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Lifestyle and Medical Management Boosts Brain Blood Flow and Reduces Diabetes Risk in Early Alzheimer’s Disease, PREVENTION Mid-Trial Findings Reveal.

The MIND diet aims to reduce dementia and the decline in brain health that often occurs as people age. It combines aspects of two well-researched diets, the Mediterranean Diet and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH).

A brain hemorrhage is a medical emergency caused by bleeding inside or around the brain, often leading to sudden symptoms such as dizziness, vision loss, or loss of consciousness. This patient story shares how advanced minimally invasive techniques, saved her at Pacific Neuroscience Institute and Providence Saint John’s Health Center.

Meningiomas, the most common primary brain tumor, can arise literally anywhere in the intracranial dura - the thick membrane that surrounds the brain - and even inside the fluid filled chambers of the brain. Neurosurgeons need to have a full surgical armamentarium for their removal, ideally using keyhole techniques that maximize tumor removal and minimize risk of collateral damage and complications. Read about Pacific Neuroscience Institute's extensive meningioma experience.

Read Odette’s account of how her symptoms of craniopharyngioma progressed, how her diagnosis was made, and how minimally invasive keyhole brain surgery at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute helped restore her vision and quality of life.

Read a patient experience about the long journey to diagnosis of Cushing's disease, the surgical expertise of Dr. Daniel Kelly and the Pacific Neuroscience Institute team, and the multiyear recovery process.

Read Fanny's account of surviving a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage, developing hydrocephalus, and receiving life-saving neurosurgical care from Dr. Garni Barkhoudarian and the team at Providence Saint John’s Health Center and Pacific Neuroscience Institute.

When it comes to exercise, long-term change is more likely to come from thoughtful, incremental adjustments rather than sweeping commitments. Learn more.

After 8 years of menopause-like symptoms, a 62 year old patient discovered she actually had Cushing's disease. Read about her long journey to get a diagnosis and her success in finding her dream-come-true neurosurgeon.