Neurology
A Living Laboratory: Monitoring Alzheimer’s Disease in its Earliest Stages
Someday soon, Georgia Williams hopes to see her picture on the wall at the Emory Brain Health Center.
”I get so full and so excited to say I’m part of a trailblazing team that’s going...
Neurology
Tango and Parkinson’s: Can Dance Improve Movement and Confidence?
Jere and Lee Reaves met on a dance floor in Cincinnati, Ohio. It seems only fitting that one of Jere’s treatments for her Parkinson’s disease is taking place on familiar territory.
Jere and Lee participate...
Neurology
Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder after Graduation
Most people think of high school graduation as an exciting new beginning. But to parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it can also be a time of confusion, stress and flat-out fear....
Neurology
Resilience and the Brain: Healing from Traumatic Brain Injury
Every year, there are roughly 1.7 million people who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the U.S. Another estimated 5.3 million Americans live with a disability caused by TBI. But for Russell Erickson,...
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...
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...
Neurology
Migraines: Not Just a Headache
Any type of headache can throw you off your game, but a migraine can be outright debilitating. Even though migraines are the most common type of headache, it can take, on average, 11 years...
Neurology
Michael Cawley, MD, Earns New Role as Director of the Emory MBNA Stroke Center
C. Michael Cawley, MD, has been named director of the Emory MBNA Stroke Center, one of the nation’s leading hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke treatment and research centers. Dr. Cawley recently assumed leadership from Daniel...
