Talking With a Loved One Who Has Aphasia: Family Training That Reduces Frustration
Communicating with someone with aphasia works best when you treat conversation as a shared task: slow down, use short adult sentences, keep paper and…
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Brain & Nerves
Articles on the brain and nervous system: headaches, dizziness, numbness, memory concerns and common neurological conditions. Every piece flags the warning signs that need urgent medical attention rather than reading.
Which Tests Find the Cause of Peripheral Neuropathy? Blood Work, Nerve Studies and Imaging
Finding the cause of peripheral neuropathy usually starts with a history and examination, then blood tests for diabetes, vitamin B12, thyroid, kidney and liver…
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Living With a Cognitive Disorder: Sleep, Nutrition and Routines That Support Daily Function
Living with a cognitive disorder means protecting the brain you have while keeping daily life workable. Evidence supports regular sleep and wake times, treating…
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What Belongs in a Headache Diary Before a Headache Medicine Consultation?
A headache diary before an appointment should record, for each headache, the date and start time, how long it lasted, where it hurt, how…
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What Results Look Like After Trigeminal Neuralgia Surgery and Why Medicines Are Tapered Slowly
After trigeminal neuralgia surgery, many people notice the electric facial pain ease, sometimes immediately after microvascular decompression and over weeks to months after radiosurgery,…
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Recovery After Meningitis or Encephalitis: Rehabilitation in Neuroinfectious Disease Care
Recovery after meningitis or encephalitis usually continues long after the infection itself is treated, because inflamed brain tissue needs months, and sometimes years, to…
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How Neuroendoscopic Surgery Reaches Deep Brain Areas Through a Keyhole or the Nose
Neuroendoscopic surgery uses a thin, lighted tube with a camera to reach deep parts of the brain through a small skull opening or through…
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Is Everyday Life With HSP Manageable? Stairs, Driving, Work and Pacing Strategies
For most people, daily life with HSP (hereditary spastic paraplegia) is manageable, though it usually needs adjusting over time. HSP causes gradually increasing stiffness…
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Trigger Assessment Before Migraine Treatment: What Your Neurologist Wants Tracked
A migraine trigger assessment is a structured period, usually several weeks to a few months, of recording attacks alongside sleep, meals, stress, menstrual cycle,…
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What to Ask Your Neurologist When an Autonomic Neuropathy Plan Involves Several Specialists
When several specialists share an autonomic neuropathy plan, ask your neurologist who coordinates the whole plan, which symptom each clinician owns, how test results…
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Spinal Cord Disorder Follow-Up: Which Bladder, Bowel or Weakness Changes Need an Urgent Call
After a spinal cord disorder, call your care team the same day for any new loss of bladder or bowel control, difficulty passing urine,…
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Fetal Surgery or Repair After Birth for Spina Bifida: What Does Each Pathway Involve?
Fetal surgery for spina bifida closes the spinal opening before birth, usually between about 19 and 26 weeks of pregnancy, through an incision in…
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Daily Life With ALS: Assistive Devices, Nutrition and Energy Conservation Explained
Daily life with ALS changes gradually as motor neurons weaken muscles, but much of it can be planned for and managed. Assistive devices such…
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Why Gamma Knife Results Take Months to Show and How Follow-Up MRI Tracks the Change
Gamma Knife radiosurgery rarely produces visible results right away. The radiation damages the DNA of target cells so they lose the ability to divide,…
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Why Prompt Reporting of New Symptoms Matters in Demyelinating Disease Follow-Up
Reporting new or changed symptoms promptly in a demyelinating disease such as multiple sclerosis lets the care team decide quickly whether it is a…
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Who Is a Candidate for Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson Disease? What the Evaluation Tests
A person is usually a candidate for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson disease when they have confirmed idiopathic Parkinson disease, still respond clearly…
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What Happens During a TMS Session: Coil Placement, Pulses and How Long You Are in the Chair
During a TMS session you sit awake in a reclining chair while a clinician positions an electromagnetic coil against your scalp, most often over…
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Daily Life With a Movement Disorder: Rehabilitation, Fall Safety and Caregiver Routines
Living with a movement disorder usually means combining three things: regular rehabilitation with physical, occupational and speech therapists; a home and daily routine arranged…
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