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  • Treatment of movement disorders
    Health - 28 May 2023
    Movement disorders commonly affect normal fluency, speed and ease of movements and gait. Most of them are cause due to faulty genes that may or may not be inherited.
  • Parkinsonism in Spinocerebellar Ataxia
    Health - 24 Sep 2022
    Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a degenerative disease caused by atrophy to the cerebellum, the part of the brain responsible for coordination of movement. Parkinsonism is a clinical syndrome...
  • Movement Disorders and Tremors
    Health - 16 Nov 2018
    Movement disorders are neurological conditions that characteristically affect the speed, fluency, quality, and ease of voluntary muscle movements. These may affect activities of daily living (ADL), or...
  • Thalamotomy, Pallidotomy and Subthalamotomy
    Health - 30 Dec 2022
    Lesioning surgery is a procedure that involves purposefully damaging select areas of the brain, to help in the management of a health condition, such as Parkinson’s disease. There are several types...
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Diagnosis
    Health - 7 Apr 2023
    Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a rare brain disorder that affects approximately 6 in 100,000 people worldwide. It is a rare disease that may appear similar to some other neurodegenerative...
  • What is Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)?
    Health - 7 Apr 2023
    Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) was distinguished from Parkinson’s disease in 1963 as the “Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome”. It is a progressive condition that usually shows onset around the...
  • What is Deep Brain Stimulation?
    Health - 22 Jul 2023
    Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure that involves the implantation of a brain pacemaker that delivers electrical impulses to certain parts of the brain.
  • What is Neurology?
    Health - 3 Jan 2023
    Neurology is a branch of medical science that is concerned with disorders and diseases of the nervous system. The term neurology comes from a combination of two words - "neuron" meaning nerve and...
  • What Does Deep Brain Stimulation Involve?
    Health - 26 Nov 2022
    Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical procedure that may be used in the treatment and management of some health conditions.
  • Multiple System Atrophy Treatment
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    People with multiple system atrophy (MSA) generally have a very poor prognosis. Their median survival is 6.2 to 9.5 years after the first symptoms appear. Patients who are older at the time of onset...

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