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BRAIN & NERVOUS SYSTEM


DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

Diseases & Conditions • Alzheimer's disease • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease • Mild cognitive impairment Features • Alzheimer's: Balancing needs of caregiver and loved one • Alzheimer's: Dealing with daily challenges • Alzheimer's: Dealing with family conflict • Alzheimer's: Getting the most from medical appointments • Alzheimer's: Long-term care options • Alzheimer's: Managing sleep problems • Alzheimer's: Mementos help preserve memories • Alzheimer's: Smoothing the transition on moving day • Alzheimer's: Spirituality can be comforting • Alzheimer's drugs: Real benefits despite limitations • Caregiving: Maintain your support network • Communicating effectively with a person who has Alzheimer's • Dementia: Not always Alzheimer's • Diagnosing Alzheimer's: An interview with a Mayo Clinic specialist • Early-onset Alzheimer's: An interview with a Mayo Clinic specialist • Early-onset Alzheimer's: Financial challenges • Alzheimer's: When driving becomes an issue • Alzheimer's care: Practical tips • Alzheimer's: Helping children understand the disease • Alzheimer's: How to help the caregivers • Alzheimer's: Making mealtimes easier • Alzheimer's: Planning for the holidays • Alzheimer's or depression: Could it be both? • Exercise: A boost to physical and emotional well-being in people with Alzheimer's • Memory loss: When to seek help • Wandering: Understand and control it • Mad cow disease: Still a concern


DRUGS

Features • Arthritis pain: Do's and don'ts • Fatigue: Cancer-related causes and how to cope • ADHD medications: Skin patch an option for kids • ADHD medications focus of new concerns about risks • Anti-seizure medications: Relief from nerve pain • Injection therapy: Relieving pain at the source • NSAIDs: How to avoid side effects • Topical painkillers: Rubbing in relief • Sleeping pills: A prescription for better sleep?


GENERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Diseases & Conditions • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis • Aphasia • Asperger's syndrome • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) • Autism • Autonomic neuropathy • Bell's palsy • Brain aneurysm • Brain tumor • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease • Dyslexia • Encephalitis • Epilepsy • Febrile seizure • Giant cell arteritis • Grand mal seizure • Guillain-Barre syndrome • Hydrocephalus • Meningitis • Multiple sclerosis • Myasthenia gravis • Peripheral neuropathy • Petit mal seizure • Postherpetic neuralgia • Post-polio syndrome • Reye's syndrome • Spina bifida • Spinal cord injury • Temporal lobe seizure • Trigeminal neuralgia • West Nile virus Features • Brain injury: One teen's story • Epilepsy surgery: A viable treatment option • How to keep your mind sharp: Preventive action • The dangers of high blood pressure: A look at what hypertension can do to different parts of your body • Anticipating end-of-life needs of people with Alzheimer's disease • Gamma-knife radiosurgery: Neurosurgery without a scalpel • Baby's head shape: What's normal? • Work on wheels: Disproving the myths of disability


HEAD INJURY

Diseases & Conditions • Concussion • Intracranial hematoma • Traumatic brain injury Features • Use your head: Wear a bicycle helmet


MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Diseases & Conditions • Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) • Cerebral palsy • Dystonia • Essential tremor • Huntington's disease • Parkinson's disease • Tourette syndrome Features • Parkinson's drug can cause compulsive gambling • The yips: When uncontrollable movement ruins your putt • The yips: A professional golfer tells his story • The yips: A recreational golfer describes how he deals with the condition


PAIN

Diseases & Conditions • Back pain • Chronic daily headaches • Cluster headache • Complex regional pain syndrome • Exercise headaches • External compression headaches • Ice cream headaches • Migraine headache • Phantom pain • Primary cough headaches • Rebound headaches • Sciatica • Sex headaches • Sinus headaches • Spinal headaches • Tension headache • Thunderclap headaches Features • Arthritis pain: Do's and don'ts • Arthritis pain: Prevent pain with joint protection techniques • Arthritis pain: Tips for managing housework • Chronic pain: Exercise can bring relief • Back pain during pregnancy • Headaches and kids: More common — and complicated — than you think • Knee replacement: Surgery can relieve pain • After surgery: Medications and methods for pain relief • Anti-seizure medications: Relief from nerve pain • Chronic pain: Prevent relapses • Chronic pain: When no physical cause can be found • Controlling chronic pain: One woman's story • How you feel pain • Injection therapy: Relieving pain at the source • Limit alcohol • Manage life's stresses • NSAIDs: How to avoid side effects • Reclaiming your life in spite of chronic pain • Sexuality and chronic pain • Support groups for chronic pain • Topical painkillers: Rubbing in relief • Tricyclic antidepressants: Weapons against chronic pain


SLEEP

Diseases & Conditions • Bruxism/Teeth grinding • Insomnia • Narcolepsy • Restless legs syndrome • Sleep apnea • Snoring Features • Alzheimer's: Managing sleep problems • Fatigue: Cancer-related causes and how to cope • Adolescent sleep problems: Why is your teen so tired? • Bed-wetting, night terrors and other childhood sleep problems • Sleep and seniors: Insomnia isn't inevitable • Fatigue: When to rest, when to worry • Sleep tips for the perpetually awake • Tips for shift workers: How to eat, sleep and stay fit when you work unusual hours • New parents: How to get the sleep you need • Sleep: Your body's means of rejuvenation • Sleeping pills: A prescription for better sleep?


STROKE

Diseases & Conditions • Stroke • Transient ischemic attack Features • Daily aspirin therapy • Diuretics

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