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Optic Neuritis Treatment - What is Optic Neuritis?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 lang... Read >
Author: Dr. Randy Wysong

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