This medication is used alone or with other medications to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Guanfacine acts in the brain. It decreases certain nerve signals from the brain to the blood vessels and the heart. This causes the blood vessels to relax so that blood can flow more easily and also slows the...
Read moreBeth’s blog this week riffs on last Sunday’s New York Times article on chemo brain, titled “Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as... Read more »
It's been known for some time now that major depression (clinical depression) is a disease of the brain. As research to more fully... Read more »
One of the side effects of living through breast cancer, I have found, is that your doctors often tend to regard some of the side effects... Read more »
Full Question: What are the effects on the brain when a patient has migraine disease? Disha. Answer: Dear Disha; The truth is... Read more »
Chemo-BrainFinally, some scientific proof about a condition that many women experience after breast cancer treatment, and note to each... Read more »
Scientific studies about the brain are rapidly changing our understanding about how to maintain the brain’s function as we age. It’s becoming... Read more »
For those with Migraines, the question of whether to use hormone therapies is one we often look at only in terms of the impact it will have on... Read more »
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Heart DiseaseAtherosclerosis is a common disorder of the arteries. Fat, cholesterol, and other substances collect in the walls of arteries. Larger... Read more »
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Cryptococcal meningitis Treatment Antifungal medications are used to treat this form of meningitis. Intravenous therapy with... Read more »
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Pneumococcal meningitis Prevention Early treatment of pneumonia and ear infections caused by pneumococcus may decrease the risk of... Read more »