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New Kind of Therapy Shows Early Promise in MS Patients
Approach may shield patients' immune systems to allow safer treatment, study suggests
Concussion-Topic Overview
What is a concussion? A concussion is a brain injury that is caused by a sudden blow to the head or to the body. The blow shakes the brain inside the skull, which temporarily prevents the brain from working normally.Some people have obvious symptoms of a concussion (such as passing out or feeling li
Rare Neurological Diseases
This review offers practical tips on how to approach the diagnosis and treatment of rare neurological diseases, with a focus on the use and monitoring of orphan and experimental drugs.
Neuroendoscopy: Past, Present, and Future
Learn about the past, present, and future of neuroendoscopy, a technique that began with a desire to visualize the ventricles and deeper structures of the brain.
Pallidotomy After Chronic Deep Brain Stimulation
Unilateral pallidotomy may be a viable choice for Parkinson's patients who require removal of their deep brain stimulator due to progressive dementia or infection.
Back Patches for Sciatic Pain
The sciatic nerve is the thickest, longest nerve in the human body. Damage to this nerve can cause pain down the entire leg, and serious cases can be debilitating. Topical pain relievers may alleviate symptoms, but they will not heal the sciatica itself.
Anosmia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
WebMD discusses what anosmia is and its symptoms, causes, and treatments.
Kids With Autism Need Handwriting Help
Kids battling autism face an extra hurdle: handwriting. They need more help overcoming subtle motor-control issues that make handwriting difficult, researchers find.
Apraxia
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Massage May Soothe Alzheimer's Patients
There may be a reliable, natural way to calm agitated Alzheimer's patients: therapeutic massage. Although little scientific data exists to support its use, practitioners claim they've seen remarkable improvements.
Identifying Alzheimer's in Living Patients
Imaging Technique Could Lead to Earlier Diagnosis, Better Therapies
Tumors of the Skull Base in Children
Pediatric skull base tumors are a therapeutic challenge because of unique composition and the size of the patients.
Epilepsy or Psychological Seizures?
Eye movements during a seizure can help distinguish seizures caused by epilepsy from those that are psychological in nature.
Antiplatelet Agents and Carotid Endarterectomy
Review current FDA-approved antiplatelet therapies for secondary stroke prevention, such as low-dose aspirin, and learn about newly emerging agents.
Black Disc Disease: A Commentary
Lumbar DDD is manifest clinically by a spectrum of disorders, including disc extrusion with or without migrated fragment, disc protrusion, (central, paracentral, intraforaminal, or far-lateral) disc bulge, and internal disc disruption.
Multiple Schlerosis Symptoms
Multiple sclerosis is a potentially crippling disease that can be difficult to diagnose. According to the Mayo Clinic, diagnosing multiple sclerosis is a process of using blood tests and imaging scans to rule out all other possibilities until it is the only option left. At this time there is no cure
Early Signs and Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, and sometimes disabling, disease that is not well understood. There is currently no cure for this disease and it is very hard to diagnose. Patients can go on for months or even years with symptoms before being diagnosed correctly. In the early stages there are no lab
Ex Youth Football Player: You Could End Up Like Me
Zackery Lystedt doesn’t want others to end up like him. At 22, he walks with a looping gait, leaning heavily on a metal cane. WebMD shares this former youth football player's story.
Vaccines and Autism
Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of vaccines and autism including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.