Lumbar puncture is an essential neurological investigation. The anatomy of the spinal canal allows cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to be sampled…
Coma and brainstem death
The patient in coma needs a rigorous clinical assessment that requires a meticulous approach to history-taking, and a systematic approach…
Neurology and the clinical anatomist
Clinical examination allows the neurologist to test hypotheses generated by their interpretation of the patient’s story. By eliciting abnormal clinical…
Neurology and the clinical historian
If clinicians are considered the historians, and patients the story-tellers, the approach to the task of taking ‘the’ history can…
Assessment of dizziness in neurology
Dizziness and vertigo are common symptoms. Because there are effective treatments for vestibular disorders, it is always important to make…
The Global Death Toll Now Tops 500,000
Vice President Mike Pence asserts that increased testing explains a surge in cases, but experts and evidence say otherwise. Houston’s…
Starbucks Barista Gets $87,000 in Donations After Customer’s Mask Complaint
A woman who was not wearing a mask griped on Facebook about the barista, who had tried to explain company…
The Swiss cheese prescribing model for precision medicine
Although medicines have obvious major benefits for patients, they may also cause unintended harm and are associated with a certain…
Dr. William Dement, Leader in Sleep Disorder Research, Dies at 91
At Stanford, he created the world’s first successful sleep clinic and taught a popular class on sleep and dreams. (If…