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The World Health Organization released a report earlier this week stating that cell phone use could be “possibly carcinogenic to humans.” According to the WHO, there is some evidence suggesting that phone use increases the risk of brain cancer, but not to fear — this may be a case of the media latching on toRead more

It turns out that after two days of extensive testing, Serene Branson’s aphasia was diagnoses as a complex migraine. What she has stated in an interview is that she had not been feeling well with a sense of tiredness and the onset of a headache before the speech disturbance began. That was a big clue.Read more

“The most wonderful time of the year” sadly also is a time when thousands of people end up in the emergency room for injuries suffered during holiday decorating. So, what’s the safest way to use a ladder to put up your holiday displays? Here are four tips from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons:

During one of my recent radio shows, a caller phoned in to say that he was hugely frustrated because an insurance company turned down the MRI prescribed by his doctor. The man was suffering from debilitating pain radiating down his leg, as well as numbness and he could not walk properly. The pain was soRead more

Pick up a walnut and shake it.  Do you hear the walnut rattling around in there?  Now imagine putting a small moist muffin in there and shake that around.  Though you may not hear it rattle, when you open it up you will probably see the muffin beginning to crumble. Well, that’s what it’s sortRead more

I am proud to be a co-author of an study published in the medical journal, Brain Injury that describes a change in the brain of a significant number of individuals who have suffered a whiplash injury. Patients who have not suffered demonstrable injury to their spine often, over time, have been considered to have noRead more

Dr. Ed Kornel, “America’s Back Doctor” and host of radio’s “Back Talk Live!” on WOR radio, NY, is interviewed by CNN Money about Medicare reimbursement rates, healthcare, back surgery, safe back surgery, and more. Also interviewed is Dr. Jack Stern, Dr. Kornel’s partner at Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York.