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Tongue Symptoms in ALS
Also called Lou Gehrig's Disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive disease that degenerates the neurological system. The nerve cells waste away and begin to die, which causes the normal messages that are sent to muscles to slow down and often to cease. There are two types of ALS:
Childhood ADHD Symptoms
Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of childhood ADHD symptoms including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.
Treating ADHD: Drugs or Therapy Work
Three years after starting treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), children continue to experience improvement in their symptoms, regardless of which treatment they use, a major follow-up study shows.
Managing Meningioma
Often, meningiomas only require periodic evaluation. Sometimes, however, treatment is called for.
Revascularization for Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment
A discussion of the wide variety of treatment options available for acute ischemic stroke, including new thrombolytic and direct fibrinolytic agents, and devices for mechanical clot retrieval.
Thousands Take Antibiotics Following Ohio Meningitis Outbreak
Two Teens Die From Bacterial Infection; Another Still Hospitalized
The Epidemiology of Posttraumatic Epilepsy
How great is the risk of posttraumatic epilepsy following traumatic brain injury? And how does it differ, both in presentation and treatment, from other forms of epilepsy?
Depression Often Accompanies Epilepsy
Depression is common in people with epilepsy, affecting more than a third of epilepsy patients in a recent survey.
Prescribing Abuse-Deterrent Opioids
Dr Argoff discusses when it is appropriate to prescribe an abuse-deterrent opioid.
Kids With Autism Need Handwriting Help
Kids battling autism face an extra hurdle: handwriting. They need more help overcoming subtle motor-control issues that make handwriting difficult, researchers find.
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
WebMD shares details about this rare form of epilepsy.
Women, Pregnancy, and Epilepsy
Women with epilepsy overwhelmingly have healthy babies. But it's important to work closely with doctors throughout the pregnancy to ensure that they are taking the right epilepsy medications and other supplements to prevent against birth defects. WebMD tells you more.
What Raises the Risk for Meningioma?
Beyond a personal family history of meningioma, what factors place an individual at increased risk for this brain tumor?
Acute Eye Problem: Possible MS Symptom
An acute episode of visual disturbance called optic neuritis could signal onset of multiple sclerosis.
Researchers Move Closer to Alzheimer's Blood Test
Early diagnosis might lead to lifestyle changes that slow disease progression, they say
Workplace Solvents Linked to Long-Term Memory, Thinking Problems
Study of French retirees shows those exposed even decades ago scored worse on tests
An Essential Text for Your Neurology Bookshelf
An updated epilepsy textbook extends Herbert Jasper's legacy.
Intracranial Aneurysms in Relatives of Aneurysm Patients
A genetic predisposition for harboring saccular intracranial aneurysms has been described in the literature.
Lumbar Microdiscectomy: Historical Perspective and Techniques
Lumbar discectomy has become the most common neurosurgical procedure in the US, with nearly 300,000 procedures performed each year because of the epidemic problem of low-back pain, which leads to 15 million physician visits per year and has created a tremendous financial burden on society exceeding