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July is Postpartum Changes Awareness month. It's a time to raise awareness of the physical and emotional changes many women experience after giving birth.

According to Emory University School of Medicine, postpartum depression affects about one in seven women after childbirth.

Atlanta mom turns postpartum anxiety into mission to help other mothers July is Postpartum Changes Awareness month. It's a time to raise awareness of the physical and emotional changes many women experience after giving birth.

If physical decline is the most visible marker of aging, cognitive change may be the one people fear most. Emory professor of neurology Dr. James Lah spends much of his time helping patients distinguish between what is normal and what is not.

The Science of Aging Well The goal is no longer just longevity, but the ability to thrive through the years we gain. Here’s how Emory researchers are moving that goal forward.

There is a growing effort that treats Alzheimer’s as an electrical problem in the brain, not just a molecular one.

At Emory and Georgia Tech, Annabelle Singer is running a parallel line of research using something that looks like ski goggles paired with headphones. Patients see flickering lights faster than a standard strobe and hear rapid clicking tones.

Why scientists are increasingly studying light and sound therapy for Alzheimer’s patients “We don’t know that we can reverse the memory impairment that’s already there.”

There are approximately 13 million people suffering with PTSD in the U.S. — and up to half of them do not experience meaningful symptom relief from existing treatments, such as talk therapy and medications. One potential treatment led by Emory clinical neuroscientist Dr. Sanne van Rooij has shown promising results.

Brain stimulation can help PTSD symptoms, studies find A treatment that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate the brain has shown positive results for treating PTSD

An Emory neurosurgery team led by Dr. Daniel Refai has completed what is believed to be the world’s first continuously navigated endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), a minimally invasive procedure used to treat certain conditions affecting the lower spine.

Emory neurosurgery team performs first continuously navigated endoscopic spine fusion An Emory Healthcare neurosurgery team completed what is believed to be the world’s first continuously navigated endoscopic spine fusion, advancing a minimally invasive approach to lower spine surgery.

"If you’ve been through trauma, you may have worse menopause symptoms, and when women who’ve experienced trauma enter into perimenopause, that can exacerbate the symptoms of PTSD and depression,” says Emory associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences Dr. Jennifer Stevens.

Traumatic Memories Can Resurface During Perimenopause. Here’s Why—and How to Deal For some women, perimenopause can trigger PTSD symptoms like flashbacks, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. Here’s how to manage them.

Congratulations to Dr. Guy M. McKhann II for being named chair of the Emory University School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. McKhann will assume the role Sept. 14, 2026, and will be succeeding Dr. Daniel Barrow, who will retire later this year after leading the department for more than 30 years.

Emory University School of Medicine names Guy M. McKhann II chair of neurosurgery Guy M. McKhann II, MD, has been named chair of Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Neurosurgery, succeeding Daniel Barrow, MD, who will retire after more than 30 years.

The Addiction Alliance of Georgia is expanding hands-on addiction medicine training for health care students and professionals across the state. The Substance Use Disorder Education Program, a five-day immersive training offered through the Addiction Alliance of Georgia, is designed to improve how substance use disorders are understood, treated and managed in clinical settings.

Addiction Alliance of Georgia advances addiction care through hands-on immersion training The Substance Use Disorder Education Program, offered through the Addiction Alliance of Georgia, is designed to improve how substance use disorders are understood, treated and managed in clinical settings.

If you're a grandparent, there's a particular feeling you might be familiar with. Of enchantment, bewitchment even - when your grandchild is in the room. It turns out that this isn’t just love, though there’s plenty of that. It's actually “Grandma Brain.”

Scientists say ‘Grandma Brain’ is actually a thing – here’s what it means There's a scientific explanation for the feeling you get when you see your grandkids.

Emory School of Medicine clinical psychologist Dr. Kelsey Sprang Jones, a specialist in perinatal mental health, said maternal trauma can also endanger babies.

“Including preterm birth, small gestational size, low birthweight, stillbirth and longer stays in the hospital and NICUs,” said Sprang Jones.

Trauma, PTSD can increase risk of pregnancy complications for veterans in Georgia, nationwide Risks of pregnancy complications and death are higher for Georgia's women veterans who’ve experienced PTSD from military sexual trauma.