Kevin Pearce’s Inspiring Journey After a Traumatic Brain Injury
There are positive ways and negative ways to deal with it. You need to prepare to deal with the fact that a traumatic brain injury brings lifelong change.
TOPICS Whether it is a concussion or Alzheimer’s, understanding how to keep the brain healthy and responsive is one of the major research departments and areas of concern for Canada. Read some of the articles on this topic below.
There are positive ways and negative ways to deal with it. You need to prepare to deal with the fact that a traumatic brain injury brings lifelong change.
What is Shatner’s biggest piece of advice for keeping good mental health at any age? “Stay healthy physically and keep active”
Nootropics are often referred to as natural “smart drugs” that can enhance cognition, memory, and learning.
“I'm certain I wouldn't be where I am today if I hadn’t received this diagnosis and would encourage everyone to reject the fallacy that there is a negative consequence to seeking help.”
CADDAC assists families with advocacy needs, advocates for families and individuals, and discusses the costs to individuals and society when ADHD is not diagnosed and treated.
“An Alzheimer’s crisis is bearing down on us like a tsunami and this is something we need to take seriously. Within 10 years, Alzheimer’s is going to be the costliest disease in Canada”
Many people do not receive post-concussion care because they are unaware of the rehabilitation options available to them and may be fearful of speaking up.
“Our aim with this patient version of the guidelines is to inform people about the standards of care in epilepsy, because if you don’t know what they are, you don’t know how to ask for them”
Stroke recovery services are focused on providing support “We’re focused on improving the stroke survivor’s quality of life, and preventing a secondary stroke”
The CRANIA Project brings together engineers, neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroscientists, mathematicians, material scientists, and computer scientists under one umbrella.
“People should know that brain tumours don't discriminate. They can occur in people of all ages, cultural, social, and economic backgrounds”
Organizations like the Brain Injury Society of Toronto and the Ontario Brain Injury Association are working to raise public awareness on just how common brain injuries are.
Young adults in the program are given the opportunity to codevelop the programs and provide feedback after every activity or session to bolster a sense of community.
Involving more than 15 different universities, the CONP aims to bring together leading Canadian scientists to form an interactive network of collaborations in brain research.
More than nine million Canadians will be over 65 by 2031. Nearly one million of them will have dementia — a disease with a heavy economic impact.
