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Brain Health
Brain Tumor Treatment: Taking it One Step at a Time
Graduating college and getting ready to step out into the “real world” is a feeling many of us are familiar with, but for Daniel Meadows, the “real world” seemed anything but real. Just months...
Brain Health
Emory Brain Health Center Offering Telehealth Appointments through Emory Connected Care
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telehealth has played an important role in patient care throughout the Brain Health Center and Emory Healthcare overall. Our use of telemedicine has soared...
Neurology
Ja’Lisa’s Journey: Reclaiming Life after Epilepsy
In her early 20s, Ja’Lisa Thomas was enjoying life — teaching preschool and expecting her first child — until something went very wrong. She was stopped at a red light on her way to...
Neurology
Alzheimer’s Awareness: Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Cecile Bazaz was a wife, mother, and successful banking executive in her 40s when she began showing subtle signs that something might be wrong. At first, it was little things, like forgetting her zip...
Brain Health
Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease: Aging, Answers and a Way to Support
Worldwide, 50 million people are living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Alzheimer’s disease does not discriminate amongst those affected, and as we get older, our risk of developing Alzheimer’s and other dementias grows....
Brain Health
Seek Care for Heart Attack, Stroke in the Emergency Room
According to a poll conducted in part by the American College of Emergency Physicians, nearly a third of American adults (29 percent) say that they have delayed or avoided medical care because they are...
Brain Health
Stroke Awareness: Know the Signs, Symptoms & Treatments
Strokes are serious medical emergencies that require immediate care. Prompt treatment can reduce damage to the brain and lessen other complications.
During a stroke, the blood supply to part of your brain is blocked or...
Brain Health
Brain Aneurysms – What You Need to Know
Brain aneurysms are often known as “ticking time bombs” — and for a good reason. If they rupture, the consequences can be severe. Most people don’t know that more than one in 50 Americans...
