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How Does Extreme Heat Affect Our Brains?

July 7, 2021

Too hot to think? Research is revealing how scorching temps affect the brain.

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Neuropsychology
Podcast: 'Hip Hop Doctor' on Educating Communities of Color

July 6, 2021

Dr. Olajide Williams, Chief of Staff of Neurology at Columbia University, discusses Hip Hop Public Health's campaign to reach and educate communities of color about vaccines.

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Program News
Costly New Alzheimer’s Drug Could Force Medicare to Restrict Access

By By Joseph Walker and Thomas M. Burton

June 28, 2021

The federal health insurance program may limit who can get the drug, which Biogen priced at $56,000 a year, to limit the financial impact

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Alzheimer's Disease
Gray Hair Can Return to Its Original Color—and Stress Is Involved, of Course

By Diana Kwon

June 22, 2021

Martin Picard, PhD, associate professor of behavioral medicine, developed a technique that allowed to digitize & quantify the subtle changes in hair color. The gathered data revealed a pattern.

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Neurology
The Secrets of ‘Cognitive Super-Agers’

By Jane E. Brody

June 21, 2021

By studying centenarians, researchers hope to develop strategies to ward off Alzheimer’s disease and slow brain aging for all of us.

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Neurology
Are We Trying to "Warp Speed" Treatments that Aren't Ready?

By Mary Elizabeth Williams

June 13, 2021

A public battle rages over access to experimental, trial-phase drugs

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ALS
Study Finds Rural Residents and American Indians Travel Farthest for Stroke Care

By Katie Williams

June 10, 2021

Race, age, income, and insurance status are all factors in the distance a stroke patient must travel to receive certified care.

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Program News
Drs. Bell and Ader Receive 2021 Apgar Education Research Grant

June 10, 2021

Drs. Bell and Ader will conduct a feasibility study titled, "Intervention to capture the diagnostic potential of individuals in a group-based learning or clinical environment."

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Awards and Accomplishments
Jessica Morris, Whose Brain Cancer Was Her Cause, Dies at 57

June 9, 2021

After her diagnosis of glioblastoma in 2016, she founded an organization that advocated for patients and research.

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Neuro-Oncology
FDA Approves Alzheimer's Drug for the First Time Since 2003

By Meg Dalton

June 8, 2021

On Monday, the FDA approved a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease—the first in nearly two decades. Biogen’s aducanumab aims to slow the cognitive decline often associated with the disease.

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Alzheimer's Disease

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