{"id":10704,"date":"2015-11-26T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=10704"},"modified":"2015-11-25T21:24:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T03:24:09","slug":"american-heart-association-says-speaking-multiple-languages-linked-to-better-cognitive-functions-after-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2015\/11\/26\/american-heart-association-says-speaking-multiple-languages-linked-to-better-cognitive-functions-after-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"American Heart Association says Speaking Multiple Languages linked to better Cognitive Functions after Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"lead\">American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-56563\" title=\"American Heart Association\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/American-Heart-Association-new-logo-480x230.jpg\" alt=\"American Heart Association\" width=\"240\" height=\"115\" \/><strong>Dallas, TX<\/strong> &#8211; Bilingual patients were twice as likely as those who spoke one language to have normal cognitive functions after a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strokeassociation.org\/STROKEORG\/AboutStroke\/About-Stroke_UCM_308529_SubHomePage.jsp\" title=\"stroke\"  target=\"_blank\">stroke<\/a>, in a study reported in the American Heart Association journal <em>Stroke. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Previous research found bilingualism may delay the onset of Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_328616\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/brain-clot.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-328616\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-328616\" title=\"Brain Clot. (American Heart Association)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/brain-clot-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Brain Clot. (American Heart Association)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-328616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brain Clot. (American Heart Association)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cPeople tend to think of Alzheimer\u2019s as the only cause of dementia, but they need to know that stroke is also an important cause,\u201d said Subhash Kaul, D.M., senior investigator and developer of the stroke registry at Nizam\u2019s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad, India.<\/p>\n<p>In the new study, researchers reviewed the records of 608 patients in the NIMS stroke registry in 2006-13. More than half the patients were bilingual, defined in the study as speaking two or more languages. To ensure results weren\u2019t due to bilinguals having a healthier lifestyle, researchers took into account other factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and age.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They found:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About 40 percent of bilingual patients had normal cognitive functions following a stroke, compared to about 20 percent of single language patients.<\/li>\n<li>Bilinguals performed better on post-stroke tests that measured attention, and ability to retrieve and organize information.<\/li>\n<li>Surprisingly, there was no difference between bilinguals and those who spoke one language in the likelihood of experiencing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strokeassociation.org\/STROKEORG\/LifeAfterStroke\/RegainingIndependence\/CommunicationChallenges\/Types-of-Aphasia_UCM_310096_Article.jsp#.Vi--C_LluUk\" title=\"aphasia\"  target=\"_blank\">aphasia<\/a>, a disorder that can cause difficulties in speaking, reading and writing, after a stroke.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe advantage of bilingualism is that it makes people switch from one language to another, so while they inhibit one language, they have to activate another to communicate,\u201d said Suvarna Alladi, D.M., lead author and a neurology professor at NIMS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe combined vocabulary of bilinguals can make it more difficult for them to find specific words. This may explain what appears to be a surprising result,\u201d said Thomas Bak, M.D., study co-author at the University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The study\u2019s results may not be universally applicable to all bilingual people. Hyderabad is a multicultural city in which many languages are commonly spoken, including Telugu, Urdu, Hindi and English. \u201cConstantly switching languages is a daily reality for many residents of Hyderabad,\u201d Alladi said. \u201cThe cognitive benefit may not be seen in places where the need to function in two or more languages isn\u2019t as extensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[320left]People who speak only one language shouldn\u2019t necessarily begin learning another one, Kaul said. \u201cOur study suggests that intellectually stimulating activities pursued over time, from a young age or even starting in mid-life, can protect you from the damage brought on by a stroke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On average, someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds, according to the American Heart Association\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/circ.ahajournals.org\/content\/131\/4\/e29.full.pdf\" title=\"2015 Statistical Update\"  target=\"_blank\">2015 Statistical Update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other co-authors are Shailaja Mekala, Ph.D.; Amulya Rajan, M.A.; Jaydip Ray Chaudhuri, D.M.; Eneida Mioshi, Ph.D.; Rajesh Krovvidi, D.M.; Bapiraju Surampudi, Ph.D. and Vasanta Duggirala, Ph.D. Author disclosures are on the manuscript.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Council of Medical Research funded the study.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strokeassociation.org\/STROKEORG\/AboutStroke\/About-Stroke_UCM_308529_SubHomePage.jsp\" title=\"About Stroke\"  target=\"_blank\">About Stroke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strokeassociation.org\/STROKEORG\/AboutStroke\/Lets-Talk-About-Stroke-Patient-Information-Sheets_UCM_310731_Article.jsp#.ViLzln6rTcs\" title=\"Let\u2019s Talk About Stroke Patient Information Sheets\"  target=\"_blank\">Let\u2019s Talk About Stroke Patient Information Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Follow AHA\/ASA news on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/HeartNews\" title=\"@HeartNews\"  target=\"_blank\">@HeartNews<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For stroke science, follow the <em>Stroke<\/em> journal at <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/StrokeAHA_ASA\" title=\"@StrokeAHA_ASA\"  target=\"_blank\">@StrokeAHA_ASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report Dallas, TX &#8211; Bilingual patients were twice as likely as those who spoke one language to have normal cognitive functions after a stroke, in a study reported in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. Previous research found bilingualism may delay the onset of Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[8856,7102,2538,4030,7101,2543],"class_list":["post-10704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-alzheimers","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-american-heart-association","tag-dallas-tx","tag-dementia","tag-stroke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10705,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704\/revisions\/10705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}