When Camilla Augustine was a teenager, she began to feel a slight tremor in her hands. While Camilla grew up, the tremors slowly intensified, mostly in her right hand.
Twenty-two-year-old Daniela Archila is many things – a student, a daughter, a sister, a friend. On November 2, 2018, she added another title to that list, one that she never could have anticipated – survivor.
You may not realize it, but your brain is always making connections. It’s home to about one billion neurons and each neuron forms 1,000 connections to other neurons, amounting to more than a trillion connections.
It takes a special person to compete in triathlons. The multi-stage competitions are an extreme test of physical and mental fortitude. Even more extraordinary are those that take it even further and compete in IRONMAN triathlons.
For Katherine Balog, mom to a kid sick with the flu, slowing down wasn’t quite an option – not even when she experienced a headache one Saturday night that felt like an ice pick had gone through her brain.
On Mach 29, 2018, Larry Powell was out for dinner with his wife, Carol. It was a normal, enjoyable evening – nothing seemed out of order or different. All of a sudden, he knew something was not quite right.
When Tracy began experiencing severe headaches, stress seemed to be the obvious explanation, even after the pain led to emergency room visits on two occasions.
Despite an active lifestyle and excellent health, Doug Wright suffered a stroke one day after his routine workout, suddenly collapsing beside an elliptical machine.
For Chuck Urban, 51, he experienced this unsettling sensation when he woke up the morning of August 22, 2017. “I felt like I had a hangover, believe it or not — but I didn’t have a drink the night before."
Deep Brain Stimulation Improves Patients’ Quality of Life
In the grand scheme of life, the seemingly small, mundane things that we accomplish every hour might be easily overlooked. But if you’ve ever lost the ability to complete these tasks, you start to see the significance in them.