He doesn’t have laryngitis or a respiratory infection, but rather a disorder called spasmodic dysphonia. Spasmodic dysphonia, now referred to as laryngeal dystonia, is a rare neurological ...

A MUM was left screaming in agony in A&E for 14 hours straight and has been left housebound by an undiagnosed condition.

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In the late 1800s scientists began to interrogate the neurological basis of dreams. That changed in Sigmund Freud’s time but ...

Many patients suffer from debilitating health conditions that cause tremors and dystonia, and prevent them from performing basic regular activities like eating, holding a glass, using a cup or a ...

In recent years, Celine Dion has been in the spotlight of the world due to her fight against an incurable disease ...

Causes may include several movement disorders, such as Tourette syndrome and Parkinson’s disease. Involuntary head movements are often known as: Involuntary head twitching can be due to several ...

Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of conditions that together increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular problems, including heart attack. The features of metabolic syndrome ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attributed his raspy voice spasmodic dysphonia, which is a type of dystonia, a movement disorder, marked by involuntary contractions of muscles. "In spasmodic dysphonia, the ...

The diagnosis of dystonia was established by a pediatric movement disorder specialist (TS) using standard criteria (20). Patients had previously failed conventional medical therapy, and the patients ...

kcl.ac.uk or Dr Jean-Pierre Lin, Complex Motor Disorder Service, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Jean-Pierre.lin{at}gstt.nhs.uk Background The ...