Brain Health & Conditions

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Brain Health & Conditions

The Role of Diet and Lifestyle in Managing Multiple Sclerosis

Changes in diet, exercise and daily routines can help slow or stop progression of MS and prevent disability
A young woman considers a vegetable she has picked out in the produce aisle of a grocery store.
Brain Health & Conditions

Navigating the Challenges in Treating Older Adults With Epilepsy with Rebecca O’Dwyer, MD

Rebecca O’Dwyer, MD, is a neurologist and epileptologist in the Rush Epilepsy Center and is the director of the Epilepsy Clinic for Older Adults at Rush. Her clinical expertise is in epilepsy and cognition, as well as epilepsy and seizures in the older adult population.
Rebecca O’Dwyer, MD
Brain Health & Conditions

Rush Selected to Test Medicare Dementia Care Model

Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience aims to assist care coordination, support for caregivers
Health and Social Care Integration
Children’s Health

Rush Named Batten Disease Clinical Center of Excellence

Rush is one of nine centers named in the national program
Clinical Center of Excellence and Affiliate member
Brain Health & Conditions

Doing Right by the People He Loves Most

Veteran finds hope, healing after completing accelerated brain health program
Rob Ferrara stands with his family.
Cancer

Without Boundaries: The RUSH Campaign Aims to Improve Lives

Rush University System for Health is sharing its plan to eliminate the barriers in health care preventing many from living their best, healthiest lives.
Brain Health & Conditions

Symptoms You Shouldn't Ignore

If you experience any of these symptoms, get medical attention right away
Person lying down with eyes closed, gently pressing their forehead with their hand.
University

Fueling Rush’s Future

Donor-supported endowments drive the work of Rush University faculty members in perpetuity
From left to right: Kumar B. Rajan, PhD; Amina Ahmed, MD; John W. Burns, PhD; Kerstin Stenson, MD, FACS; and Monique Reed, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN.
Brain Health & Conditions

MS Care at RUSH: Whole Brain Health, Patient Education and Reaching Underserved Populations with Augusto Miravalle, MD

In this episode, Augusto Miravalle, MD, the Chief of the Section of Multiple Sclerosis at RUSH, discusses the importance of whole brain health for MS patients, his work to reach and treat underserved populations, and the vital role patient education plays for beneficial short and long-term outcomes
Augusto Miravalle, MD
Brain Health & Conditions

Creating Social Connections

David A. González, PhD, ABPP, examines the effects of loneliness on motor and nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Dr. David Gonzalez speaks with a patient