Tag: neurology
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June 19, 2007 06:24 PM EDT --
They say everything happens for a reason. I am inclined to believe that. Or maybe it is just that I want to believe that. Believing, even if it is an illusion, is preferable to not believing in anything . . .
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March 29, 2008 04:23 PM EDT --
Here's a followup to the article I submitted on March 20 . It's been an interesting couple of weeks and I thank everyone here for their advice and support!
My MRI was done . . .
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May 08, 2008 10:49 PM EDT --
This is a follow-up to the last article I wrote about the ongoing medical mystery concerning my head.
First off, I want to say that I appreciate everyone's concern, . . .
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September 25, 2008 05:31 PM EDT --
As researchers and scientists across the country [and worldwide] to find a cure, or even more effective treatments, for ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease, it was announced that the United States Senate . . .
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May 15, 2008 10:15 AM EDT --
"Deficiency of vitmain A is not only a major nutritional problem in many developing coutries, but also in countries such as the United States and Canada. It has been well documented that (low vitamin . . .
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April 26, 2007 09:25 PM EDT --
Hi all,
With summer rapidly approaching, many of you or your loved ones will be dealing with sensitivity to heat. Heat and humidity can often aggravate symptoms of MS. Keeping the body cool . . .
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December 08, 2006 09:25 AM EST --
The late professor Norbert Weiner of MIT suggested mathematical models of the brain using the analogy of a computer. At first this idea was greeted with great enthusiasm, but it soon became clear that . . .
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September 13, 2007 06:51 PM EDT --
I've spent most of my time on Gather today posting humor and puns. I do have a serious side, though. This came up after a discussion with a co-worker.
A recent study, described in this . . .
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February 12, 2008 12:14 PM EST --
Introduction
An old joke is that neurologists know everything and do nothing, neurosurgeons know nothing and do everything, and psychiatrists know nothing and do nothing. This is not a kind . . .
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June 02, 2007 05:08 PM EDT --
This article also appears on helium.com at: http://www.helium.com/tm/93090/already-stressful-husband-trying
It was already a stressful time. My husband and I were trying to sell our first home, which . . .
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March 21, 2008 06:45 PM EDT --
As with everyone else in New York these days, I find myself distracted by the Governor Spitzer sex scandal, the subsequent Governor Paterson extramarital-affair gossip, and the [NJ former governor] McGreevey . . .
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August 31, 2006 08:05 PM EDT --
[Found this article & thought that it may be of interst to some of us!]
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November 14, 2008 08:31 PM EST --
Well, I guess my "settlement" with Bank of America means nothing, because now they are sending me bills for the remaining balance, so I am back to square one with them, unless I want to keep . . .
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February 06, 2008 09:33 PM EST --
Ever have one of those days when you knew you should have stayed in bed? Well, today is one of those days for me!
First thing this morning I went to get out of bed, with my aide's . . .
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April 22, 2006 01:12 PM EDT --
Shown here is the brilliant neurologist Oliver Sacks, author of "Awakenings" and various other neurology books. Awakenings is about the drug L-dopa. It is a rare case of a neurology book . . .
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May 26, 2006 08:56 AM EDT --
Shown here is the brain, or encephalon, which is medical jargon for "brain".
I would have liked to have made this drawing larger, but when I make them large they get cut off on . . .
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October 11, 2006 01:34 PM EDT --
The Strange Case of Phineas Gage
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August 28, 2007 11:05 AM EDT --
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Several cups of coffee or tea per day seem to slow the loss of brain cells in elderly women, but caffeine has no effect on dementia itself, according to results of a new study. . . .
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April 07, 2008 08:26 PM EDT --
DNA Does Not Describe The Mind
A human being is built according to the structure in their DNA. Though DNA can encode a lot of information, human DNA does not attempt to describe what goes . . .
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March 01, 2008 03:55 PM EST --
The blood-pressure battle goes on. My toprol didn't help, and my blood pressure is higherthan ever. So I went back to thedoctor yesterday. She switched meto Benicar, . . .
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