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Research | Patient Care
Smaller and Bendier: Plastic Electronics are at the Forefront of Epilepsy Treatment
Dion Khodagholy and Jennifer Gelinas at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, in collaboration with Gyorgy Buzsaki at NYU Medical Center, are working together...
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Research | Patient Care
ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence
The Department of Neurology ALS Association (ALSA) Program, led by Dr. Neil Shneider, has been designated a Certified Treatment Center of Excellence, in...
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Research | Patient Care
Selma Blair Says She Probably Lived with MS for 15 Years Before Diagnosis
Actress said she has had MS symptoms for years. But sometimes, symptoms are not as obvious, added Dr. Philip De Jager, PhD, a director of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Center...
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Research | Patient Care
Leading Stroke Expert Honored at Health Summit in Rhode Island
Congratulations to Dr. Olajide Williams who was honored with the American Stroke Association Community Conscience Award at the ...
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Research | Patient Care
Stroke Council Award
Congratulations to Dr. Mitchell Elkind who received the...
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Students | Patient Care
ColumbiaDoctors Unveils Hands-Only CPR and AED Program
The FPO launched a new Patient Safety initiative that will teach hands-only CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) awareness, called ColumbiaDoctors Resuscitation Education AED and CPR...
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Research | Patient Care
This Little Girl’s Seizures Won’t Stop. Her Parents Need Your Advice.
Inexplicable Seizures. As soon as mother and child arrived in the E.R., Sadie was given Ativan, a fast-acting sedative that is the drug of choice in treating ongoing seizures.
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Research | Patient Care
What you need to know about the 'polio-like' illness popping up around the U.S.
Dr. Kiran Thakur spoke with the New York Daily News ...
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Research | Patient Care
Biomarkers in Spinal Fluid Offer Method for Alzheimer's Diagnosis
Our study shows that this is a good test that can be used in clinical practice to reliably exclude other diagnoses in patients suspected of having Alzheimer's disease," ...
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Research | Patient Care
23andMe Said He Would Lose His Mind. Ancestry Said the Opposite. Which Was Right?
Mr. Fender then tracked down Jill Goldman, a genetic counselor specializing in dementia at the Taub Institute at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, who described a multistep process of...
