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Most every American will, at one time or another, have back pain. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reported that in 2019, 39 percent of adults had back pain within the last three months…

Nadia Sheehan, 38, of Naperville, was out for a run with friends one afternoon last year when she began to experience a lot of pain in the right side of her head. “At first I thought it was just…

If you’ve been experiencing a lot of neck pain, numbness and tingling in your arms, or trouble gripping things tightly, it’s possible you’re experiencing spinal cord compression in your neck — a…

Pain is a debilitating symptom affecting almost one-fourth of the U.S. population. Finding a cause and moments of relief is a daily path for many. Lauren Casey is a 23-year-old who developed severe…

As we get older, it’s common to experience changes in cognitive function. Maybe you find yourself pausing more as you search for the right word, or it takes a little longer each morning to find your…

Actor Bruce Willis made a shocking announcement in the spring of 2022—he was stepping away from acting because he had been diagnosed with aphasia, a disorder that affects the ability to communicate…

Jennifer Geary doesn’t remember most of the events of three weeks in January 2023. When she read the medical chart with words like “aneurysm” and “craniotomy,” it was like she was reading the events…

Christine Johnson’s life was completely disrupted by chronic pain. “I wasn’t sleeping. I wasn’t eating. I’ve been in that much pain,” she said. “My pain before was 10, until I got my implant.”

While influencing factors like culture and family play a role in determining universal differences between the male and female genders, there’s a far more fundamental element at play: neurological…

Physicians agree that sleep, exercise and a healthy diet all factor into brain health. Annual checkups with your physician to address things like sleep, depression and memory loss are vital to keeping…

In July 2022, Seth Hutchinson was going about his day when he noticed the right side of his body felt a bit heavy. “And not normal heavy,” Seth said.

An estimated 37 million Americans suffer from migraines, and most of them are women. Headaches are three times more common in women than men (17% in women vs 6% in men), which means women more than…