News Related to: Patient Information
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In a biological beating of swords into plowshares, researchers have converted a bacterial toxin into a genome editing tool that, for the first time, can make precise changes to DNA in mitochondria...
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The Alzheimer’s epidemic no one is talking about. That’s where the work of Jennifer J. Manly, PhD, a professor of neuropsychology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, comes in. When Manly...
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NYC Mom's Stroke Is Cautionary Tale In Coronavirus Crisis: Doctor
A patient of Dr. Joshua Willey has gone public with her stroke story, in support of Dr. Willey’s efforts to get the general public to understand that avoiding hospitals for fear of being exposed...
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JCN Podcast on Infantile Spasms: An interview with Dr. Rana Said
Child Neurology Resident Dr. Angela Curcio recently conducted a JCN podcast interview with Pediatric Epileptologist Dr. Rana Said of UT Southwestern Medical Center, in which she and Dr. Said...
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Columbia Neurologists Named to NYMag “Best Doctors 2020”
Congratulations to Drs. Cigdem Akman (Child Neurology), Mitchell Elkind, Andrew Lassman, Randolph Marshall, Kirk Roberts, Wendy Vargas (Child Neurology) and Joshua Willey, all of whom were...
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Stroke and COVID-19
“The public needs to treat medical emergencies like stroke or a heart attack the same way they did before and not avoid the emergency room because of this crisis,” says Dr. Mitchell Elkind
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Doctors Keep Discovering New Ways the Coronavirus Attacks the Body
Doctors keep discovering new ways the coronavirus attacks the body.
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The Second Neurologist President of the AHA: His Vision, Goals, and Work in the Time of COVID-19
Mitchell Elkind, MD, MS, FAAN, the president-elect of the American Heart Association (AHA), discusses his career, his vision for AHA, and how COVID-19 will change the field of neurology.
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Dr. Ted Huey Provides Guidance on FTD Care During COVID Pandemic
Dr. Ted Huey addressed the national FTD community to outline the unique challenges of FTD care during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide guidance to FTD patients, families, and caregivers.
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Dr. Laura Lennihan Named Advisory Dean of Clinician-Educator Faculty
Vice Chair of Neurology Dr. Laura Lennihan has been appointed Advisory Dean of Clinician-Educator Faculty in the new Office of Women and Diverse Faculty.
