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A recent survey of 1,000 adults shows that nearly half – 47% – worry more about losing their sight than about losing their memory and their ability to walk or hear. But almost 30% indicated that they don’t get their eyes checked. Many Americans are unaware of the warning signs of eye diseases and conditions [...]
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Reye’s syndrome is a potentially fatal disease that causes numerous detrimental effects to many organs, especially the brain and liver, as well as causing hypoglycemia.[1] The exact cause is unknown, and while it has been associated with aspirin consumption by children with viral illness, it also occurs in the absence of aspirin use. The disease [...]
Encephalocele, sometimes known by the Latin name cranium bifidum, is a neural tube defect characterized by sac-like protrusions of the brain and the membranes that cover it through openings in the skull. These defects are caused by failure of the neural tube to close completely during fetal development. Encephaloceles cause a groove down the middle [...]
What is Hydrocephalus? Hydrocephalus is an abnormal buildup of the brain’s normal water-like fluid (cerebrospinal fluid or CSF). What is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)? Cerebrospinal Fluid is a clear fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord, providing a cushion, nutrients and carrying away waste. This fluid is made in the ventricles of the brain. The [...]
Next Steps Strokes are preventable! The most important thing you can do is to get your blood pressure checked and treated if it is high. Have your blood pressure checked and monitored by a doctor. Even moderately high blood pressure over years can lead to a stroke. Treat high cholesterol with diet and exercise and [...]
Drugs for acute stroke: Currently, only 1 medicine is approved to treat new strokes. It is the clot-busting medication called tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). This medicine works with the body’s own chemicals and helps dissolve the blockage in the blood vessel in the brain that may be causing the stroke. It is the same drug [...]
