Category: Neurology And Neurosurgery
Why Trauma and Headache?
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Anchor lead: Trauma can produce conditions that lead to chronic headache, Elizabeth Tracey reports How is it that trauma to the head can result in chronic headaches? Sashank Reddy, a craniofacial surgeon at Johns Hopkins, explains. Reddy: Every nerve in …
Who is Suitable?
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Anchor lead: How can people who are considering surgery for headache be evaluated? Elizabeth Tracey reports Chronic headaches that develop after trauma or injury can sometimes be alleviated with a surgical procedure, but careful evaluation is needed beforehand. Sashank Reddy, …
Post-traumatic Headache
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Anchor lead: Some people with chronic headaches develop them after trauma, Elizabeth Tracey reports Injuries to the head can sometimes result in chronic, painful headaches that can be disabling. In some cases those headaches may be treatable with a procedure, …
October 4, 2019 – Myelin Repair
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Anchor lead: Some people with multiple sclerosis repair their own damage, Elizabeth Tracey reports OPC is the acronym for a cell that seems to be involved in multiple sclerosis, both having the capacity to repair the insulation around nerve cells …
October 3, 2019 – Rogue Cell
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Anchor lead: A cell known by the acronym OPC may be critical in worsening MS, Elizabeth Tracey reports Multiple sclerosis, where the body attacks the insulation around nerve cells known as myelin, affects almost a million people in the United …