Brain Health Matters
When you think about health, what do you think of? For those fortunate enough to have lived their lives so far without brain health issues, that’s unlikely to be the first thing that comes to mind. Yet the brain is our most vital organ, affecting every aspect of our ability to function, from thinking to breathing.
In this podcast we'll learn how precious our brain health is, how many of us will be affected by neurological conditions and how, while many of those conditions are unavoidable, there are ways that all of us can protect and improve our brain health.
Brain Health Matters
Episode 1 – “1 in 3”
Neurological conditions are extremely common, with at least 1 in 3 of us affected in our lifetime. In this episode we’ll hear from people whose lives were turned upside down by the onset of symptoms and hear how they have coped since their diagnosis.
This episode features Gary Boyle, who lives with Young Onset Parkinson's Disease, Nadia Malliou, who lives with chronic pain and absence seizures, and Joke Jaarsma, who is affected by Restless Legs Sydrome. We'll also hear from Dr Orla Galvin, Executive Director at the European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA) and from two of our sponsors- Dimitrios Georgiopoulos, Head of Neurology & Immunology at Merck and Stephanie Ludwig, Global Patient Partnership Leader- Neuroscience at Roche.
The Brain Health Matters podcast is written and produced by Elizabeth Cunningham, on behalf of the European Federation of Neurological Associations, with support from Roche, Novartis, Merck, Alexion and Horizon Therapeutics.