The boxing community has known for decades that repeated blows to a fighter’s head can result in permanent brain damage. Now, a four-year-old study looking for answers as to why punch drunk happens is coming to Cleveland.
Deep Brain Stimulation Now More Comfortable for Patients
A frameless deep brain stimulation procedure abandons the heavy, metal frame in the OR and customizes the platform for each patient. A more comfortable approach achieves the same results.
New Research Works to Unlock Mystery of Huntington’s Disease
New research offers insight about Huntington's Disease, a devastating, progressive condition that can cause uncontrollable movement, emotional disturbances and psychiatric problems.
How Deep Brain Stimulation Can Restore Your Steady Hands
In deep brain stimulation, a small hole is made in the skull. A neurosurgeon uses computerized mapping and recording to implant an electrode in the precise part of the brain that is misfiring and causing the tremor.
Brain Pacemakers, Vaccine Ethics and Other News of the Week
Here is this week’s round-up of stories from around the Web featuring Cleveland Clinic experts that we know you won’t want to miss.
Virtual Reality Treadmill a High-Tech Help for Patients (Video)
It looks like a high-tech video game. But the CAREN system’s purpose is surprisingly serious: to help patients with neurological diseases re-educate their nerves and muscles.
Brain Teasers (Infographic)
Discover just a few of the secrets behind the inner workings of your truly one-of-a-kind mind – and learn more about its biggest foes: Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
Help Fight Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis
For the more than 6 million Americans who are living with Alzheimer’s, holding on to a memory is not a choice. Unless we find a cure, or stop the progression, projections indicate that by 2050 there could be as many as 16 million people living with Alzheimer’s.
Busting 4 Myths About Stem Cell Research
Stem cell research is alive, well and as full of possibilities as ever. Get the facts on this flourishing field.
Best Tips for Treating, Living With Essential Tremor
To calm essential tremor, a condition that mimics but is unrelated to Parkinson’s disease, patients can turn to medications or surgery. But the stresses of life – and health – also need to be addressed.
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