Month: June 2012

brain injury patients and their families learn to live with their pathology only in the Basque country programme -the Hospital in Gorliz form to some 200 families a year in its school of brain damage (EDC), which teach patients and their families to manage his illness at home once received the hospital. high -students learn the causes and the effects of different diseases causing brain damage (such as stroke or traumatic brain injury), the goals of rehabilitation and the odds of recovery. – they are taught what things must also take into account to prevent a relapseguidelines to manage their autonomy and control symptoms, and informing them of what social resources and assistive technologies available to deal with your situation. – medical rehabilitation, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and social. workers participate in the EDC – brain injury patients and their families are people that life changes completely from one day to the mañAna, and there is still enough ignorance of this pathology at a general level ”, drew Begoña Bereciartua, Gorliz Hospital social worker. Gorliz (Bizkaia), 2012-June Patients of brain damage have a common feature marks the way of dealing with his illness, which is that his life changed in five minutes and of the overnight already nothing again as before. A stroke is the most common cause, although many also patients who become in him through traffic accidents....

exploration of the eye Fund, a guarantee to take care of your vista -Take care of our health increasingly occupies a more important position in our lives, but nevertheless we have forgotten one of the most important senses: sight. This can have a very high price, since about 75% of Visual problems has a solution with an eye review in time, according to the world Organization of health. – one of the most important and least practiced tests is the exploration of the eye Fund or oftalmolocopia ”which allows to view the back and the inside of the eye. A painless, quick and simple test that can help us understand the State of health of our eye and other organs of our body. -this scan identifies changes of the optic nerve, macula, vascular retinal or the peripheral retina. With a timely diagnosis of possible diseases affecting the eye Fund, can we avoid the loss of visual ability or even blindness. Madrid, June of 2012. We are becoming more aware of the need to care for our health to enjoy a good quality of life. We are a review in the dentist each year, we control our weight and check our levels of cholesterol and insulin in blood tests, however few people include in its agenda an appointment to take care of one of the most precious senses: sight. This...