Certified Brain Health Coach Carrie A. Boan is passionate about the brain and its influence on outlook and behavior. Using her mantra, “everything starts with the brain,” she positions leaders […]
Neurology
Tips for Protecting Memory
Einstein called it deceptive, Spanish artist Salvador Dali dedicated a painting to its persistence and U.S. writer William S. Burroughs once claimed that it kept people trapped within their own […]
Neurological Care in the Upstate
Dr. Kathleen Woschkolup, director of neurology at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, said the opening of the new Diane Collins Neuroscience Institute in Greenville was a dream come true. […]
Treatments for Pinched Nerves
For the vast majority of people suffering from a pinched nerve, the typical advice of rest, limited movement of the affected area and alternating ice and heat packs can solve […]
The Parkinson Foundation
According to Harvard Medical School, Parkinson’s is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes nerve cells to weaken and die in the area of the brain that controls movement. When this […]
Medications with a Goal to be Seizure Free
What exactly is epilepsy, besides a disease that most people associate with seizures? Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that involves seizures, during which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing periods of […]
Split Second Decisions in the Driving Fast Lane
As you begin reading this article STOP!! OK, that was a trick sentence. But, seriously, how fast were you able to perceive to the command and actually stop reading? The principal element in this equation is your reaction time, or the time it took you to see the word and recognize it. Then there’s another […]
Alzheimer’s: A Disease That Strips Them of Who They Are
How the Alzheimer’s Association Can Help Zoe Watkins saw the effects of Alzheimer’s disease on a loved one when she was just 17 years old. She had finished high school a year early and delayed college to help care for her grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia. Her grandmother’s memory was […]
MUSC’s Rock Steady Boxing Benefits Parkinson’s Patients
The Medical University of South Carolina Wellness Center is now offering Rock Steady Boxing – a program that gives hope to those with Parkinson’s disease through a non-contact, boxing-based fitness curriculum. The program, which the Wellness Center adopted in August, is open to people with all stages of Parkinson’s. This activity is specifically designed not […]
Fading Away: The Long Goodbye of Alzheimer’s
Doris and I were chatting amiably. She was laughing at a story I was telling when I saw the light leave her eyes. In an instant, she had lost track of our conversation. That was just one of the signs I noticed while she stayed with us a few weeks. A lot of the time, […]
A World Without Alzheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Association Advocates
Casey Corley watched her grandfather suffer with dementia for 10 years. “He was a War World II veteran. He survived the Great Depression and was a business owner,” she said. “At the end, he didn’t know who his daughters were.” Corley lost her grandfather to Alzheimer’s disease seven years ago. She now works as the […]