Say Goodbye to Excessive Medication: A Dive into Deep Brain Stimulation

Medications frequently prove ineffective when administered for the mitigation of select conditions. Patients who present with persisting tremors and conditions such as Parkinson’s Disease, epilepsy, and dystonia experience complications with the subthalamic nucleus(STN), globus pallidus internus(GPi), and the ventral intermedius nucleus(VIM) of the thalamus–more generally known as areas within the deep brain. Consequently, deep brain … Read more

Unable to Move Around? Watch Out for This!

Persons with disabilities are more likely to be inflicted by a wide range of diseases such as obesity, depression, metabolic disorders and cardiovascular events. Less-commonly addressed are diseases affecting the veins, especially among individuals with difficulty in movement, which can significantly disrupt their daily living. Read on to understand more about conditions affecting the veins … Read more

Vitamin D and Depression

The impact of depression is far-reaching with serious medical, social and economic consequences. With over four percent of the global population suffering from depression, there is growing research interest in unlocking new treatment options.  Recent studies are suggesting an increasingly strong link between depression and vitamin D deficiency. Read on to understand more. What is … Read more