When she suddenly lost the ability to speak on her way home from a Christmas party, Penny Noack's son knew something was terribly wrong.

It was March 6, 1998, my freshman year of high school. My childhood dream had come true, and I was just finishing my first season on the high school basketball team. On the way home from school that day, I was in a car accident with four of my girlfriends. An ambulance rushed me to the hospital, I was unresponsive. 

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability in the United States. We provide some statistics, along with signs someone might have had a traumatic brain injury.

Read a story about Kendra Jackson, and how her chronically runny nose turned out to be a cerebrospinal fluid leak. Once told it was only allergies, Doctor Schneider suspected it was a more dangerous condition.

Younger stroke patients may have different risk factors and causes of a stroke compared to older adults.

Did you know that stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in this country?

Brain aneurysms are common – 1 in 50 people has an unruptured brain aneurysm. Women are more commonly affected than men.

It is easy for me to remember that May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month, since events during this month inspired me to become a neuro-oncologist.

Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson Disease (PD) could be, in part, attributed to boxing-related injuries. In the early days after his diagnosis, it was said that he began showing signs of PD after his retirement from boxing in 1981, ranging from tremors to slurred speech.

Most people are aware of the importance of eating well, and many even use vitamin supplements to promote better nutrition. What people typically don’t realize – particularly Parkinson’s patients – is the value of monitoring your intake of select vitamins.