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About this website
The neurological exam: evaluating the master organ
CT and MRI scans in neurological practice: a quick overview
Electroencephalograms (EEGs): catching a brain wave
Medical tests: what does a "normal range" mean?
Electromyography (EMG): what is it, and does it hurt?
Nerve conduction studies: what are they?
Lumbar puncture: this (really) is spinal tap
Using probability in medical diagnosis: a headache example
Seven sloppy uses of medical tests
When a sinus headache is really a migraine
Subarachnoid hemorrhage: when a brain aneurysm bleeds
Chronic daily headache: same old, same old
Medication overuse headaches: the vicious cycle of analgesic rebound
Facial pain: when a nerve is a live wire
Preventing headaches and reducing their impact
Nailing a migraine: hitting it hard and early
Using probability in medical diagnosis: a headache example
Diagnosing spells: fits, faints and more
Staring-spell seizures: they're not all the same
Epilepsy: ten tips for people with seizures
Spin control: what to do when you're dizzy
Evaluating dementia: assessment for treatable causes
Aphasia: the cruelest language barrier
Delirium tremens (DTs): the alcohol withdrawal syndrome from hell
Brain concussions in sports: what's the fuss?"
How are brain contusions different from brain concussions?
Meningitis and encephalitis: what's the difference?
Hydrocephalus: too much water on the brain
Parkinson's disease: its over-diagnosis and under-diagnosis
Parkinson's disease: ten tips for patients
Blepharospasm: that blinkety-blink movement disorder
Hemifacial spasm: when a wink is not a wink
Nervousness and shaking: are they the same thing?
Conquering restless legs: victory over defeat
Stroke: the first 24 hours after a brain attack
Subarachnoid hemorrhage: when a brain aneurysm bleeds
Intracerebral hemorrhage: bleeding inside the brain
Epidural and subdural hematomas: dangerous blood clots on the brain
Aphasia: the cruelest language barrier
Evaluating dementia: assessment for treatable causes
Gender bias in stroke care
Stroke rehabilitation: a novel treatment pays off
So you've had a stroke -- now what?
Mini-stroke: a term that means everything and therefore nothing
Facial pain: when a nerve is a live wire
Bell's palsy: managing to save face
Hemifacial spasm: when a wink is not a wink
Cervical radiculopathy: diagnosing a pinched nerve in the neck
Cervical radiculopathy: treating a pinched nerve in the neck
Radial neuropathy: the wrist-drop of Saturday night palsy
Carpal tunnel syndrome: pinched median nerve at the wrist
Ulnar neuropathy: sane treatment of a crazy bone
Thigh on fire: lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy
Peroneal neuropathy: waiting for the other foot to drop
Polyneuropathy: a disease of the longest nerve-fibers
Guillain-Barre syndrome: when legs (and more) turn to rubber
Meningitis and encephalitis: what's the difference?
Evaluating dementia: assessment for treatable causes
Bell's palsy: managing to save face
Disorders of the Immune System
Early diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: difficult but important
Polyneuropathy: a disease of the longest nerve-fibers
Guillain-Barre syndrome: when legs (and more) turn to rubber
Polyneuropathy: a disease of the longest nerve-fibers
Brain concussion in sports: what's the fuss?
How are brain contusions different from brain concussions?
Epidural and subdural hematomas: dangerous blood clots on the brain
Evaluating dementia: assessment for treatable causes
Radial neuropathy: the wrist-drop of Saturday night palsy
Evaluating dementia: assessment for treatable causes
Delirium tremens (DTs): the alcohol withdrawal syndrome from hell
Evaluating dementia: assessment for treatable causes
Radial neuropathy: the wrist-drop of Saturday night palsy
Polyneuropathy: a disease of the longest nerve-fibers
How to lose weight: food for thought
Affordable drugs: saving money by splitting pills
Preventing headaches and reducing their impact
Nailing a migraine: hitting it hard and early
Medication overuse headaches: the vicious cycle of analgesic rebound
Cervical radiculopathy: treating a pinched nerve in the neck
Stroke rehabilitation: a novel treatment pays off
So you've had a stroke -- now what?
Epilepsy: ten tips for people with seizures
Parkinson's disease: ten tips for patients
Numb, dizzy and normal: deceptive words in medical practice
Mini-stroke: a term that means everything and therefore nothing
Affordable drugs: saving money by splitting pills
Talking money with your doctor: drugs and tests for less
Ten things medical doctors are not good at
Gender bias in stroke care
Bias in health information: understanding the agendas
Seven toxic effects of drug companies
Dr. Walter Freeman's frontal lobotomies at Athens (Ohio) State Hospital
Horner's syndrome: a medical discovery from the American Civil War
Henly Chapman Rutter, M.D., alienist and early neuropsychiatrist