January 31, 2019 Elderly California woman with dementia was locked out of care facility, 'outraged' daughter claims A California woman has filed a complaint with the state’s department of public health against a Long Beach hospital after surveillance footage showed her elderly mother, who suffers from dementia, alone and locked outside the care facility where she lives.
January 24, 2019 Toddler suffering from hallucinations, seizures diagnosed with rare brain disease A Chicago 3-year-old is on the mend after she was rushed to the hospital by her terrified parents after she experienced a seven-minute-long seizure and had lost the ability to speak in full sentences.
January 23, 2019 Dr. Siegel: Alzheimer's disease -- Why results from a vaccine and a test offer concrete reasons for hope A blood test that could potentially detect Alzheimer's disease, and a vaccine that might be able to treat it, are promising developments.
January 18, 2019 Alaska woman with MS says stem-cell treatment has left her ‘practically symptom-free’ An Anchorage, Alaska, woman who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) more than a 10 years ago says an experimental stem-cell treatment has left her “practically symptom-free.”
January 15, 2019 Man's excessive sweating episodes linked to undetected seizures The curious case of a man’s excessive sweating problem was finally solved after three years when he suffered through an episode while talking to his doctor.
January 7, 2019 Boy survives horrific injury after bolt pierces skull A 5-year-old boy somehow escaped a severe brain injury after a water pump explosion caused a metal bolt to pierce his skull, missing his brain by just millimeters.
December 2, 2018 Assisted suicide for Alzheimer’s patients raises incredibly difficult issues Medical ethics can be thorny even with relatively benign topics. But physician-assisted suicide to achieve “death with dignity’ is especially fraught. It raises issues of personal beliefs, religion, human rights, end-of-life-care, informed consent, the law and euthanasia.
November 13, 2018 Electrical pulses in neck could be early warning sign of dementia Could a simple neck ultrasound be the key to an early dementia diagnosis?
November 7, 2018 Artificial intelligence can predict Alzheimer’s 6 years earlier than medics, study finds Doctors have used a self-learning computer to detect changes in brain scans that are too subtle for the human eye to see
October 31, 2018 Appendix removal is linked to lower risk of Parkinson's Scientists have found a new clue that Parkinson's disease may get its start not in the brain but in the gut — maybe in the appendix.
