Exploring Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease (Video)
There’s no debate over whether Deep Brain Stimulation, or DBS, can help people with Parkinson’s Disease. The question has always been which part of the brain should be “stimulated.” The more popular...
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Is Early Surgery the Answer for Epilepsy?
A Cleveland Clinic study has found that early brain surgery for frontal lobe epilepsy may be more successful in controlling seizures than medications. Frontal lobe epilepsy is the most complex form of...
View ArticleParkinson’s Drug Pump Shows Promise (Video)
Levodopa is considered the most effective drug to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The chronic, progressive neurological disease causes a person to lose control of body movements, resulting...
View ArticleCan Peppers Prevent Parkinson’s Disease?
Strange but true: People who smoke cigarettes are less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, a brain disorder that causes tremors, difficulty with movement, and depression. This is no reason to light...
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New Approach to Brain Tumors: Cut the Motor
It’s tough to hit a fast-moving target — especially if it’s microscopic and lodged deep in a person’s densely packed and highly sensitive brain. Yet that is the challenge doctors face in treating the...
View ArticleImmune Cells Help Protect Brain Cells after Traumatic Injury
Microglia is a type of immune cell that is widely believed to make chronic adult brain diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis, worse. But new research shows these cells can...
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5 Amazing Brain Surgery Innovations
The brain, with its delicate twists and turns, can be a mine field for surgeons and their teams working to remove tumors. Medical technologies have evolved in creative, exciting ways to treat tumors...
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Is Early Surgery the Answer for Epilepsy?
A Cleveland Clinic study has found that early brain surgery for frontal lobe epilepsy may be more successful in controlling seizures than medications. Frontal lobe epilepsy is the most complex form of...
View ArticleCan Peppers Prevent Parkinson’s Disease?
Strange but true: People who smoke cigarettes are less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, a brain disorder that causes tremors, difficulty with movement, and depression. This is no reason to light...
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5 Amazing Brain Surgery Innovations
The brain, with its delicate twists and turns, can be a mine field for surgeons and their teams working to remove tumors. Medical technologies have evolved in creative, exciting ways to treat tumors...
View ArticleSurprising Fact About Epilepsy: It’s More Common Than You May Think
Contributor: Elaine Wyllie, MD In 2017, the federal government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) took a major step toward filling the gap in our knowledge about just how many...
View ArticleNew Drug Shows Unprecedented Findings in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
A promising drug slowed brain shrinkage in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) by nearly half, according to new research led by Cleveland Clinic. Very limited therapies are currently available for...
View ArticleBell’s Palsy: How to Recover From This Puzzling Facial Paralysis
Imagine looking in the mirror one day and noticing that your face seems to be sagging on one side, and your smile looks a little crooked. By the next day, you realize you can’t move an entire side of...
View ArticleWhy Loose Ear Crystals Make You Dizzy and How To Fix Them
You’re rolling over to your right side in bed, when suddenly the room starts rolling over, too. For a couple of days, the world spins each time you turn to the right — until the sensation fades away...
View ArticleCaring for Someone With Huntington’s Disease
A family member has just been diagnosed with Huntington’s disease. And you’re the primary caregiver. It can be an overwhelming time full of changes and transitions for both you as the caregiver and...
View ArticlePain and the Brain: What Is the Gate Control Theory?
You stub your toe on a piece of furniture and bend over to clutch it. You accidentally make contact with a hot stove and start fanning your hand. Your child scrapes their elbow after taking a tumble...
View ArticleDeja Vu: What It Is and Why It Happens
When pop icon Olivia Rodrigo sang, “Do you get déjà vu?” she was directing the lyric at her ex-boyfriend and his new lookalike girlfriend. While you may not be able to relate to her past paramour’s...
View ArticleWhy Am I Waking Up With a Migraine?
Six o’clock already and you were just in the middle of a dream. But as that annoying alarm jars you awake and you rub the sleep from your eyes, you feel something a little more than just a case of...
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