Scott Kohler
Meet Scott Kohler, MD

Dr. Kohler is an epileptologist, which is a neurologist whose specialty is diagnosing and treating people with epilepsy and seizures. He recalls witnessing the first time he saw someone have a seizu...

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Marianne Salter
Epilepsy: What Is It? Who Is At Risk For It?

Marianne Salter was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 7, after having a series of “grand mal” seizures that woke her up from sleeping and caused her body to shudder and twist violently. One in 26 Ame...

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lasker
Meet Aaron Lasker, MD, Medical Director, St. Luke’s Movement Disorders Program

Dr. Lasker is a neurologist who has advanced training and certification in movement and memory disorders. His patient care philosophy is, “I’m treating a person not a condition, disease or diagnosis.”...

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tremor and parkinsons
Understanding Movement Disorders

Essential Tremor: What is it? Who gets it? How is it treated? If you occasionally have jittery hands after too much caffeine or during a stressful moment, it’s unlikely you suffer from a brain-based a...

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essential tremor
Essential Tremor: What is it? Who gets it? How is it treated?

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parkinson's disease
Parkinson’s Disease: What is it? Who gets it? How is it treated?

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Daniel Ackerman MD
Meet Daniel Ackerman, MD, Director of Stroke and Vascular Neurology at St. Luke’s

Dr. Ackerman, who joined St. Luke’s in 2015, is passionate about helping people who are suffering from strokes as well as other illnesses of the brain and nervous system. His long-time fascination w...

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stroke risks
Are You At Risk For Stroke?

Each year, 130,000 Americans die from a stroke, or brain attack, making it the number five top cause of death in the U.S. A stroke occurs when an artery in the brain becomes blocked or bursts, killi...

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St. Luke’s Polka for Parkinson’s: An Uplifting Treatment for a Debilitating Disease

BETHLEHEM, PA – When the Josef Kroboth Quartet takes the stage at ArtsQuest’s Musikfest Cafe on Sunday, April 7, Eric Aquino will be on the floor. Aquino, a 41-year-old EMT from Easton, recalls only...

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St. Luke’s Neuromuscular Specialist Explains Dangerous Link Between Diabetes and Neuropathy

Most people have heard of carpal tunnel syndrome, the affliction of the wrist and hand often associated with long hours at a computer keyboard. But most people don’t know that carpal tunnel is actuall...

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Technology at St. Luke’s Offers New Lifeline to Stroke Patients

iSchemaView RAPID™ Imaging Platform Helps Give Stroke Patients Precious Time. June 27, 2018 - St. Luke’s University Health Network has introduced new software, iSchemaView RAPID™, to...

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Pain Relief at St. Luke’s is No Fish Story

Little did Bruce Harpel and his wife Leslie know that a fishing excursion in 2016 that Bruce took with a friend to Great Swamp Fish and Game in rural Quakertown would foster a transformative change in...

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St. Luke’s Bethlehem-Campus Designated Top Center for Stroke Care

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem attained certification Tuesday as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. The designation by the American Heart Association/American Str...

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