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For many years the dangers of opioid addiction have been well known. Taking the steps needed to reverse its impact has been slower in taking hold across the country.

There are some movement disorders that are commonly seen by healthcare professionals and some that fall more into the rare category. Properly diagnosing and treating them can make a big difference in a patient's quality of life.

As one of the first signs of multiple sclerosis acute optic neuritis can be a worrying symptom for patients. Finding the proper treatment can be important in the early stages of diagnosis.

For many patients medication and surgery can be enough to help them maintain their health and control epileptic seizures. Work is also being done in the field to find alternative therapies including medical marijuana and seizure predicting devices.

When medication is not enough to treat epilepsy sometimes surgery can be a good choice for treatment. While the more common methods are also invasive in many ways there are newer procedures being developed that require less recovery time.

Diagnosing patients with epilepsy can often be an involved process as doctors will likely not see the seizures their patients report suffering. Once a diagnosis is made finding the right treatment can also be a challenge as different patient groups will require different types and doses of a variety of medications.

In the treatment of epilepsy there are constantly new drugs being developed to help patients manage their seizures. In the recent past there have been four new medications, each with their own benefits but also with their own risks as well.

For patients with Alzheimer's Disease, as their condition worsens it often falls on other members of their family to make decisions about their course of treatment. What they are expected to do and how they make certain decisions can have long lasting impacts on the care of the people with the disease.

One of the main focus points in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease is screening patients before they even show symptoms of the condition. This is a part of the process that also includes looking to develop new treatments that could be used in the future.

While Alzheimer's Disease is not a new condition, finding a treatment has been elusive even as more is learned about it. Part of the diagnosis involves knowing what to look for beyond tests of cognition and other aspects of a patient's life.

Multiple sclerosis, especially in the relapsing form poses a variety of challenges for patient care. Keeping that in mind, the development of medications for the condition also take time to progress.

Developing drugs for conditions like multiple sclerosis takes a long time and a considerable amount of research. How the drugs are used, and changed is a delicate process undertaken between doctors and their patients over the course of the disease.

Chronic conditions like multiple sclerosis require constant monitoring by doctors and patients, As time goes on medication and treatment options may need to be changed. Tecfidera, one popular treatment option has become a popular choice in patient care.

In the past year there has been a large amount of discussion about the best ways to treat stroke patients. While operations have become more accepted there are other less invasive steps that can be taken as well.

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they walk, the way they sit, and the way they conduct themselves in general. Recent research has also shown that signs of potential health issues can be seen when watching a person move.

When it comes to headaches many people are familiar with the pain of migraines but cluster headaches can have just as much if not more of an impact on a person's life.

To the legal and criminal justice system, people with behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) are responsible for any moral or legal transgressions questions that assumption.

Stroke episodes are ideally suited for assessing the concept of value-based care, a Kentucky team argues.

With all the focus on the hazards of concussion brain injury in professional US football, Australian researchers decided it was time to take a look at the risks in rugby.

A diet rich in fish, green leafy vegetables, nuts and whole grains appears to lead to an increase in brain volume.

Stroke creates language deficits related to brain tissue damaged directly by lesions in cortical and subcortical regions. Disruptions of white matter connectivity also affect multiple domains of behavior and cognition.

Huntington's Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant progressive neurodegenerative disorder. In addition to the central nervous system disturbance the ailment causes, there is increasing evidence the genetic abnormality also affects peripheral organs and tissues.

Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) often have sensitivity to heat that worsens their symptoms. In earlier studies with MS patients, a device system that cools body temperature by chilling one palm proved useful in helping them walk faster and longer. But patients need to be motivated to use it successfully.

Results from one module of the CaMEO (Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcomes) study show that patients with chronic migraine are not the only ones who suffer.

While skin biopsies can give insight to epidermal innervation after a nerve injury, properly identifying pain becomes more challenging in those with neuropathy.

New evidence has made it easier to differentiate between multiple sclerosis and vanishing white matter disease, conditions that can show considerable similarities.

Giving up bread may not help cure every celiac disease symptom, but researchers found a relationship between a gluten-free diet and a reduction in headache frequency.

A lot is known about the benefits of Natalizumab in the treatment of MS patients, but there is also a known risk of patients developing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Finding a balance between the two conditions was the focus of recent research.

Patients with Parkinson's disease frequently look for treatments that physicians consider alternative or complementary therapies.

Stepping out into the sun may be more important than ever, especially for patients with multiple sclerosis.