CME/CE: Stroke Rounds: Bilingual Brains Sustain Less Stroke Damage
Publication Date:
Tue, 12/01/2015
By: Alere Staff
SPONSORED BY
MedPage Today
American Heart Association
ACTIVE DATE
November 20, 2015 – November 20, 2017
CREDIT
Physicians: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
DESCRIPTION
Speaking more than one language might protect against cognitive injury related to stroke, according to findings from an Indian registry study. Compared to patients who spoke only one language, bilingual stroke patients were more than twice as likely to have normal cognition following their stroke.
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