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Trigeminal Neuralgia Surgery India – Types Of Surgery & Cost In India

09th October 2009
Trigeminal Neuralgia Treatment In India Trigeminal Neuralgia A Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), also called tic douloureux, is a condition that is characterized by intermittent, shooting pain in the face...... Causes of Trigeminal Neuralgia Pressure of a bl... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia

Associating Back Pain and Multiple Sclerosis

15th September 2009
Multiple Sclerosis is a progressive disease such as demyelinating and affects the motor and sensory neurons. The disease will cause cycles of remission, which causes the condition to worsen. When exacerbation starts etiology is reviewed, which includes th... Read >
Author: J.T Coach

Multiple Sclerosis and Back Pain

26th August 2009
Multiple Sclerosis is a progressive disease such as demyelinating and affects the motor and sensory neurons. The disease will cause cycles of remission, which causes the condition to worsen. When exacerbation starts etiology is reviewed, which includes th... Read >
Author: Richie Lindsay

Foods Containing Cobalamin

26th June 2009
Vitamin B12 in food is often called cobalamin and considered as an important water soluble vitamin. However, it is different from other water soluble vitamins because it is not excreted quickly in the urine. Rather, vitamin B12 in food is accumulated and ... Read >
Author: Antwan Richardson

Which Foods Contain Vitamin B12?

26th June 2009
As an essential B vitamin, vitamin B12 is of special interest to vegetarians, not only because it is required by the body but because it is not found in any significant amounts in plant foods. In fact, the only food high in vitamin B12 appears to be mollu... Read >
Author: Antwan Richardson

What You Should Know About Adult Stem Cell

01st June 2009
Adult stem cell research has advanced in leaps and bounds over the past decade. What was once viewed as inflexible, unable to proliferate and set in its ways has now been found to revert back to its earlier state. New evidence suggests that taking an adul... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON

Multiple Sclerosis And Back Pain

01st April 2009
Multiple Sclerosis is a progressive disease such as demyelinating and affects the motor and sensory neurons. The disease will cause cycles of remission, which causes the condition to worsen. When exacerbation starts etiology is reviewed, which includes th... Read >
Author: ski987

Neuropathy, why the pain, the tingling and the numbness?

23rd March 2009
Neuropathy has many symptoms. It may start with a tingling feeling and end up with numbness. It can be a pricking, or burning sensation, loss of reflexes and muscle shrinkage, abnormal sensations, or sensitivity to touch. Its worse symptom is pain, s... Read >
Author: Chris Daino

Exercise Body and Brain to Maintain Lifelong Cognitive Health

11th December 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 SharpBrains The American Medical News, a weekly newspaper for physicians published by the American Medical Association, just published an excellent article on the importance of Exercise - Physical and Mental: A few quotes from the... Read >
Author: Alvaro

What is Good Cholesterol and Bad Cholesterol?

26th November 2008
Cholesterol is a component of lipid rafts, this helps to secure proteins involved in cell signaling. When sleeping at night, our brain synthesizes cholesterol to benefit our mood and increase our memory. Cholesterol supports the nervous system, in which c... Read >
Author: stbotanica

Difference between Good Cholesterol and Bad Cholesterol

26th November 2008
Cholesterol is a component of lipid rafts, this helps to secure proteins involved in cell signaling. When sleeping at night, our brain synthesizes cholesterol to benefit our mood and increase our memory. Cholesterol supports the nervous system, in which c... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Detailed Information on Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

17th October 2008
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is known as the leukodystrophies. Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a inherited disorder that affects nerves, muscles, and other organs. It slowly gets worse over time. Metachromatic leukodystrophy is reported to occ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Information on Locked-In Syndrome

24th September 2008
Locked-in syndrome is also called is Cerebromedullospinal Disconnection. Locked-in syndrome is a rare neurological disorder characterized by complete paralysis of voluntary muscles in all parts of the body bar for those that manage eye movement. Locked-in... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Guillain-Barre syndrome

09th September 2008
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a uncommon health situation that affects the nerves outside a person's brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nerves convey sensory information (e.g., pain, temperature) from the body to the brain and motor (i.e., movement) sign... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Multiple Sclerosis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

09th July 2008
Multiple Sclerosis(MS)also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata is a chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). Multiple sclerosis affects neurons, the cells of the brain and spi... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Complete Information on Charcot Marie Tooth disease

25th June 2008
Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease is the most common neuromuscular disease in the world. It is sometimes referred to as "Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy. It is affected approximately 1 in 2,500 people in the United States. CMT affects both motor and sen... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Krabbe Disease – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

23rd June 2008
Krabbe disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. If both parents are carriers, each child has a 25% chance of being affected, a 50% chance of being an asymptomatic carrier, and a 25% chance of being unaffected and not a carrier. Each health... Read >
Author: peterhutch

What is Krabbe Disease?

