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At North Texas Neurology, we understand how debilitating headaches can be for our patients. While medication plays an important role in headache management, incorporating these eight daily habits can significantly reduce both the frequency and intensity of headaches. Stay Hydrated Dehydration is one of the most common headache triggers. Our...

Is All Dementia Alzheimer's? Understanding the Difference Many patients and families come to our clinic with concerns about memory loss and confusion in themselves or their loved ones. One of the most common questions we hear is: "Is all dementia Alzheimer's disease?" The answer is no, but understanding the different...

Do Seizures Affect Your Health??? Epilepsy affects about 3.4 million people in this country. This is abnormal activity in the brain, which can be focal or diffuse. One seizure by itself does not necessarily mean you have epilepsy. It takes two or more unprovoked seizures or a certain pattern of...

Introduction: Stroke is the 5th leading cause of death currently and like Heart attacks is a preventable disease. Factually, 80% of strokes are preventable. The good news is that now strokes can be reversed, just like Heart Attacks provided patients make it to the right hospital in good time There...

Frequent symptoms are one-sided head pain with light and noise sensitivity, nausea and vomiting. Some can be associated with stroke-like symptoms.  Common triggers for Migraines are: Foods- for example, aged cheese, chocolate, foods containing MSG and other food additives, red wine Hormonal changes like Menstrual cycle, changes in Barometric pressure,...

The most common physical symptoms of neuropathy do include numbness, tingling, or other abnormal sensations in the feet and hands with weakness in the same distribution. Many variations exist, however, and must be assessed correctly by a neurologist or neuromuscular disease expert, particularly if the presentation is not typical. There...