Memory loss is often referred to as amnesia and it is caused by a number of factors, some that cannot be explained or corrected. For some people, memory loss gradually occurs over time and for others it comes on quickly. Memory loss is sometimes difficult to handle as it affects people differently. Some people begin to forget family and friends while other people start forgetting important... 

There is as yet no known cure for Parkinson’s disease, but there are various kinds of treatment often dramatically reduce its symptoms. These treatments include medicine and certain forms of physiotherapy to improve a patient’s ability to move and speak. The main burden of such support usually falls on the relatives and friends of the patient. The principal medication is called levodopa,... 

A seizure, commonly referred to as a fit, is caused by a sudden, brief failure in the system that governs the brain cell communication system. Normally the nerve cells in the brain are constantly active, sending messages from one to the other about 80 times in a second. The brain handles this much activity with ease. But in people with epilepsy, this activity can suddenly jump to 500 or more... 

In a sense, a stroke is many different things – with a single underlying cause: the cutting off of the blood supply to a particular part of the brain. Deprived of oxygen and nutrients supplied by the blood, brain cells quickly die, and when they do, the parts of the body controlled by those cells stop working. A stroke victim may thus lose the ability to speak or understand, he may become paralyzed... 

The unfortunate truth is that some people never get over a stroke. They may die from it or be permanently disabled by it. Others, however, hardly know they have had a stroke and return to normal life with little or no help from medical specialists. As a matter of fact, many doctors suggest that people often have very minor strokes that go completely unnoticed. But for those people who survive... 

Classic migraine and common migraine There are indeed two major forms of migraine headaches which, as title says, are referred to as classic and common. The key differences are not in the headaches themselves but in the symptoms that precede them. The onset of a classic migraine is often announced 10 to 30 minutes before the pain starts by the appearance of strange ‘sights’, such as flashing... 

What is the difference between cluster headaches and migraine headaches? Cluster Headaches Cluster headaches, as the term implies, tend to come in series. Cluster headaches may occur a few times a day for weeks or months, and then disappear. An attack usually begins with pain around one eye. The pain, often accompanied by watering eyes and stuffy nose, then grows sharper and moves outwards on... 

Most evidence shows that if alcohol is taken in moderate quantities it does no serious harm to the body. In fact, some studies show that one or two drinks a day could benefit your heart, lowering the risk or coronary heart disease. Many researchers are reluctant to accept these findings until they are more fully investigated, and point  quite rightly to the proven serious damage that alcohol... 

It’s common sight at a football match to see a player suffer a severe blow to the head and wander for several minute in daze. Spectators remark that the player ‘has no idea where he is’, and that may indeed be so. He has suffered concussion. According to the blows severity, it may be mild, with not much more than a view of flashing stars and lights before the eyes, or it may... 

When scientists confirmed some sixty years ago that the brain generates electrical impulses, the term ‘brainwave’ came into the language. It became common then, as it is now, for somebody to exclaim on getting a bright idea, ‘I’ve had brainwave’. The brain gives off electrical impulses all the time – not just to applaud brilliance. The heart,  too, generates...