Neurology
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TESTS FOR DEMENTIA
In most cases, the family physician or internist is the first medical professional seen by a patient suspected of having…
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FOOTBALL CONCUSSION PROTOCOL
Every week during the football season, players from every team, college or professional, sustain head injuries that prevent them from…
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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…
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DRIVING AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
As people get older, a lot of things about us change. One of the more disheartening of these “changes” is…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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DEMENTIA PUGILISTICA
After I published the recent blog correlating football-related concussions with cognitive decline in old age, one loyal reader asked if…
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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…
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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…
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