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Research | Patient Care
Midlife Dementia
Dr. Edward (Ted) Huey was featured on a CBS This Morning segment recently about frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the third most common type of neurodegenerative...
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Congratulations 2019 Mujeres Destecada Recipient Wendy S. Vargas, MD
Congratulations 2019 Mujeres Destecada Recipient
Wendy S. Vargas, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Program Leader, Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis & Neuroimmunology
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Research | Patient Care
Hundreds Turn Out for Inaugural Autism Awareness Event
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP), and NYP’s Center for Autism and the Developing Brain held an inaugural autism awareness community outreach fair on...
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Research | Patient Care
NewYork-Presbyterian Autism Awareness Community Outreach Fair
The NewYork-Presbyterian Autism Task Force—spearheaded by Dr. Jennifer Bain, along with Drs. Wendy Silver,...
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Research | Patient Care
Stroke Hero Award
Congratulations to Dr. Mitchell Elkind, who was honored with the Stroke Hero Award at the American Stroke Association CycleNation...
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Charles Adler
Columbia University Irving Medical Center celebrates the life and mourns the passing of Charles Adler, our friend and benefactor.
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Alan Siegel
Columbia University Irving Medical Center mourns the passing of Alan Siegel, who, as director of the Thompson Family Foundation, was a great advocate for and supporter of neurological research...
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Research | Patient Care
Gum Disease–Causing Bacteria Could Spur Alzheimer’s
Poor oral health is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. What’s not clear is whether gum disease causes the disorder or is merely a result—many patients with dementia can’t take care of their...
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Research | Patient Care
AHA News: Black Woman in Their 50s Face Especially High Stroke Risk
Dr. Mitchell S.V. Elkind, a professor of neurology and epidemiology at Columbia University in New York who was not involved in the study, said he was "struck by the...
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Research | Patient Care
Women & the Brain
The dynamic Dr. Jinsy Andrews, a neurologist at Columbia University, discusses her noble work in treating patients with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, and...
