Fields of the mind and brain: Neurology, neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry. How do they differ?
Terms in medicine and science can often be challenging to understand. The fields related to the mind and nervous are no different. Neuroscience, neurology, psychology, psychiatry — you’ve probably heard all of these terms before but do you know how they differ?
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Immune system and stroke: An investigation
The American Stroke Association reports that stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the US. Stroke itself can result in an increased risk of dementia. The importance of preventing stroke – and increasing the medical community’s ability to diagnose and treat stroke – can’t be overstated.
Traumatic Brain Injury: Symptoms, Treatment, and Misinformation
A traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is a serious medical condition that results from trauma such as a sudden jolt or blow to the head or an object that goes through brain tissue, like a bullet or a shattered piece of skull.
A Deep Dive Into Epilepsy Biomarkers
Biomarkers are an essential component of research into any condition. They have a multitude of uses and each biomarker might even have multiple use cases; some biomarkers might even be used to influence or understand other biomarkers. Like all parts of research, biomarkers evolve.
Light and the Brain
The world around us is bursting with activity, bright colors, and new visual experiences. The brain alone can’t ‘see’ everything around us, while the eyes alone can’t process the raw information. In a similar way to how the mouth and GI system are linked – digestion begins in the mouth before food can be broken down into usable pieces, while visual perception starts with the eyes reacting to light before the brain can make sense of what lies before their eyes.
Celebrate African American Medicine: Dr. Alexa Canady
To celebrate Black History Month, this blog recounts the accomplishments of Dr. Alexa Canady, the first Black woman in the US to become a neurosurgeon.
Dr. Benjamin Carson
In honor of Black History Month, we’re discussing the major accomplishments of Dr. Ben Carson, who was the first neurosurgeon to successfully separate craniopagus twins and was the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the United States at just age 33.