Selma Blair has been open about the challenges she faces traveling with multiple sclerosis. I have dystonia, which is often misunderstood as difficult or drunk,” the Legally Blonde ...

An analysis of data on individuals with severe mental illness available in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink found that 13 of the 15 groups of neurological conditions considered were more ...

The aim of this review is to present the current state of knowledge on deep brain stimulation (DBS) in pediatric patients with acquired dystonia. We summarize the short- and long-term effects of DBS ...

Infants and toddlers with unilateral cerebral palsy, which affects the brain's control of muscles on one side of the body, show lasting improvements in hand and arm function when they receive early, ...

Ian Guest took the biggest leap of faith in January: he underwent a life-saving brain surgery that took a team of about 20 medical specialists eight hours to complete. The surgery was risky. Guest ...

After Clare Emily Smith was told her daughter wouldn't make it, Sofia celebrated her 9th birthday in November 2025 Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

Although Jesse Jackson's cause of death has not been disclosed, the civil rights leader struggled with progressive ...

Small children who are affected with major motor impairments are rewiring their brains with a new pediatric therapy method. Dynamic Movement Interventions (DMI) help children with poor motor skills, ...

For over a decade, Ruth has written for multiple outlets providing patient education, including Health. She has written for health student education companies, collaborating on an anatomy textbook ...

Much more is now known about human cortical development than was known in 1970, when the Boulder Committee attempted to standardize the heterogeneous and confusing nomenclature that was used in the ...

The mammalian neocortex is an extremely complex, highly organized, six-layered structure that contains hundreds of different neuronal cell types. Within the neocortex, distinct populations of ...