Though still in the testing stages, advances in technology may someday allow people with injuries or disabilities to function more easily.
Beatrice C. Engstrand, M.D., F.A.A.N., a Board-Certified neurologist, a Fellow of The American Academy of Neurology, Assistant Professor of Neurology, New York Medical College, is also a published author and the creator, director and host of the WOR, New York radio program, “Neurology with Dr. Engstrand.” In addition, she is president of the Neurodegenerative Disease Foundation and the neurologist of record in the famed New York City jogger case (which inspired Readers Digest’s moving story, “The White Sneakers” in July, 1995).
Her extensive medical training includes experience at New York Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Wills Eye Hospital and Queens Square in London, among other leading facilities.
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Though still in the testing stages, advances in technology may someday allow people with injuries or disabilities to function more easily.
Things happen – and chaos is really nature’s way of making a new order.
Dr. Engstrand and her son James have a conversation about what God means to them.
In this age of advanced medical technology, the degree of a patient’s consciousness (or lack of) – and subsequent treatment – has become a highly complex issue for many reasons.
Where are our tax dollars going? Where is our representation?
Governments (federal, state and local) are enacting taxes without public debate and often without public awareness.
The holidays are a time to look at the world through a child’s eyes, and maybe a good time to remember the inner child in all of us – able to learn, laugh and love!
Dr. Engstrand examines the possible consequences of our huge nation debt as it continues to grow. Given our dependence on foreign nations, are we headed for a worldwide depression? Will we be forced to compromise our principles to rescue our economy?
How free is free speech? Does the media report all the facts, or only what they decide we need to know? Rather than accept what we are told at face value, we owe it to ourselves to do research and make informed decisions. If we lose the ability to reason, we risk becoming a nation of sheep.
As a physician specializing in neurology, Dr. Engstrand finds neurodegenerative diseases the most frustrating of all. These are rare diseases with few known causes, and so far no proven cures. Advancements in research and raising public awareness will be key in discovering cures, or at least effective treatments.
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