The Loss of the Sense of Self In Dementia: Why This Phenomenon Should Not Be Undermined In Treating and Researching Neurocognitive Conditions
One devastating consequence of dementias is how they degrade a person’s sense of self. This aspect of dementia has a crater-sized impact on those with dementia, but the progressive cognitive decline also enacts compounded suffering on their loved ones.
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Challenges That Stifle Therapeutic Development for Neurological Conditions
For anybody with a neurological condition, it can be very frustrating to not have answers or a treatment plan that is improving their life. It can feel that medicine and science take too long to find solutions that have a tangible positive effect on patients’ lives. So why is it this way, with science and medicine often taking years or decades before patients can have access to a therapeutic that significantly helps them?
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
When you hear the words “artificial intelligence”, you might think of a science fiction movie full of robots and lasers. Instead, imagine a doctor’s office, surgery, or laboratory. While still the stuff of science, artificial intelligence has very real applications in healthcare today.
Brain Fog
Brain fog, also known as mental fatigue, isn’t a medical condition but a symptom of other conditions involving cognitive function changes. Having brain fog can make you feel spaced out, mentally fuzzy, or not in control of your mind.
Near-Death Experiences and Terminal Lucidity, Their Relevance to Neurological Diseases, and How We Talk About the Subjects That Are Socially Taboo
Near-death experiences (NDEs), as they are defined in medical and scientific literature, occur in about 17% of people who have a close encounter with death. Not every NDE is the exact same, but there are more similarities than you might expect for many people.
First Aid for Seizures
Seizures are unpredictable and can happen to anyone, anywhere. First aid for seizures is learning to identify possible seizure behavior and how to react appropriately to keep the person safe. Knowing how to recognize seizures and appropriately respond to them can help save a life.
Our Minds Have a Pronounced Effect on Our Bodies: A Rumination on the Placebo Effect and Mindfulness
The placebo effect has unexpected implications in clinical trials and has been shown to mimic the effects of active drugs. This idea has researchers wondering about how to ethically navigate this issue.