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When Covid Won’t Go Away
Mysterious lingering symptoms after viral infections aren't new. Patients recovering from other viruses, including Ebola and the coronaviruses SARS and MERS, have also reported a wide range of...
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ALS Drug Study Signals Progress Toward Treatment for Deadly Disease
“Anything that can slow down the rate of decline in a disease that has no cure—or no treatment to reverse symptoms—is good,” said Jinsy Andrews, who treats ALS patients and directs neuromuscular...
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2 College Students Dreamed Up an A.L.S. Treatment. The Results Are In.
“This is very encouraging,” said Dr. Neil Shneider, director of the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig A.L.S. Center at Columbia University, who was not involved. “The question is, is the effect on function...
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U.S. News & World Report
Adult Neurology and Neurosurgery services at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital—Columbia and Cornell rose to the #3 ranking in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals of 2020-21! NYP maintained its...
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The Next President of the American Heart Association Is a Columbia Neurologist
Full interview with Dr. Elkind, president of AHA,"Why, as a neurologist, were you interested in becoming president of the AHA?"
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Health Crisis Looming Inside a Health Crisis: People Are Avoiding Going to the Doctor
A Harris poll on behalf of the American Heart Association found roughly 1 in 4 adults experiencing a heart attack or stroke would rather stay at home than risk getting infected with the...
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Another COVID-19 Medical Mystery: Patients, Post-Ventilator, Who Don’t Wake Up
In our experience, approximately every fifth patient that was hospitalized was admitted to the ICU and had some degree of disorders of consciousness,” said Dr. Jan Claassen, the director of...
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Meet Dr. Mitchell S.V. Elkind, new AHA president
Elkind is a professor of neurology and epidemiology at Columbia University in New York, where he also serves as chief of the Division of Neurology Clinical Outcomes Research and Population...
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AHA News: More People Are Dying During the Pandemic – and Not Just From COVID-19
"It seems like people are afraid of getting the virus, or maybe they're afraid of adding to the burden on the doctors and the hospital," said Dr. Mitchell Elkind, professor of neurology and...
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New Eye Drops May Prevent a Common Cause of Blindness
Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have developed eye drops that could prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion, a major cause of blindness for millions of adults...
