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New Orleans finally has a fitness center for people living with paralysis and disabilities. The Split Second Fitness Center opened in February and is located at 1995 Gentilly Blvd. It should [...]

  A team of surgeons from Culicchia Neurological and CNC Hearing and Balance Center are the only providers in Louisiana performing Auditory Brain Stem Implants, a highly sophisticated [...]

All Culicchia Neurological and CNC Hearing and Balance Center offices will be closed Tuesday, Feb. 16, Mardi Gras Day. Please be careful during this wintry weather. Protect people, pets, pipes [...]

Tremors are involuntary muscle contractions that cause shaking in one or more parts of the body. It is estimated that 10 million Americans have tremor and often it goes undiagnosed. Neurologist [...]

Culicchia Neurologist Steven Atkins discussed the symptoms and treatment options for Alzheimer’s Disease with New Orleans TV station WVUE Fox8, one day after Singer Tony Bennett disclosed he is [...]

Hearing aids are useful devices to restore hearing to many patients. But there are some conditions that cause hearing loss, such as tumors on the hearing nerve, that are too complex to respond to [...]

Perry Hauck of Lacombe, La. started losing his hearing 30 years ago. At first, hearing aids helped, but the condition worsened over the years to total deafness. Three years ago, Perry suffered a [...]

Doctors at Culicchia Neurological at West Jefferson Medical Center recently became the first physicians in the state to use a new medical technique to remove one of the most aggressive forms of [...]

Many stroke survivors are left grappling with the issue of restricted movement due to an increase in muscle tone in their arms and legs. This condition is known as spasticity. It can essentially [...]

LSU Neurosurgery in New Orleans set a goal of raising funds to establish a chair in pediatric neuro-oncology so that children diagnosed with brain tumors don’t have to travel to major [...]