Gary Cordingley earned an MD as well as a PhD in physiology and pharmacology from Duke University. He trained in internal medicine at the University of Michigan and in neurology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. After a pharmacology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, he opened a practice of general neurology in Athens, Ohio. He also teaches at Ohio University. His articles about neuroscience, neurology and medical history have appeared in numerous publications.

If thy right eye offends thee, don't pluck it out and cast it from thee. Treatment is available.

Are you dismayed by the high price of your prescription medicine? Talk to your doctor about prescribing a higher-strength pill you can split in half.

It might seem old-fashioned, but the neurological physical exam is still the best starting-point for investigating symptoms related to the brain and other parts of the nervous system.

What is the difference between a laboratory test-result that is "normal" and one that is "unremarkable?" The answer, it turns out, lies at the intersection of statistics and clinical meaning.

While devised over a century ago, the medical test known as lumbar puncture is still the gold-standard procedure for diagnosing a number of serious conditions affecting the brain and spinal cord.

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The need to manage money is a fact of life. When it comes to managing medical expenses, it pays to be proactive.

Most people have heard of DTs, but how many really know what they are? This is definitely a condition you'd rather read about than discover the hard way.

When jabs of pain invade one side of your face, you might feel you have lost control. But help is available.

Has life thrown you a curve-ball in the form of dizziness? Here's how to stay in the game.

"Gosh, coach, it was just a 'ding.' I can still play, can't I?"

What are the keys to diagnosing Parkinson's disease? Let's ask James Parkinson.

Do you find yourself treating one headache after another? Do headaches interfere with your usual activities? Do your treatments cause annoying or impairing effects of their own? If your answer to any ...

First, there's pain behind an ear. Next, half the face sags. Then what?

Would you believe that a brain-test invented in 1924 can detect abnormalities invisible to the latest-generation MRI scanner? The test in question is the electroencephalogram or brain-wave test, and f...