Neurology
Understanding the Connection Between COVID-19 and Stroke
For health care providers and researchers, the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging, but it also presents an opportunity to better understand how this virus affects the body. While we’re getting better and better at slowing...
Lung
Athlete, Husband, Double-Lung Transplant Recipient
Nolan Gottlieb is Still Living Life to the Fullest, Despite the Toll of Cystic Fibrosis
The first day Nolan Gottlieb worked out with the men’s basketball team at Anderson University, he had one request for...
Sleep Medicine
Finding Answers, Hope for Hypersomnia
We all know the feeling that comes with a bad night’s sleep. We feel groggy, drained, crabby and just flat-out exhausted. Fortunately, for most of us, that experience only happens occasionally. But what if...
Spine
Scoliosis Spine Surgery Gives Atlanta Woman Her Life Back
Strong. Determined. Triumphant. These words describe Nancy Vepraskas, an Atlanta business owner, wife, mother and grandmother. Nancy grew up believing there was nothing she could do to treat her debilitating scoliosis, so she found...
Preventive Care
COVID-19 Vaccine: Get the Facts, Protect Your Health
The COVID-19 vaccine is making its way to more and more people – offering a spot of hope after nearly a year of fighting this global pandemic. With the availability of the vaccine in...
Brain Health
How Meditation and Mindfulness Can Help You Cope with Stress
It seems many of us are experiencing heightened stress and anxiety these days. That’s not all that surprising, given the rising number of COVID-19 cases in many communities and the continued stressors that come...
Organ Transplant
COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendation for Emory Transplant Center Patients
Emory Transplant Center recognizes that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges and concerns this past year to our transplant patients. There is now excitement about the two COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved...
Neurology
Exercise for a Younger Brain
Would you be willing to spend 90 minutes a week working up a sweat in exchange for a brain that behaves years younger? Drs. Keith McGregor and Joe Nocera from the Emory Department of...
