Neurology
-
CHRONIC PAIN INCREASES DEMENTIA RISK
Researchers have reported that patients who have chronic pain have as much as a 36% greater chance of developing dementia…
Read More » -
DRIVING AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
As people get older, a lot of things about us change. One of the more disheartening of these “changes” is…
Read More » -
WOMEN WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT THAN MEN
As I’ve reported before, it seems like atrial fibrillation exists in epidemic proportion. If you don’t know someone who has…
Read More » -
CHRONIC PAIN INCREASES DEMENTIA RISK
Researchers have reported that patients who have chronic pain have as much as a 36% greater chance of developing dementia…
Read More » -
BRAIN DEATH: MORE CONFUSING THAN HELPFUL!
Three years ago I published a blog post on brain death. It was an in-depth analysis of the criteria and…
Read More » -
DEMENTIA PUGILISTICA
After I published the recent blog correlating football-related concussions with cognitive decline in old age, one loyal reader asked if…
Read More » -
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY BACK IN THE NEWS!
Over the past decade, a lot has been written about traumatic brain injuries and the consequences that develop many years…
Read More » -
AN OVERVIEW OF MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS
This blog article is inspired by information I received from friends in Indianapolis who recently told me their neighbor had…
Read More » -
TREMORS
However you choose to pronounce it—“tree-mer” or “trem-mer”—there’s a “whole lotta shaking’ goin’ on!” I don’t know if Jerry Lee…
Read More » -
MIGRAINE HEADACHES
Nothing in medicine is as controversial or more perplexing than migraine headaches. A. They are often misdiagnosed. B. The pathogenesis…
Read More »
