Don’t Wait for a Stroke to Happen to You
Stroke is a type of cardiovascular disease and occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to your brain gets blocked or bursts. When that happens the affected part of your brain...
View ArticlePatient Discovers Longtime Neurological Condition at Mid-Life
An initial scare, a revelation and, ultimately, a surgery that changes life for the better. Andrea Beicht remembers vividly the bizarre, out-of-the-blue event that signaled something was wrong. It...
View ArticleBrain Surgery Without an Incision: Cooper First on East Coast with Leksell...
Brain surgery without a knife, gamma rays guided by robotic controls and 3D targeting that’s as precise as a pinpoint. This may sound like science fiction, but it’s the new reality at Cooper University...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Origins of Tremor
As we age, neurological complications become more common. In many people, the development of neurological complications can lead to loss of mobility and, to some extent, loss of independence. One...
View ArticleComplex Headaches: New Program Offers Relief
Few experiences are as universal as headache pain. For most of us, it involves a few hours or a day of pain followed by relief. However, for some sufferers, headaches are frequent enough, and...
View ArticleStroke Prevention, Detection and Treatment
Hamza A. Shaikh, MD Co-Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery Cooper Neurological Institute Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and the #1 leading cause of adult disability....
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