Feb 11, 2025 | Eating Well, Neuroscience
Health advice seems to evolve daily, but one topic is steadfast: our diet has huge impacts on our overall well-being, including our brain health. Jason Maljaars, MD, neurologist with St. Francis Health and medical director of the St. Francis Stroke Program, discusses...
Aug 29, 2024 | Neuroscience, Patient Stories
It was a routine day in June 2019 when Jessica Pannell dropped off her daughter at daycare. But, within minutes, things took a drastic turn. Pannell couldn’t see the papers to sign her daughter in for the day. When she tried to wave goodbye, she could barely make out...
Jun 25, 2024 | Neuroscience, Patient Stories
Connie Gremillion was in her Abbeville home the morning of January 22, 2023, when she heard a sudden crash from the kitchen. Startled, she ran to the room to find her husband Brian on the floor trying to pick up pieces of a coffee cup he dropped. “I asked him what had...
May 28, 2024 | Neuroscience, Patient Stories
At 49, Shannon’s life took an unexpected turn when a stroke struck without warning. “When I woke up, I was not able to move. I tried to move, but when I got up, I fell,” Shannon says. “My niece had noticed there’s something wrong, so she called 911. They...
May 1, 2024 | Neuroscience, Patient Stories
Although Ms. Willie Mae Davis downplays her experience of having a stroke last November at her home in Bosco, her story is a testament to the importance of fast treatment and care for stroke. “When it happened, it just happened all at once,” Ms. Davis, 78, remembers....
