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Symptoms of Dysarthria
Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder in which the muscles that help produce speech are weakened, damaged, or paralyzed. A person with this condition has no control over their voice box or tongue. They might also slur their words or have mumbled or choppy speech.
Traumatic Brain Injury may up risk for Developing Comorbidities
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) of any severity is associated with increased risk of chronic cardiovascular, endocrine, and neurologic comorbidities, according to a study published online April 28 in JAMA Network Open.
Seasonal Migraine: What are the triggers and causes?
A migraine headache causes an intense pulsing or throbbing pain. Various factors can trigger migraine episodes, including the changes that occur as the seasons shift.
Alcohol-Related Neurologic Disease
Alcohol-related neurologic disease refers to a range of conditions caused by alcohol intake that affect the nerves and nervous system. Neurologic disorders can include fetal alcohol syndrome, dementia, and alcoholic neuropathy.
What is Benign Rolandic Epilepsy?
Distal muscular dystrophy (DD), also called distal myopathy, is not one disorder, but a group of genetic disorders under the larger umbrella of muscular dystrophy. DD is marked by progressive weakness and/or wasting of the voluntary distal muscles.
