1, 2025. Our guest is Artistic Director and CEO Eduardo Vilaro. For tickets and more, visit bal…
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Grand Rounds: Dr. Molly Fuentes, Health Inequities Among Children with Disabilities: Focus on American Indian and Alaska Native Children. Part 1
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27:22Dr. Molly Fuentes is medical director at the inpatient rehabilitation unit at the Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. Fuentes is an assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Medicine. She also is a pediatric physiatrist. She completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and is a graduate of the School of Medicine …
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Episode 448: From Death’s Door to New Life — Russell Langhammer’s Incredible Recovery with Cannabis and Psilocybin
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40:59🎧 Show Notes + Timestamps 00:37 — Introducing Russell Langhammer and the powerful story behind today’s episode 01:21 — Why people want to turn Russell’s journey into a movie 02:05 — The gift of communication after brain injury and microdosing 03:24 — Flashbacks, PTSD, and using cannabis instead of benzodiazepines 04:00 — Recounting the accident at …
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A Tattoo Artist’s Life Turned Upside Down by AVM – Lorenzo’s Stroke Survival Story
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1:14:36AVM of the Brain Recovery: Lorenzo Price’s Story of Survival, Vision Loss & Redemption When you hear Lorenzo Price’s voice, you might not immediately realize how much he’s endured. A talented tattoo artist and musician with a deep love for family, Lorenzo had his life turned upside down by something he didn’t even know was inside his head — an arte…
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In this episode, Dr. Joseph Schneider sits down with Dr. Roy "Buzz" Korth to explore the science behind NAD+ and its delivery through innovative Push Patch technology. Dr. Korth explains how NAD+ levels naturally decline with age, leading to decreased cellular energy and slower healing, while describing how iontophoresis allows for needle-free, sus…
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For Survive Stroke Week 2025, A Focus on Particular Risks for Hispanic Adults
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14:49May 4-10, 2025 is Survive Stroke Week: An annual event to educate Americans about the symptoms of stroke and the lifesaving treatment options available. Stroke is the fifth most common cause of death in America and the leading cause of adult disability. In 2025, The focus is on the Hispanic Community in the U.S., where stroke ranks as the fourth le…
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