A reader's friend had an episode where she seemed confused as to where she was and how she got there. They took her to the emergency room, where the doctor said she had an otherwise completely normal ...

What is transient global amnesia? Transient global amnesia is a sudden, temporary episode of memory loss that can’t be attributed to a more common neurological condition, such as epilepsy or stroke.

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He had a classic case of transient global amnesia (TGA), an enigmatic form of memory loss that doctors still can't explain 65 years after it was first described. It was unusual enough — about five to ...

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Q. My doctor prescribed Lipitor when it was a hot drug for lowering cholesterol. I was 48 years old and on no other meds. My numbers dropped dramatically. I was on no other medication and my blood ...

Let’s just say that reasonable people (or, even, people in Congress) can disagree, reasonably, about the most appropriate way to deal with the situation in Syria. I’m OK with that. But here is what I ...

He couldn't retain new information and his memory of the day before was temporarily wiped. He was diagnosed with transient global amnesia, a poorly understood condition that can be linked to sex. A ...