Women's Neurology

Mary Angela O'Neal, MD is an Instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medicial School and the Director of the Women's Neurology Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. There she has organized a multidisciplinary program in Women's Neurology which includes collaborations with obstetrics, obstetrical anesthesia, neurosurgery, women's mental health, medicine and multiple subspecialties in neurology.

The authors have done a remarkable job of identifying key medical and ethical concerns and providing evidence-based practice guidelines: 4 stars, score: 92

• Section 1. Issues in Women during their Reproductive YearsChapter 1: Hormonal Contraception in a Woman with HeadacheChapter 2: Young Woman with Jerking Movements Chapter 3: HeadacheChapter 4: Seeing SpotsChapter 5: Seizures Occurring Once a MonthChapter 6: Pain in the Back Chapter 7: Multiple Ovarian Cysts in a Woman with Epilepsy Chapter 8: Newly-wed with Headache, Morning-sickness, and Subjective Right-side WeaknessChapter 9: Routine Long-term Epilepsy Follow-upChapter 10: A Young Woman with InfertilityChapter 11: A Woman With Weight Gain and FatigueSection 2. PregnancyChapter 12: What Imaging Test Do I Order?Chapter 13: A Lady with a Headache in the First Trimester Chapter 14: A Lady with a Headache in the Second Trimester Chapter 15: Ringing in the Ears and Pain in the Head Chapter 16: A Pregnant Woman with Aphasia and Right Sided Weakness Chapter 17: Postpartum Visual Disturbance Chapter 18: Postpartum Thunderclap Headache Chapter 19: Postpartum Left Sided Numbness and Right Sided Shaking Chapter 20: Acute Headache in Pregnancy Chapter 21: The Worst Headache of Her Life Chapter 22: A Woman in Labor with Hypotension and Dyspnea after Epidural PlacementChapter 23: Weakness in the Hand of a Woman during PregnancyChapter 24: A Woman with Leg Weakness after Delivery Chapter 25: A Young Woman with Double Vision and FatigueChapter 26: "I Don't Want to Start Therapy Yet"Chapter 27: A Mother Who Could Not See Her BabyChapter 28: A 27 Year-Old Woman with Epilepsy Planning for PregnancySection 3. Women's Health and AgingChapter 29: "I am Pregnant; Why Can't I Sleep?"Chapter 30: Cognitive Concerns Chapter 31: "Will I Have a Stroke?"Chapter 32: Involuntary MovementsChapter 33: Convulsion in a Pregnant WomanChapter 34: Memory Concerns in Middle Age