Stroke is the No. 4 killer in this country and is the leading cause of long-term disability. In the United States, it is estimated that someone has a stroke every 40 seconds. Eighty percent of strokes are …
Hamza A. Shaikh, MD
Co-Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery
Cooper Neurological Institute
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and the #1 leading cause of adult disability. (Kochanek KD, 2014) (Mozzafarian D, 2015). Stroke occurs when blood …
Few experiences are as universal as headache pain. For most of us, it involves a few hours or a day of pain followed by relief. However, for some sufferers, headaches are frequent enough, and debilitating enough, to rob them of …
As we age, neurological complications become more common. In many people, the development of neurological complications can lead to loss of mobility and, to some extent, loss of independence.
One symptom most common in neurological disorders is tremor. Tremor is …
Brain surgery without a knife, gamma rays guided by robotic controls and 3D targeting that’s as precise as a pinpoint. This may sound like science fiction, but it’s the new reality at Cooper University Hospital’s Neurological Institute, where the Leksell …
An initial scare, a revelation and, ultimately, a surgery that changes life for the better.
Andrea Beicht remembers vividly the bizarre, out-of-the-blue event that signaled something was wrong. It actually sounds like a special-effects scene from a movie.
“It was …
Stroke is a type of cardiovascular disease and occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to your brain gets blocked or bursts. When that happens the affected part of your brain doesn’t get the blood it needs. …