Meningitis: Inflammation of the Brain Shell

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Inflammation of the meninges, or membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, is called meningitis. It is frequently associated with infection, primarily respiratory. In newborns, meningitis is associated with an infection in the bloodstream called sepsis.

Enterobacter Cloacae Meningitis

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Enterobacter cloacae is one of several types of infectious bacteria that may cause a variety of infectious diseases including urinary tract infections, endocarditis and respiratory illness. Enterobacter is a particular species of bacteria. Enterobacter cloacae is the primary form of enterobacter pat

Antiepileptogenesis in Humans: Ways to Move Forward

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While there are many effective anti-seizure drugs, none have been shown to prevent epilepsy after stroke, TBI, or in brain tumors. What's the status of research, and where do we go from here?

Alzheimer's Variation May Often Go Unrecognized: Study

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'Hippocampal sparing' disease tends to affect men more, at younger ages

Diagnostic Tools for Alzheimer's Disease Dementia

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Although several diagnostic tools for Alzheimer's disease dementia are available, this review reveals a wide variety in terms of quality of evidence for their accuracy.

Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

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Debate Flares Over Vaccines and Autism

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Debate over a possible tie between mercury-containing vaccines and autism flared up this week as activist groups launched a campaign accusing federal health agencies and prominent researchers of manipulating scientific findings on the link.

Side Effects of Lou Gehrig's Disease

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Lou Gehrig's Disease is named after a famous baseball player--a Hall of Fame first baseman with the New York Yankees--who died of the illness in 1941. The medical name for the disease is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or (ALS). It's a neurological disease that affects the muscles and can eventually

What Autism Does to a Mother

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In our second installment of "Living With Autism," we follow this mother of three as she struggles to save her son and finds help — for her children and for herself — in unexpected places.

Brain and Nervous System News and Features Page

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Skin Test for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Shows Early Promise

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Higher levels of key proteins may point to disease, but more study is needed, experts say

Four Experts, 4 Opinions in Treating MS?

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With a flood of new treatments and treatment data emerging, clinicians who manage MS now face difficult decisions. Dr. Mark Freedman provides guidance.

Dementia

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Even Mild Hits to the Head Might Harm the Brain, Study Finds

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Athletes who weren't diagnosed with concussions still showed thinking deficits after a season of hits

Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Acoustic Neuroma Surgery

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Unfavorable outcomes such as facial paralysis and deafness can be avoided in acoustic neuroma resection by following the intraoperative neuromonitoring techniques described in this review.

Epilepsy and Extratemporal Cortical Resection

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WebMD explains extratemporal cortical resection, a brain surgery that can reduce or eliminate epileptic seizures.

This Exit, No Return

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Parents express their initial reactions to discovering they have a special needs child in the play "This Exit, No Return."

New Screening Tool for Dementia

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A new screening tool for dementia gauges the ability of older adults to perform everyday tasks.

Pineal Cysts, Symptomatic

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ADHD Anger Management

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