For patients with carotid artery disease, the risk of stroke is a serious threat. Until recently, those who needed surgery to reduce that risk had two options: an open procedure called Carotid Endarterectomy or minimally invasive Transfemoral Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting (CAS) through an incision in the groin. Neither is ideal.

Endarterectomy can lead to a painful recovery and temporary swallowing problems. And people who undergo transfemoral CAS have a higher risk of suffering a stroke during the procedure than those who have endarterectomy.

04/22/2018

There has been a significant shift in how we treat Alzheimer’s over the past 10 years. Dr. David Michael Holtzman, Washington University neurologist and chief of neurology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, joins Dr. Eric C. Leuthardt and Dr. Albert H. Kim, Washington University neurosurgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, to discuss the state of Alzheimer’s research.

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04/22/2018

Although the practice of “mindfulness” has evolved over thousands of years, its core concept of intense presence has remained unchanged. Dr. Eric C. Leuthardt and Dr. Albert H. Kim, Washington University neurosurgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, explain how mindfulness and other coping mechanisms can help patients overcome a difficult diagnosis.

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04/22/2018

Why are some people more resilient than others? Dr. Eric C. Leuthardt and Dr. Albert H. Kim, Washington University neurosurgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, discuss methods for building resiliency through brain training.

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04/22/2018

Why do we look left when thinking or trying to remember something? Dr. Eric C. Leuthardt and Dr. Albert H. Kim, Washington University neurosurgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, explain the neuroscience behind this phenomenon and how it could also relate to lying.

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