A comprehensive study on man-made climate change. Among solutions proposed: Change of eating habits towards plant-based nutrition and global phase out of industrialized animal farming. Michael Brainin authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S24…

1/2 Further solutions: an All -Life Approach. This means what is good for all living creatures is also likely to benefit mankind. A nice way to prolong our ‚anthropocen‘!

The most complete, updated, and trustworthy treatise on the Nazi atrocities in medicine. The new Lancet Commission Report: Also a lot to learn for today and tomorrow. Congratulations to the Lancet and its authors! European Academy of Neurology World Stroke Org doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…

ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.116… 1/1Tanja Rundek gives a strong statement in favor of brain health and its need to be part of neurology esp stroke medicine. Unfortunately, the definition of brain health is too long and too awkward Stroke AHA/ASA World Stroke Org Michael Brainin

1/2 in short it can be defined as “Brain health: striving to obtain and preserve all brain functions in all social settings”. Stroke AHA/ASA World Stroke Org Michael Brainin

Nature reports breathtaking advances of AI applications in cognitive functions (Stanford AI Report 24). To me surpassing human performance in commonsense reasoning is the most challenging one for civil society. No more outliers or paradox reasoning? No more pipes for Magritte?

The Alllife Institute is now online. alllifeinstitute.org Proud to be its affiliated scholar. Whatever is good for animal welfare is likely to be beneficial for humans.

I just learned from the NYT that there exist cognitive norm values for older ages. After 65 years of age there is a steep decline. These are the major problems today, more than all other age-associated conditions together. Michael Brainin European Academy of Neurology World Stroke Org

Neurocardiology, a look into the future of science and medical practice! Honoured and happy to become Editor-in-Chief of the journal ‘Brain and Heart’ . Expecting many high quality submissions!

Finally a ‚workable‘ definition of long-Covid. It is very inclusive. No mention of seperation from primary mood disorders. But finally these patients become acknowledged allowing to perform large treatment trials. European Academy of Neurology European Stroke Org World Stroke Org nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.105…

Two pandemics 100 years apart show the admirable progress made: Vaccination, treatments, intensive care, individual testing of asymptomatic persons and wastewater analyses saved millions of lives. We still need better global and regional surveillance and hightened awareness.

Great to meet up with some Master in Stroke Medicine graduates from Danube University at the WSC in Abu Dhabi. What a wonderful international group! World Stroke Org European Stroke Org MENA_StrokeCon Michael Brainin

The important risk factor hypertension focussed at the Joint World Stroke Organisation/ World Hypertension League session at the #WSC2024 in Abu Dhabi. How low is low? How to implement availability and affordability of antihypertensives World Stroke Org Michael Brainin

Amazon and Meta each donate 1 mio to Trump. Now they are in line with X-Musk. They could have been the ones to go face to face with him. One more reason to restrict personal use of social media, consider getting out of twitter and to prefer going to the bookshop around the corner

The most important progress in 2024: double antiplatelet therapy is equivalent to thrombolytic therapy in mild ischemic strokes except when indicators for progression are present. Why so important? Because > 50% of all ischemic strokes are NINDS 1-5. World Stroke Org European Stroke Org

New publication from the ALL LIFE INSTITUTE: World Stroke Org Universität für Weiterbildung Krems World Health Organization (WHO) Solving climate change requires changing our food systems in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm….

Today’s press release: newswire.com/news/addressin…

Is a Pandemic Treaty Still Possible? | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/is-a-pand…

#STROKE: The #ESCAS trial showed that cerebrolysin combined with speech and language therapy offers promising potential for enhancing recovery in poststroke aphasia. Michael Brainin #AHAJournals ahajrnls.org/4i2XBQE

Congrats to Angel’sIntiative Diamond status 2025 at the ESOC in Helsinki! The most effective stroke initiative in recent years! Michael Brainin European Stroke Org World Stroke Org