Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological disorder in the elderly after stroke and dementia. It may be more important for elderly people because it is intermittent and unpredictable. There ...

Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological disorder in the elderly after stroke and dementia. Old age is the time of life when seizures, unprovoked or associated with acute illness, are most ...

About 70% of people diagnosed with GBS make a full recovery, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Symptoms may persist for years, but experts say most people ...

Sleep disorders are fairly common in older adults, resulting in many getting less sleep than they need. This may be due to reasons including: medications health issues underlying sleep disorders ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) can cause different symptoms in older adults than in younger people. Neurological symptoms of UTIs, like confusion, happen more commonly among this age group ...

Anxiety disorders in older adults are fairly common, affecting 10% to 20% of people. However, anxiety disorders often go undiagnosed. Anxiety is found more often than depression and cognitive ...

A pescatarian diet may protect elderly people from neurological diseases such as strokes, dementia and Parkinson's Disease, according to scientists from Loma Linda University (LLU).

Falls are a major concern for older adults and for those that love and care for them. They are a leading cause of injury for adults older than 65, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...