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"Thanks to technological advances, I've seen our understanding of MS change hugely just since 1990, when I completed my medical residency," says Lea Rayman, MD. "And it keeps getting better."
"My goal is to provide patients with a special service to help them with their voices," says Otolaryngologist Joel H. Blumin, MD. "I have an inherent respect for voice and for what it means to a person's identity."
"Whatever sleep does for the brain, it probably does for the body too." Carol Everson, PhD, discusses her studies in sleep deprivation and its effects on human health.
Humans possess a great deal of brain reserve, says Piero G. Antuono, MD. This gives us the ability to maintain good cognitive function even as disease breaks down delicate tissues and vessels.
One of the goals of those who treat spina bifida patients is to improve their functionality and independence, says Bruce A. Kaufman, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin Professor of Neurosurgery and Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, and Medical Director of Neurosurgery at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
"Memory in many ways defines us," says Piero G. Antuono, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin Professor of Neurology. Dr. Antuono is the Director of the Froedtert & the Medical College Memory Disorders Program.
Symptoms of Bell's palsy usually begin suddenly. They range in severity from mild weakness to total paralysis, and often cause significant facial distortion. Dr. John Rhee discusses its diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
Although it's not fatal, trigeminal neuralgia is widely considered one of the most painful conditions in medical practice; the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke says the pain can be incapacitating.
As early as infancy, a baby with autism might be unresponsive to people or focus intently on one item to the exclusion of others for long periods of time.
"Time is absolutely critical during a stroke," says Michel T. Torbey, MD, MPH. Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability in the United States, and a stroke-related death occurs every three minutes.
Researchers have learned that when lesions form in the brain, the brain compensates by finding other pathways to perform functions that once originated in the diseased parts, says Julie A. Bobholz, PhD.
Clinical experience over the past decade of VNS use has confirmed its place as a useful adjunctive therapy to medications for people who experience seizures that do not respond to other available options.
"Each specific scenario requires its own study to show whether the stent is better or the pills are better, and nothing supersedes clinical judgment by an experienced cardiologist for the heart and an experienced neurologist for the brain."
More than 5 million Americans alive today have had a TBI resulting in a permanent need for help in performing daily activities. They are often left with significant cognitive, behavioral, and communicative disabilities.
The Wingspan stent is a tiny tube used to prop open the area of blockage. But it is thinner and far more flexible than the others, made of a metal alloy mesh with enough "give" to navigate the fragility of brain arteries.
Rodney Willoughby, MD, led the team that, for the first time, saved the life of an un-immunized rabies patient. "The sense is that we're very close to a second survivor," he says.
New medical developments, complemented by a systematic team approach, are brightening the picture for children with spasticity. "We look at moving people along from dependence to functioning at a much higher level," says Elizabeth Moberg-Wolff, MD.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis causes the death of the nerve cells that transmit messages from the brain to the muscles, and is ultimately fatal. In the ALS Clinic, "We help patients to make the best of their lives for as long as possible," says Director Paul Barkhaus, MD.
In severe stroke cases, "You need to give the patient the benefit of all the treatment modalities," says Dr. Sam O. Zaidat.
DBS is not a cure, but for carefully selected patients, it can provide an enormous improvement in quality of life. "It's a wonderful feeling to see the change in patients once their symptoms are relieved," says Dr. Brian Harris Kopell.
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