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Living with Headaches

28 Feb 2024

Dr Mark Weatherall, Consultant Neurologist at The Medical Chambers Kensington, specialises in treating and managing headaches and migraines which is what he does most of the time.

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The 'Epipen' that stops migraines before they start

10 Aug 2020

Dr Mark Weatherall, Consultant Neurologist, talks to the Mail Online about an Epipen that could stop migraines before they start and could help reduce the number of patients having to visit hospitals.

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Kensington NeuroBlog 5 : 200 Years of Parkinson’s Disease

27 Oct 2017

2017 is the 200th anniversary of the first description of Parkinson’s disease.

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Kensington NeuroBlog 4 : Dementia. You are more likely to find a healthy brain in a healthy body

28 Mar 2017

All of us forget things from time to time. Indeed, forgetting is vital for creativity, and for good mental health. Whilst it is quite normal to get halfway through a sentence and forget…mmmmm...what one was saying, some people have much more significant problems with memory.

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Kensington NeuroBlog 3 : Contact sports concussion and dementia by Dr Mark Weatherall Consultant Neurologist

20 Feb 2017

A paper just published in the respected journal Acta Neuropathologica presents the results of post-mortem inspections of the brains of six former footballers, mostly professionals, part of cohort of 14 footb

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Kensington NeuroBlog 2 : Headaches by Dr Mark Weatherall Consultant Neurologist

01 Feb 2017

Head pains have always been with us. Zeus, the greatest of the Greek Gods, was beset by a tremendous headache after swallowing Metis, the goddess of wisdom, with whom he had conceived a child.

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Kensington NeuroBlog 1 : What is Neurology? Asks Dr Mark Weatherall Consultant Neurologist

13 Jan 2017

The word ‘neurology’ was invented by the 17th century physician Thomas Willis (1621-75). Willis needed a term to describe the anatomical study of the brain and the nervous system, something that he pioneered in the years during, and after the English Civil War.

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Migraine Awareness Week

08 Sep 2015

Dr Mark Weatherall, Consultant Neurologist at The Medical Chambers Kensington specialising in treating migraines and headaches, reminds me that it's Migraine Awareness Week.

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Headaches? Migraines? You're not alone....

22 Jul 2015

Headaches? Migraines? You're not alone. Doctor Mark Weatherall, Consultant Neurologist specialising in treating headaches and migraines, sometimes suffers too.

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Nasal Spray May Help Beat Migraines

10 Nov 2014

Dr Mark Weatherall, Consultant Neurologist who practises at The Medical Chambers Kensington, comments on how a nasal spray used to treat nausea may also beat migraines.

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