Tag: Brain Health

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  July 22, 2021

  Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: What You Need to Know

  Here, a neurologist discusses the landscape of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, available treatments, genetic dementia and ways you can help strengthen your cognitive function.
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  July 21, 2021

  Yes, Meditating Can Reverse Cognitive Decline and Reshape the Brain. Here’s How

  If you’ve been thinking of adopting a meditation practice, let this interview be your sign to start and perhaps give Kirtan Kriya meditation a try.
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  June 29, 2021

  Abnormal Blood Vessels
  in the Brain, Once Unreachable,
  Can Now Be Treated

  An expertly performed neurosurgery ends brain bleeds and reverses neurologic deficits for a 25-year-old Bucks County patient.
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  May 5, 2021

  Finding Safe Sources of Stroke Support During COVID-19

  In the United States, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds. Despite its rank as the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S., life after a stroke is manageable with the right tools, resources and support.
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  April 14, 2021

  A Lost Dementia Patient Finds Her Way Back Home

  Medical students were faced with the difficulties of reuniting a dementia patient with their family.
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  September 21, 2020

  How to Cultivate Gratitude Even
  In Dark Times

  Practicing gratitude can help us overcome the negativity bias, appreciate everyday moments of beauty and goodness, and help support us and build resilience.
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  June 9, 2020

  One Year, 100 Patients: Changing Lives at Continuing Care

  When Zach aged out of his network of providers after suffering a traumatic brain injury when he was a teenager, finding a whole new network was difficult, until he met Dr. Mary Stephens.
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  April 15, 2020

  A Coronavirus Visual Guide For Those With Autism

  Simple language with illustrations can inform and reassure those on the spectrum.
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  April 2, 2020

  Supporting Neurodiversity at
  Jefferson Health: A Conversation With Dr. Wendy Ross

  “It’s past time for the Americans with Disabilities Act to recognize, with specific guidelines, invisible disabilities.”
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  February 11, 2020

  Sleep Could Be the Missing Link in Certain Types of Dementia

  In patients with dementia, a sleep deficits may link accumulation of beta-amyloid in the brain to cognitive impairment.
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  January 15, 2020

  Food for Good Sleep? Here’s What You Should Eat

  While there are many things that affect the quantity and quality of the sleep you get, one most people overlook is the food they eat before bedtime.