On October 8, Neurology's Team Brain Power participated in the Velocity: Columbia’s Ride to End Cancer event that funds breakthrough cancer treatments at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Claire S. Riley, MD, Karen L.K. Miller Associate Professor of Neurology, talks about the stiff person syndrome, a neurological & autoimmune disorder that can
cause painful muscle spasms and rigidity
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.
For someone to be diagnosed with dementia, they have to have significant decline in more than one cognitive area,” says Neuropsychologist Elise Caccappolo, Ph.D., of CUIMC
It is well established that people who had fewer opportunities to receive education when they were children are at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease later in life, noted Dr. Jennifer Manly