House Call - Alzheimer’s

This week we speak with Dr. Lance J. Wright  about Alzheimer’s. Question: One of my parents seems to be becoming forgetful and confused.  How does one tell if this is Alzheimer’s disease? The first step is to see if the patient has the correct symptoms.  The second step is to see if the patient is in the [...]

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Are Your Kids Protected?

As Mid-southerners enjoy another football season, spectators get used to seeing injuries as simply “part of the game”.  After a particularly hard hit in football, a player may seem “woozy” or said to have had his “bell rung.” Football players are not the only athletes who are at risk for suffering these head injuries.  Athletes in [...]

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Quality Living with Cancer: The Vital Spine

Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute The National Cancer Institute estimates that there are currently 10.8 million cancer survivors living in the United States, which is an astounding 3.7 percent of the population. Fourteen percent of these long-term survivors were diagnosed over twenty years ago. That’s great news and speaks to better awareness and prevention, [...]

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Linking Carotid Artery Disease and Stroke

Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute When talking about the risk of stroke, the first place to start is with the carotid arteries. Most of the blood flow to the brain comes through a pair of large arteries in the neck, called the carotid arteries. The carotid artery is one of the most common locations in [...]

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