Wednesday 21 September 2011

UK Stroke Forum 2011

The UK Stroke Forum runs from 29 November to 1 December 2011 (see www.ukstrokeforum.org).  Look out for the following session on vision after stroke:

1 December
09.00 – 10.30 Parallel session 3(e)
Alsh Room
Vision and Stroke Workshop
Chairs: Tracey Shipman (Royal Hallamshire Hospital) and Dr Fiona Rowe (Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool).
Visual perception defects following stroke
Deborah Parkinson (Teaching Lead and Stroke Specialist Orthoptist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust).
Visual Problems and Driving
Professor Christine Dickinson (Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester).
Recovery from Post-Stroke Visual Impairment: Evidence from a Clinical Trials Resource
Dr Myzoon Ali (CSO Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Glasgow Caledonian University).

Tuesday 13 September 2011

Amercian Heart Association "Million Hearts Initiative"


The AHA has just published its intention to prevent a million strokes and heart attacks over the next 5 years. They say "Effective community CVD prevention interventions have been underutilized due to a lack of a coordinated national effort". This initiative is aimed at changing that. Click Here to visit the related AHA Science News page.

FEATURED

Try Eye-Search, free web-based visual search training from University College London (funded by the Stroke Association).
Listening Books is a UK charity providing audiobooks for people with reading difficulty. Books can be posted on CD, downloaded, or streamed online. There is a membership fee, but it is apparently heavily subsidised.