Imagine suddenly losing the ability to move a limb, walk or speak. You would probably recognise this as a medical emergency and get to hospital. Now imagine the doctors at the hospital run some tests ...
Megan Dixon, who has not walked since she was 14, is now set to have her legs amputated after they turned up at a '45-degree ...
FND is one of the commonest conditions seen in neurology clinics. It can occur at any age, but is seen more commonly in young ...
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) results in fluctuating control of voluntary activities. PM&R Associate Professor Victor Mark, M.D. explains why FND has only recently begun to be acknowledged as ...
Shortly after the beginning of the COVID crisis, I met my first client with functional neurological disorder (FND). I've practiced in the mental health field for more than a decade. Yet, I'd never ...
In a study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, David L. Perez, MD, MMSc, Founding Director of the Functional Neurological Disorder Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital ...
The New York Times examined the complicated relationship between sleep and dementia. While a U.K. Biobank study looked at how sleep, chronotype, and other factors might affect cognition. (BMJ Public ...
It’s not all in their heads — but that’s what they’re told. A baffling brain disorder leaves people shaking, stumbling and sometimes completely blacking out, only to be doubted by doctors, friends and ...
Patients with functional seizures had slightly better cognitive performance than those with epilepsy, but worse performance compared with a healthy cohort of patients, according to a systematic review ...
Megan Dixon, 21, has suffered agonising, constant pain for the past eight years since her legs locked completely straight.