People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans ...

This localized, puzzling pain is a hallmark symptom of a very rare headache type known as nummular headache. The word “nummular” refers to coins or money, or describes something coin shaped. In ...

"Well, one MRI later, and they discovered that her little spine-adjacent cyst was actually an ovarian cyst. The anatomically astute among you will note that the ovaries are nowhere near the spine.

Suddenly, he felt intense pain in his right neck that spread to the right occipital area. The patient also felt dizziness and vomited twice.

I’VE recently had several emails from readers concerned about rabies following confirmation last month that a British woman ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Patients with occipital headache experienced relief with 60 days of peripheral nerve stimulation, according to data presented at the American Headache Society 67th Annual ...

Dr. Shae Datta, a neurologist at NYU Langone Health, told CBS News many migraine sufferers experience more headaches during ...

Visual auras, like those that occur in migraines, may be signs of small injuries to the brain’s visual cortex, according to a clinical trial at UC San Francisco that tracked the appearance of these ...

Cluster headaches are sudden, excruciating headaches that usually affect one side of the head and the area around the eyes. Learn more here.

Education -- a proxy for cognitive reserve -- often correlates with better cognition, greater gray matter volume, improved ...

Upon physical exam, a tick was found under the hair of the right occipital area. Question: The patient likely has which of the following diagnoses: a) Lyme Disease b) Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) ...