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Brain Health & Conditions

Comprehensive Stroke Care at Rush with Rima Dafer, MD

Rima Dafer, MD, is a vascular neurologist and the director of the Comprehensive Outpatient Cerebrovascular Diseases Clinic at 海角原创. She has been a principal investiga...

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Brain Health & Conditions

Can Being Scammed Have Long-Term Effects on Your Health?

If you鈥檙e an older man, being a fraud victim could raise your blood pressure over time, RUSH researchers find

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ICU Stay May Double Risk of Dementia

RUSH researchers find new evidence of link between ICU stays, dementia development

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Should You Get a Second Opinion for MS?

A Rush multiple sclerosis specialist explains why MS can be misdiagnosed

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Treadmill Exercise Shown to Improve Parkinson鈥檚 Symptoms in Mice

Researchers at RUSH hope new findings will mitigate and improve Parkinson鈥檚 symptoms and prevent new ones

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Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease

Strawberries May Help Fend Off Alzheimer's

Compound in strawberries associated with fewer tau tangles in brain, according to Rush researchers

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Study: Boxing May Ease Parkinson's Symptoms

Results highlight importance of exercise in treating the disease

Locked-In Syndrome
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Life After Locked-In

Indiana woman moving, talking again after suffering rare, stroke-related paralysis

Alzheimers
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Healthy Habits May Improve Longevity, Prevent Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease

Ongoing research at RUSH offers more insights on Alzheimer's prevention

Statins
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Statins a Potential New Avenue for Movement Disorders Research

Study finds people taking statins may have reduced risk of developing parkinsonism signs