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Dr. Brian Wong of the Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute answers your questions on multiple sclerosis.
Each week, an estimated 200 Americans are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). But new treatments bring new hope, according to neuro-immunologist Dr. Brian Wong. He is helping to launch a comprehensive multiple sclerosis program at Hartford HealthCare's Ayer Neuroscience Institute.
Ten percent of people who recover from COVID-19, or more than 5,000 Connecticut residents at this point, will experience prolonged [...]
Seizures — a sudden and uncontrollable electrical disturbance in the brain that can affect your behavior, body movement and even consciousness — are often connected with epilepsy but can also be triggered by a lack of sleep, stress, medication or alcohol use. To help you understand the condition more, Dr. [...]
Preventive vs. abortive, hormonal vs. environmental. Migraine headaches and their treatment are complex, but new, more effective medications promise to [...]
A headache is one of the first signs of COVID-19 virus, but it’s now also being recognized as a symptom that lingers long after the illness is over. Dr. Valeriya Klats, a neurologist and headache specialist with the Hartford HealthCare (HHC) Ayer Institute Headache Center in Fairfield County, said the [...]
“Many patients suffering from migraine are made to feel like they’re not doing something right, that the pain is ‘just [...]
One of the most effective treatments for the involuntary muscle movements brought on by such musculoskeletal conditions as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and dystonia is a procedure called deep-brain stimulation (DBS), in which a special device is implanted in the patient’s brain and providers send electronic signals that stop the [...]
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