{"id":3234,"date":"2017-03-07T20:16:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T01:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/event\/this-is-your-brain\/"},"modified":"2018-05-30T17:09:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T21:09:55","slug":"this-is-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/event\/this-is-your-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Your Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Media contact: Caroline Curran, <a href=\"mailto:caroline.curran@unchealth.unc.edu\">caroline.curran@unchealth.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/daniel-kaufer-md-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Daniel Kaufer, MD\" class=\"image-left\" title=\"Daniel Kaufer, MD\"\/>CHAPEL HILL, NC \u2013 We take our cars in for 30,000-mile check-ups and we visit our primary care physicians for an annual physical, but what about our brains \u2013 what are we doing to ensure they\u2019re as healthy as possible?  <a href=\"\/neurology\/about-us\/afaculty\/daniel-i-kaufer-md\">Daniel Kaufer<\/a>, MD, Chief of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology at UNC School of Medicine and director of the UNC Memory Disorders Program, wants people to take charge of their brain health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want us to stop using the word \u2018dementia.\u2019 It has a negative connotation associated with mental illness or even being \u2018crazy\u2019 or \u2018demented,\u2019\u201d Kaufer said. \u201cThis is absolutely not the case. The fact is many people who have been diagnosed with \u2018dementia\u2019 really have a neurocognitive disorder caused by one of four proteins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaufer hopes to destigmatize these neurocognitive disorders, and raise awareness about what causes them in order to empower people to keep their brains active and healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Join Kaufer as the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health Care present <em>This is Your Brain<\/em> in honor of Brain Health Awareness Week, a global initiative organized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dana.org\/BAW\/\">Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfn.org\/baw\/\">Society for Neuroscience<\/a>. 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