Slowly and inexorably, Alzheimer’s disease steals a person away. Taking memory and cognitive abilities. Pilfering personality and social skills. Robbing a person of the ability to care for herself.

The reason I decided to write this articleI recently had a checkup with a neurosurgeon, and I was told that epileptic ...

Voice experiments in people with epilepsy have helped trace the circuit of electrical signals in the brain that allow its hearing center to sort out background sounds from their own voices. Such ...

A 52-year-old woman’s persistent headaches and hallucinations led doctors to discover tapeworm larvae in her brain. Here’s ...

We just came from a series of training Community Health workers down at Kwale and Mombasa County as we gear up for the “Angaza Kifafa” Campaign due next Month. In the process I pick a conversation ...

At first, he would see a colorful circle. It would grow a shimmering, flashing tail "dripping" down, which he compared to fireworks. "It's beautiful!" he said of one of these episodes -- but they gave ...

A first seizure in adulthood is a common reason for emergency department evaluation and subsequent follow-up in primary care. Family physicians are often responsible for confirming the diagnosis, ...

Doctors have sounded the alarm over a common daily pain drug amid fears it could trigger hallucinations in some patients. The medicine—known as Norco—is an opioid that interacts with parts of the ...

“It’s all about the brain,” said Jennifer DeWolfe, D.O., professor in the UAB Department of Neurology. “Seizure manifestations are stereotyped, so the same symptoms occur with each seizure that ...