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.
Therapy for aphasia is matched to the pattern of language loss. In Broca's aphasia, understanding is relatively preserved, so therapy drills spoken output, often…
Epilepsy surgery is usually considered when seizures continue despite two appropriately chosen and well-tolerated anti-seizure medicines, a situation neurologists call drug-resistant epilepsy. A specialist…
Hearing devices for deafblindness include hearing aids, cochlear implants, bone-conduction devices, remote-microphone systems and vibrating alerting devices; vision aids include prescribed magnifiers, electronic video…
For chronic insomnia, major guidelines recommend cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as the first treatment because its benefits usually persist after the course…
A personalized insomnia daily routine sleep plan is built around three anchors that research supports most strongly: a fixed wake time kept seven days…
After Chiari malformation surgery, call your surgical team the same day if you notice clear or watery fluid leaking from the incision, a fever,…
VP shunt surgery is done under general anesthesia in about one to two hours. A neurosurgeon makes a small opening in the skull and…
In a neuromuscular disease, call your neurology team promptly for any new or faster-than-usual weakness, trouble swallowing or choking, shortness of breath or a…
Age is the main factor because the two operations rely on different biology. Endoscopic strip craniectomy is usually considered for young infants, commonly up…
Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and ALS all involve progressive loss of nerve cells, but each destroys a different cell population, so their care plans differ. Parkinson's…
Shaking hands deserve a tremor evaluation with a neurologist when the tremor is new and worsening, affects one side of the body, appears while…
DBS programming after surgery is the series of outpatient visits, usually beginning about two to four weeks after the electrodes are implanted, in which…
Myasthenia gravis evaluation includes thymus imaging because the thymus gland, which sits behind the breastbone, is abnormal in many people with the condition and…
Preventive migraine treatment usually needs a fair trial before anyone can judge it. Most oral preventives are assessed after roughly two to three months…
Recovery after microvascular decompression usually means a hospital stay of a few days, then several weeks at home while a small incision behind the…
Before a motor neuron disease consultation, gather the actual EMG and nerve conduction reports (not just the summary letter), any MRI of the brain…
Most surgical teams ask patients to avoid flying after craniotomy until a follow-up scan shows any trapped air has cleared, the wound has healed,…
After a stroke or TIA, lingering fatigue, mild headaches that ease with rest and slow, uneven improvement in strength or speech are usually part…
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