Tag: brain disease

For stroke survivor Sherman Hershfield, rapping and rhyming kept his seizures under control.

A new father with early-stage MS sets out to understand the interiors of his daughter’s mind, and his own.

A woman watched her husband’s behavior change dramatically—so much so she even considered divorce. He was eventually diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a rare and frequently misdiagnosed brain disease that affects personality and language skills: Looking back, Mrs. French, who is 66 and lives in Manhattan, recalled episodes of odd behavior over the years and realized […]