Nervous System Disorders and Diseases Articles

Trigeminal neuralgia is a common problem. This condition can provoke pain on the right side of the face. Commonly, a patient might experience electric jolts to the eye and lower jaw, with a constant pressure on the right side of the head.

Epilepsy is a chronic disorder of the brain that causes a tendency to have recurrent seizures. The condition is also known as a seizure disorder. The mechanism of epilepsy attack is well understood.

Pulsating magnet therapy, which has been used for 30 years for controlling intractable pain, may also relieve symptoms of mild Alzheimer’s disease.

Taking a sauna every day may be more than just refreshing and invigorating. It likely also reduces the risk for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Laboratory experiments show that simply being exposed to a flickering light reorganizes the brain so it produces fewer of the tangled proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

There are plenty of myths surrounding migraine. Here, we bust 10 of the most pervasive, and examine the facts.

Chronic pain is well known as a factor in the growing epidemic of opioid addiction. But chronic itch is another. Here's what may help when you have itches you just can't scratch.

Are our bodies crazy? They give us toothache when there's something wrong with our heart and earache when we should see a dentist. As we'll find out, there are rational reasons behind all our weird mixed messages. You just have to know where to look.

"Status Migraine" is a term every migraineur ought to know. Yet few have ever heard of it. What is it, and why is this condition so potentially-dangerous?

Heading a soccer ball (or as the world outside the United States calls it, a football) may instantly change the brain. But is the damage cumulative? A brain expert says it doesn't have to be.