Questions to Ask Your Doctor About ADHD
WebMD suggests ten questions to ask your doctor if your child is diagnosed with ADHD.
Category : Neurological Conditions : Health & Medical
A New Once-Daily Epilepsy Pill
For now, this new drug is intended for use as adjunctive treatment for partial-onset seizures.
There Is No Safer Football Helmet for Kids: Study
Researchers compared high-tech helmets to standard gear for concussion protection
Ventral vs Dorsal Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy can be surgically treated by both ventral and dorsal decompression with fusion. Is one approach significantly better in terms of outcome, complications, and costs?
Novel and Emerging Treatments in Relapsing-Remitting MS
Treatment options for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis are evolving rapidly. This article summarizes the many novel and emerging disease-modifying treatments currently in trials.
The Evidence for Symptomatic Treatments in ALS
While amyotrophic lateral sclerosis remains a progressive and invariably fatal disease, much can be done to improve the patient's quality of life. What symptomatic interventions are available?
Dementia
Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of dementia including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.
Platelet Function Inhibitors in Neurointerventional Procedures
This consensus paper presents an overview of the pharmacology of antiplatelet agents, and recommendations for the use of platelet function testing in patients who have undergone intracranial stenting.
Knowledge of Skull Base Anatomy in Pre-Columbian Cultures
With their expertise in human sacrifice and decapitation, the Aztecs and other pre-Columbian societies contributed significantly to anatomical knowledge, especially of the skull.
Family History of Epilepsy-Topic Overview
Adults with epilepsy may wonder if their children will also develop epilepsy. Whether a family history of epilepsy (genetics) increases a person's risk for the disorder partly depends on what type of epilepsy the family member has had.Several types of childhood epilepsy may be passed from ...
ADHD at Work
Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of how to cope with ADHD and a career including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.
Identification of Toxic Neuropathies: Cardinal Tenets
What are systemic signs of toxin intoxication? Learn about the diagnosis and management of toxic neuropathy.
An Option for Refractory Seizures
This safety and efficacy study provides hope for adults with medically refractory partial-onset seizures.
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)-Related Information
Healthwise information on BPPV.
ADHD in Teens
ADHD is the most common behavior disorder in childhood. WebMD explains ADHD in teens, including its symptoms and treatment and offers advice on how parents can help adolescents learn to manage their ADHD symptoms.
Out of Sync Brain May Be a Clue to Autism
A brain that is out of sync may be an early clue of autism, researchers suggest.
Visual Outcomes in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
A new study looks at risk factors for poor visual outcome in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Hyperactive Disease
Hyperactive diseases and disorders are caused by numerous problems in the body that create too much muscle activity and make sufferers feel restless and overly energetic. Hyperactive diseases also make people feel easily excitable and have strong emotional reactions to receiving gifts of having atte
Failing Sense of Smell Might Be Alzheimer's Warning
As the ability to identify odors goes, so does mental ability, researchers say
Endovascular Treatment of Extracranial Atherosclerosis
Do drug-eluting stents offer any advantage over bare-metal stents in terms of restenosis rates in extracranial vertebral artery stenosis?