Newswise — The University Hospitals Neurological Institute and the Case Brain Health Collaborative are holding a brain conference on Oct. 25 and 26 in Cleveland. The conference is titled “From Neurodegeneration to Brain Health: An Integrated Approach.” The speakers are a group of distinguished brain scientists who will explore the current biological, psychosocial and ecological aspects of memory loss disorders.

Keynote speakers are Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, from the University of California, San Francisco, who won the 1997 Nobel Prize for discovering prions, and Karen Duff, PhD, from Columbia University who received the 2006 Potamkin Prize for work in Alzheimer's disease.

The entire schedule is available on the conference Web site: http://www.brainhealth2013.com/index.html

The program is designed for neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, neuroradiologists, pathologists, psychologists, and neuroscientists. Nurses and other allied health professionals may also find this education of value. The conference will be available through a live Web stream. Registration details are available on the conference's Web site.