June/July 2017

When the cookbook author lost her eyesight to a rare autoimmune disease, she thought her life was over. It turns out, it was just beginning.

Can the foods you eat enhance brain health, or even help manage a neurologic condition? We spoke to the experts and reviewed the evidence to find the answers.

We look at how six neurologic conditions—Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, and stroke—manifest in women, and how that reality has contributed to sex-specific approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and management. 

Commit to a brain-friendly diet to lower your risk of several neurologic conditions.

These programs connect newly diagnosed or recovering patients with those further along in the process—and both parties benefit.

A new book written by an ALS specialist and a lawyer whose mother had the disease offers practical and compassionate advice.

After surgery, Ted Chris Horn, 60, is doing things he never thought he would do again.

Precision medicine may lead to important breakthroughs in treatments for neurologic disorders—as long as concerns about privacy and data sharing are addressed.

Even with spasmodic dysphonia, Peg Van Horn, 87, still loves to chat.