NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Episodes of transient amnesia, which frequently occur on awakening and are associated with other memory problems, may be a symptom of a distinct type of epilepsy. A British ...

When a patient presents with an episode of transient memory loss without other neurologic symptoms, the diagnosis "transient global amnesia" (TGA) is often made, but the etiology is often unclear.

Chris J. Hanson was preparing to leave his beachfront hotel on the last day of vacation when his mind started malfunctioning in a rare and mysterious way. As he put on a shirt, he told his wife, Bobbi ...

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.

Amnesia is the loss of memories. These may be memories of events and experiences that happened in the past few seconds, in the past few days, or in the distant past. You may also be unable to recall ...