News Related to: Patient Care
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Life Outside the Lines. Creating art with dementia.
In early 2017, Sarah's grandfather passed away from complications of vascular dementia. Her family never truly dealt with his diagnosis, and the end of his life felt totally disconnected from how...
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Columbia Named Research Center of Excellence by Lewy Body Dementia Association
The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) has announced the launch of the LBDA Research Centers of Excellence (RCOE), a comprehensive network of 24 academic medical centers—including Columbia—that...
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Mitochondrial Disease Patients Face Difficult Road to Diagnosis
A new study documents the prolonged and difficult path patients face before they are diagnosed with mitochondrial diseases, a group of rare, debilitating genetic disorders.
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Hip hop music teaches children, parents to recognize stroke and act quickly
The “Hip Hop Stroke” initiative uses hip hop music lyrics to effectively educate economically-disadvantaged, minority children and parents about stroke.
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Parkinson’s Foundation’s New Initiative Links Patients’ Genetic Data to Clinical Care
The Parkinson’s Foundation is establishing a new program offering genetic testing and counseling to Parkinson’s patients within its Centers of Excellence network to advance research, knowledge,...
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Robotic Device Improves Balance and Gait in Parkinson’s Patients
Columbia neurologists and engineers are using a robotic device to investigate how Parkinson’s affects the ability to walk and respond to balance perturbations.
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Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award & Target Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll
The NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Medical Center Stroke Center has been awarded the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines...
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Book Release: Dr. Melodie Winawer, The Scribe of Siena
Join us at Book Culture on 536 West 112th Street (at Broadway) to celebrate the paperback release of Dr. Melodie Winawer's ...
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Going Outside the Four Walls
Olajide Williams, MD, was a neurology resident at Colum-
bia when an annual physical turned his world upside
down. “I had just turned 30 years old and I was diag-
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Outfitting a Football Helmet to Diagnose Concussion
Though awareness has grown in football and other sports about the dangers of concussion, neurologist James Noble, MD, says concussion detection on the field at the time of impact has essentially...
