Diseases & Health Conditions
Educational information about diseases, symptoms, and related treatments
Alzheimer’s disease
Dementia is a broad term used for a group of conditions that affect different functions of the brain...
Ataxia
Ataxia is a term for a group of neurological conditions that affect balance, coordination and speech...
Autism
Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a lifelong developmental condition. It affect...
Becker muscular dystrophy
Becker muscular dystrophy is a condition that causes the muscles to gradually waste, and it usually...
Brain stem death
Brain stem death is when a person has lost all function of the brain stem. When this loss is permane...
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy happens when the brain is damaged or does not develop the way it should. This usually...
Chronic pain
Chronic pain, also called persistent pain, is pain that lasts longer than 12 weeks, or that carries...
Coma
A coma is a state of unconsciousness in which a person doesn't respond and cannot be woken. It can...
Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD)
Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) refers to a group of conditions that are usually there from birt...
Delirium
Delirium, also called acute confusional state, is when your mental function changes suddenly. It usu...
Dementia
Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of conditions linked to damage to the brain or brain cells...
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Dementia is a broad term for a group of conditions that affect different functions of the brain, inc...
Dizziness (lightheadedness)
Dizziness (lightheadedness) is a very common symptom. It's usually nothing serious, but it's still w...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a condition that wastes away the muscles and causes weakness th...
Dystonia
Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder. People living with it experience involuntary muscle sp...
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is one of the muscular dystrophies, a group of diseases tha...
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain. It's defined by repeated seizures. It affects more...
Facial palsy
Facial palsy is a weakness of the facial muscles. It causes loss of movement in your face, and it ca...
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
FSHD (facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy) is one of the most common forms of MD. It affects all...
Febrile seizures
A febrile seizure is a fit that can happen when a child has a fever. It is also sometimes called a f...
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a long-term illness that causes pain throughout the body.
Functional neurological disorder
Functional neurological disorder, or FND, is a problem with how the brain sends and receives signals...
Headaches
Most headaches are not serious. In many cases, you can treat a headache at home.
Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus is a condition where fluid builds up in the brain. This excess fluid affects the brain...