Month: June 2020

A peripheral neuropathy is a disorder that affects the nerves that control sensation in the body and communicate this to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Most typically, these are “length dependent,” meaning that the regions furthest away…

Multiple Sclerosis – a neurological condition where the myelin sheath that insulates the axons of nerve cells is destroyed – affects nearly 3 million people in the world, leading to significant disability in young adults. MS is thought to be…

As the name Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) suggests, the virus that causes Covid-19 is often focused on as a condition that causes breathing difficulties through infection and inflammation of the respiratory system. However, there have been reports…

Epilepsy disorders – involving excessive electrical activity in the brain that results in seizure – have been referenced in historical records as far back as 2000 BC. While there have been major diagnostic advances and improved medications developed over the…