We’re all a little sick.

One of my mentors in neurology at Yale was making a point to me as we were struggling to figure out how to help an intractable headache patient in clinic one day. Literally nothing helped this person. No standard treatment made any difference. All her tests were normal and she appeared totally normal, yet had […]

The risk of PTSD after a TIA

An article from Germany, published in the journal Stroke last year called Increased prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in patients after transient ischemic attack. looked at the important issue of PTSD after a TIA.