Filtered By Neuroscience Tag
By CentraState Health|2024-04-12T09:37:26-04:00April 12th, 2024|Categories: Neuroscience|Tags: Neuroscience, Surgery|
Gary Triolo’s workday started like any other – going through paperwork, checking email and answering calls – until his world suddenly started spinning out of control. “I looked up and the room started to spin to the left in slow motion,” explains Gary, who serves as the director of [...]
By CentraState Health|2024-01-23T09:12:51-05:00November 1st, 2023|Categories: Neuroscience|Tags: Neuroscience, Patient Stories|
Rutgers University wrestling coach Jordan Pagano, 27, was recently demonstrating simple wrestling moves with a student-athlete, something he does regularly. When he placed his hands on the mat to change positions, the unexpected happened: he ruptured a disc in his neck. The herniated disc pushed on Jordan’s spinal cord, [...]
By CentraState Health|2023-01-04T13:14:28-05:00January 5th, 2023|Categories: Neuroscience|Tags: Neuroscience, Parkinson’s Disease|
Anyone who lives with or cares for someone with Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor knows there are good days and not-so-good days. But what if you could directly stimulate or calm the area of the brain causing the tremor? Essential tremor is a neurological disorder that causes involuntary and [...]
By CentraState Health|2022-11-08T12:34:01-05:00April 20th, 2022|Categories: Health A-Z|Tags: Neuroscience, Spine Health, Surgery|
Laura Mulroy is a hands-on architect, often rolling up her sleeves to help complete home renovation projects for her clients. When the active Freehold resident’s chronic neck pain began to impact her livelihood, Laura sought a long-term solution. Laura, 51, had neck pain, migraines, and tension headaches for decades. [...]
By CentraState Health|2022-11-08T12:30:18-05:00January 18th, 2022|Categories: Health A-Z, Neuroscience|Tags: Neuroscience, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Spine Health, Surgery|
Andrew Ferrara was a three-sport high school athlete when he suffered a football injury that permanently sidelined his athletic career. He herniated two discs in his back as a teen. At the time, the surgery to repair it was risky. So instead, he wore a brace to stabilize his [...]
By CentraState Health|2021-12-21T10:24:00-05:00December 21st, 2021|Categories: Health A-Z, Healthy Aging|Tags: Memory, Neuroscience|
Ever wonder why you can’t remember something from a minute ago, but can recall lyrics of a decades-old song? Don’t worry. It’s not your memory failing. “Forgetting why you walked into a room is actually not a memory problem. It’s a distraction problem,” explains CentraState speech-language pathologist and brain [...]
By CentraState Health|2021-07-20T14:33:46-04:00April 11th, 2021|Categories: Health A-Z, Neuroscience|Tags: Neuroscience, Orthopedics, Spine Health, Surgery|
A string of falls and a car accident left Whiting resident Nanette Neves in constant agony. Plagued with numbness and pain in her leg and lower back, she endured eight years of treatments to manage the pain. When she had trouble getting out of bed, she knew it was [...]
By CentraState Health|2022-09-08T15:53:47-04:00April 9th, 2021|Categories: Health A-Z, Neuroscience|Tags: ECT, Neuroscience|
While it is often associated with misconceptions, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a specialized treatment that can be very effective in certain people struggling with severe depression and certain other behavioral health conditions not helped by medication or psychotherapy. Moustafa H. Shafey, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist on staff at CentraState, [...]
By CentraState Health|2021-06-16T14:45:00-04:00January 14th, 2021|Categories: Neuroscience|Tags: Neuroscience, Spine Health, Surgery|
When Freehold resident John Russo fell after a progressive decline in his ability to walk, he figured he’d have to endure another joint replacement surgery. But he was shocked to learn that a serious spinal condition was causing his pain—and partial paralysis. John, 54, was in the Navy during [...]
By CentraState Health|2021-12-21T09:33:58-05:00January 10th, 2021|Categories: Health A-Z, Neuroscience|Tags: Memory, Neuroscience|
Forgot where you parked your car or your favorite niece’s birthday? It’s easy to chalk it up to age and say there’s nothing you can do about it. But you can take steps to improve your memory. “If your brain has changed with age, you have to change the [...]
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