Diabetes is a disease in which the body cannot properly make or use insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. Neurovascular events such as stroke can result from uncontrolled blood sugar levels. A stroke can produce aphagia, or difficulty in...
According to the Brain&Spinalcord.org., 1.4 million Americans suffer brain injuries every year, commonly due to car accidents, though they can also be caused by insufficient oxygen, poisoning and infections. The most common form of brain...
Strictly speaking, dysphasia is a mild form of aphasia, in which the ability to understand or express language is completely lost. In common usage, however, the two terms are used interchangeably to indicate an acquired condition in which the...
The residual effects of a stroke depend upon the immediacy and effectiveness of treatment and rehabilitation, according to the Brain Foundation. Full recovery may be limited by the type and severity of impairment, the location of the stroke and...
Dysphasia, also known as aphasia, is a symptom of brain damage in the language centers of the brain. Dysphasia is caused by several different medical conditions, such as a tumor, stroke, head injury or neurosurgery. It creates many different...
A neurological condition that results in brain tissue loss, brain atrophy can occur in small parts of the brain or affect both hemispheres of the brain, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Patients who have...
Vision problems are the most common symptom of aura migraines. As the aura begins, you may perceive flashing lights, swirling or shaking objects or a slowly spreading blind spot. The aura may even cause a temporary loss of sight, which is...
A stroke is a serious medical condition that affects a patient's ability to function and take care of himself. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) states that a stroke is caused by an interruption of blood to the brain, resulting in damage to...
The frontal lobes of the brain helps control behavior, whereas the temporal lobes of the brain contain many areas that are important for language. Patients who develop frontal temporal dementia have dysfunction in both of these parts of the brain,...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) define Pick's disease as a rare form of dementia, where patients have abnormal protein formations in their brain, called Pick bodies and Pick cells. The Pick bodies and Pick cells contain increased levels of...
A cerebrovascular incident, or stroke, is a compromise of the blood vessels to deliver blood to an area of the brain, potentially causing brain damage. It can either be an occlusion of the vessel lumen, known as ischemic stroke, or a rupture of...
Frontal lobe dementia or frontotemporal dementia make up approximately 10 percent of dementia cases. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, dementia is characterized by a loss of two or more complex brain...
Relaxing with a glass of red wine over dinner or at the end of a long work day may be a reward you look forward to. As of 2011, a growing body of evidence reveals that your daily indulgence may have health benefits that go beyond helping you...
Strokes are the third leading cause of death in the United States just behind heart diseases and cancer. Catching the signs of a stroke early can make a dramatic difference in whether or not you survive a stroke, and can also affect how severe the...
A blood clot in the brain can originate within blood vessels in the brain or can be due to a clot forming elsewhere and traveling to the brain, resulting in an embolism. Blood clots in the brain can result in an ischemic stroke, which is the...
Diabetes can damage blood vessels over time. According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, diabetics have twice the risk of developing a stroke as the average person. This risk is even higher if the person with diabetes is obese,...
A tumor results from the abnormal growth of cells that reproduce at an uncontrolled rate. Tumors that develop in the brain are either benign or malignant. According to Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, a benign brain tumor...
An embolic stroke is a type of ischemic stroke that occurs when a blood clot forms within an artery outside the brain, cutting off the blood supply and oxygen to the brain tissues. Without oxygen, the cells in the effected part of the brain begin...
