After a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke, people with peripheral artery disease (PAD) have a fourfold higher risk of bad outcomes. An ankle test detects asymptomatic PAD.
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Within the chemotherapy alumni corps there exists a mutual respect not unlike the bond shared by veterans of war. Sometimes that respect is silently conveyed; not everyone wants to talk about it. And sometimes it is shared in the shorthand of the battle-hardened
It has been hiding in plain sight for the past 500 years, and now two Johns Hopkins professors believe they have found it: one of Michelangelo's rare anatomical drawings in a panel high on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
HISTORY'S PANTRY Most of the jars now at Yale's Cushing Center contain a single brain; a few hold slices of brains from several patients. They were collected by Dr. Harvey Cushing, a Yale professor and one of the first neurosurgeons in the United States.
SAN FRANCISCO - It's 1 p.m. on a Thursday and Dianne Bates, 40, juggles three screens. She listens to a few songs on her iPod, then taps out a quick e-mail on her iPhone and turns her attention to the high-definition television.
Seizures ("fits," convulsions) are episodes of disturbed brain function that cause changes in attention or behavior. They are caused by abnormally excited electrical signals in the brain