Neurology News

Augustine , an accomplished feature film debut by French director/screenwriter Alice Winocour, explores the disturbing treatment process and fraught relationship between neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot , and a 19-year-old patient, Augustine , who is suffering from "hysteria," marked by violent seizures and partial paralysis.

The Michigan Parkinson Foundation observes its 30th anniversary with a walkathon and 5K run at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 1, at South Lake High School, 23101 Stadium, St.

When Weyburn resident Angela Van Roon experienced a seizure in September of 2007, she began a journey that would not end until 2011 with the removal of a brain tumour.

Older people with a history of migraines and depression may have smaller brain tissue volumes than people with only one or neither of the conditions, according to a new study in the May 22, 2013, online issue of NeurologyA , the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

A Macon County family is suing Saint Thomas Health and one of the hospital's neurologists following the death of their 13-year-old son, who died from a lethal combination of Prozac and other prescription medications.

Starting June 5 and 6, an MS nurse from Kelowna is coming to Kamloops to join a neurologist here for a monthly two-day clinic, said RIH health service director Kris Kristjanson.

Imagine losing one of your five senses. Smell, touch, taste, sight and sound are all vital in navigating the world we live in.

Heppner resident and cattle rancher Jean Bennett is back on the farm and nearly fully recovered after a recent stroke.

It took an intense campaign in Michigan in 2008 to get voters to approve proposal 2, allowing embryonic stem-cell research.

A Charleston neurologist who prescribed hydrocodone more than any other doctor in the state in 2010 had been disciplined twice before by the West Virginia Board of Medicine.

Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Also Included In: Genetics ; Muscular Dystrophy / ALS ; Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 20 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Northwestern University scientists have shown a gene involved in neurodegenerative disease also plays a critical role in the proper function of the circadian clock.

A study led by researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry has for the first time revealed how the loss of a particular tumour suppressing protein leads to the abnormal growth of tumours of the brain and nervous system.

'Only cannabis spray relieves my MS - so why won't the NHS give it to me?' Sufferer refused drug to help ease affects of disease Mr Rudd was refused Sativex on the NHS while sufferers living a few miles away are being prescribed the cannabis spray The drug hasn't been assessed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - meaning ... (more)

Jackson Thomas, who was oxygen deprived at birth, underwent controlled hypothermia at Packard Children's to help him.

When Cole Zuponeck was 9 months old and not yet crawling, his parents, Kristin and George of Plainfield, took him to their pediatrician.

Hospital officials hope the 24th annual Massena Memorial Hospital Foundation Radiothon and Auction will raise enough funds to purchase high-end equipment to improve services that are difficult to find in the north country.

Onstage, in front of an audience, the young woman seemingly goes into a trance, overcome by a power that shakes and contorts her.

As if migraine weren't bad enough or widespread enough , it also comes with a stigma that often renders it invisible.

People who have skin cancer may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to new research published in the May 15, 2013, online issue of Neurology A , the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

The face of Dr. Alan Shatzel, a neurologist, smiles in the monitor of a new medical robot, RP-VITA , as it rolls along in Mercy San Juan Medical Center's neuro-intensive care unit.