Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of conditions that together increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular problems, including heart attack. The features of metabolic syndrome ...

What is Cushing's syndrome? Cushing's syndrome is a hormonal disorder. It’s caused when you have high levels of the hormone cortisol over a long time. Cushing's syndrome is fairly rare. It most often ...

What is Zollinger-Ellison syndrome? Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) is a rare digestive disorder. If you have ZES, you likely have 1 or more tumors in the first part of the small intestine, the ...

Asperger's syndrome refers to a high-functioning form of autism. Although it was once classified as its own condition, Asperger’s is no longer an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and ...

Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is a clinical diagnosis. Cytotoxic and vasogenic oedema are the most typical neuroimaging findings of WE, presenting as bilateral symmetrical hyperintense signals on ...

Patients who describe what a word means instead of providing the name are employing circumlocution. When patients fail to recognize what an object is, they are exhibiting visual agnosia caused by ...

Speech comprehension impairments after stroke caused by damage to dominant temporoparietal cortex (ie, ‘Wernicke’s aphasia’ (WA) and global aphasia)1–3 are resistant to treatment by conventional ...