It affects a person’s ability to speak, understand speech, read, or write, while intelligence remains largely intact.
Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage to specific areas of the brain that are responsible for language production and comprehension, typically in the left hemisphere. It affects a person’s ability to speak, understand speech, read, or write, while intelligence remains largely intact. Aphasia most commonly results from a stroke, but it can also arise from traumatic brain injury,
Stroke is preventable, treatable, and beatable.
Hippocrates created the term apoplexy to describe a disorder where “a person
suddenly falls, without consciousness or motion, retaining pulse and
respiration.” The advent of autopsies during the Modern Era and rapid scientific and technological advancements from the 17th century onward led to the modern definition of stroke, which ultimately replaced apoplexy in the literature.
You might want to sit down for this… Cod Liver oil is a dietary supplement derived from the liver of cod fish. We use it at the compounding pharmacy for making medical suspensions for animals. This got me wondering about the history of this oil. It contains the omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) which play an important role in the human diet and in human physiology. Cod liver oil also has vitamins A and D and was historically given to children to prevent Rickets (weak or soft bones in children). A tablespoon contains 4,080 μg of retinol (vitamin A) and 34 μg (1360 IU) of vitamin D.