20th June 2008
Krabbé disease is a rare, inherited degenerative disorder of the central and peripheral nervous systems. It is characterized by the presence of globoid cells (cells that have more than one nucleus), the breakdown of the nerve’s protective myelin coati... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Krabbe Disease – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

20th June 2008
Krabbe disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. If both parents are carriers, each child has a 25% chance of being affected, a 50% chance of being an asymptomatic carrier, and a 25% chance of being unaffected and not a carrier. Each healthy ... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Complete Information on Canavan disease

04th June 2008
The Canavan disease is the aspartic acid metabolism the confusion which inherits. It for degeneration (dispersing) brain white question description. This kind of disease the group gene chaotic is called leukodystrophies one by one. The Canavan disease is ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Information on Canavan Disease –

23rd May 2008
Canavan disease, one of the most common cerebral degenerative diseases of infancy, is a gene-linked, neurological birth disorder in which the white matter of the brain degenerates into spongy tissue riddled with microscopic fluid-filled spaces. Canava... Read >
Author: Corwin Brown

Complete Information on Demyelinating disease with Treatment and Prevention

21st May 2008
A demyelinating disease is any circumstance that results in harm to the overprotective coating that surrounds nerves in your mind and spinal cord. This impairs the conduction of signals in the affected nerves, causing disability in superstar, campaign, co... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Neuritis – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

20th May 2008
Neuritis is a complex process involving inflammation of the nerves, resulting in irritation that interferes with normal nerve function and the areas served. Specifically, it affects the peripheral nerves (those outside the brain, spinal cord, or central n... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Multiple Sclerosis Treatment – Now Get Rid of Multiple Sclerosis

29th April 2008
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can be thought of as an inflammatory process involving different areas of the central nervous system (CNS) at various points in time. As the name suggests, multiple sclerosis affects many areas of the CNS. Multiple sclerosis is ... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Multiple Sclerosis – Causes, Symptoms and Types

28th April 2008
Multiple sclerosis is a disease that may affect any area of the brain and spinal cord. Multiple sclerosis does not affect nerve cells. Multiple sclerosis affects transmission of electrical signals to nerve cells. Multiple sclerosis is the most common caus... Read >
Author: Corwin Brown

Complete Information on Alexander disease with Treatment and Prevention

28th April 2008
Alexander disease is a set of genetic conditions called the leukodystrophies that affect development of the myelin sheath, the fatty covering, which acts as an insulator-on nerve fibers in the brain. Alexander disease is considered an autosomal dominant d... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

All About Vitamin B12 and Cobalamin

13th April 2008
What is vitamin B12? Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble nutrient required in tiny amounts for essential metabolic reactions in the body. It's crucial to normal brain function and nervous system health and works in concert with fol... Read >
Author: Vitacost.com, Inc.

Optic Neuritis Treatment - What is Optic Neuritis?

27th March 2008
Optic neuritis occurs when the optic nerve, the pathway that transmits visual information to the brain, becomes inflamed and the myelin sheath that surrounds the nerve is destroyed (a process known as demyelination). Optic neuritis also known retrobulbar ... Read >
Author: Alien

Vitamin B12 Benefits

24th August 2007
Vitamin B12 has a long history and a solid reputation as an energy booster, and it is among the most important of all the B-complex vitamins. Vitamin B12 deficiency may result negative in hematological, neurological, and gastrointestinal conditions. Gastr... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) - Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

01st August 2007
Guillain-Barré Syndrome called is acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and Landry's ascending paralysis. It is a an inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nerves and autoimmune disorder. Its frequency is about 1 to 2 cases in every 100,000 pe... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Methods

11th July 2007
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease and affects the central nervous system. Central nervous system is made up of nerves that act as the body's messenger system. It damages the myelin sheath, the material that surrounds and protects your nerve cell... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Multiple Sclerosis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

24th May 2007
Multiple Sclerosis(MS)also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata is a chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). Multiple sclerosis affects neurons, the cells of the brain and spi... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Defining and describing multiple sclerosis

27th March 2007
Using medical terms we can say that multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder that affects the central nervous system, meaning the brain and the spinal cord. Studies done on groups of individuals with the disorder has come up with the conclusion th... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola

diabetic neuropathy treatment

17th November 2006
by dr jack for kind informationclick here Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of both Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. Neuropathy plays a major role in the development of foot ulcers, which cause an enormous burden on quality of life ... Read >
Author: dr jack

Menopause Werewolf

23rd September 2006
Menopause Werewolf Do you send family members running for the hills or are colleagues looking at you like you've sprouted two heads? No you're not turning into a werewolf at the next full moon. If you are a perimenopausal woman, it's more likely you'... Read >
Author: Cathy Brennan

Growing Good People

06th March 2006
At age seven months in the womb, humans begin language coordination in response to what they hear through the mother's belly wall. Some 52 muscles learn to respond to the various phonemes (a basic language sound like 'b' in boy and 'm' in man) of the lan... Read >
Author: Dr. Randy Wysong