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
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...
Brain Health
Jerry Grillo’s Story: Surviving and Recovering from a Cerebellar Stroke
I remember it like it was yesterday. Just before 7 p.m. on August 5, 2018, I was sitting in my living room, watching TV with my wife and son, when the sound of the...
Brain Health
Seizure-Free After Epilepsy Surgery – Real Patients, Real Stories
The seizures took control about once a month, rendering Erin Gatlin-Martin unable to drive. She couldn't work, go see friends or run to the store. She was on three medications, but epilepsy and its...
