unclear how many people still remain inside the strong hold. steve: meanwhile sad news from hollywood yesterday actor perry died 52 years old. played on the beverly hills show 90210. suffered a massive stroke last week at his home. brian: according to the cdc every year more than 795,000 people in the united states have a stroke. ainsley: many are wondering how this can happen to someone in their fitters but experts say a stroke can strike at any age. dr. oz is the host of the dr. oz show and joins us now. yesterday phones are blowing up at least my generation. we in high school loved the show. he has young kids. how could this happen? shocking reality is roughly one in seven, one in 8 folks are under the age of 50 when they have a stroke that population at stroke victims is actually increasing. older folks having less folks but the younger ones are having more. 795,000. that s basically one every 40 seconds. that s the incidence of
has spent years studying how music can help in cases a brain injury. this is actually possible because of neural plasticity which is the ability of the human brain to continually change and adapt throughout a person s life. and the brain is made up of neurons on the synapses that connect them but these connections on fixed new ones are created all the time the music stimulates powerful emotions and builds new connections through an active process of listening movement and visualization and nobody could believe that. the fact that music helps the brain build new synopses give dr daniel shots the idea to use music to help stroke victims regain movement. one of his patients eric. lost all feeling on the left side of his body after
ambulance, a tractor trailer and three cars. no one including the baby seriously injured. that s a long way down with one false move. this guy climbing 3300 feet up to a boulder wedged in a crevasse in norway, bouncing a golf ball on his club, before smacking it away. quite a shock. here is the story i know you ve been waiting for. we heard of diet pills, but what about an exercise pill? researchers say they now have a blueprint of what exercise does to your body, that could one day lead to a workout in pill form instead of zumba or pilates classes. chr trace gallagher has more. what do we know about this pill? i want it. we should begin by saying the pill is not designed for lazy people. of course, lazy people will use it, but researchers are hoping to help those who have limited physical ability, like amputees, stroke victims, those suffering
the lives of stroke victims are changed forever, but it s not only the patients who are affected. their families are as well and now stroke survivors and their caregivers can build hope and gain strength from each other at retreat camps across the country. dr. samadi, i want to find out what sorts of therapy are these patients receiving at these retreat camps, and then also i know you want to break it down because i don t think we all know the difference between a stroke versus a tia. yeah. these camps are absolutely important and mostly not only for the patients but for the patients family. strokes can change the patient s life forever and it s really an attack on brain, just like we have heart attack and you have blood flow that stops hitting the muscles and the heart. you have the same thing cold brain attack which is called a stroke and you have your husband, your wife that s functioning quite well and next thing you know they collapse and they can t speak and it s horrendous so
groundbreaking device that helps deliver faster care to patients that have just suffered a stroke. i want you to tell us what this is and how common is it when we re talking about stroke victims here. very exciting segments today. this is example of one of them. 700,000 americans are being diagnosed with stroke. it s basically a piece of blood clot that can go up to the brain, block the flow of the blood to the brain and causes damage of that segment of the brain. it s the leading cause of disability in this country. serious problem. one of the things i always want people to know is the signs and symptoms of stroke. f is for facial droopy. a is for arms. if you put your arms and one of them fall. s is for slurry speech and t is for time. time loss. anybody that s involved in stroke will tell you time loss is brain loss and time is absolutely important.