South Carolina health officials are warning of "irreversible" neurological damage in children as measles-related hospitalizations climb in the state. Of the 876 confirmed cases in the state’s upstate ...

Every stroke begins with a sudden interruption of blood flow in the brain. But what happens afterward—why neurons continue to ...

In neurological intensive care, it is understood that the brain cannot wait. As the most sensitive organ in the human body, ...

We may have been overestimating the role of a pathological class of misfolded protein in neurodegenerative disease. Called prions, these molecules are responsible for conditions such as bovine ...

LARGO, Fla. (AP) - An autopsy on Terri Schiavo backed her husband's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding that she had massive and irreversible brain damage and was blind, ...

A brain stroke is a serious and potentially life-threatening medical condition that can strike suddenly, often without prior ...