News tagged with brain surgery
Tumor-attacking virus strikes with 'one-two punch'
Ohio State University cancer researchers have developed a tumor-attacking virus that both kills brain-tumor cells and blocks the growth of new tumor blood vessels.
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Magnetic test reveals hyperactive brain network responsible for involuntary flashbacks
US scientists have found a correlation between increased circuit activity in the right side of the brain and the suffering of involuntary flashbacks by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sufferers.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Doctors perform brain surgery via eyelid
When Liane Lefever complained to her doctor about a persistent ear ache, an examination found a much more serious problem: a brain tumor.
Jul 05, 2010 |
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New probe promises to reveal brain's mysteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dozens of potential applications await a new neurological probing platform developed by European scientists. The new system offers the promise of new cures for neurological disease and a better ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 11, 2010 |
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If only a robot could be more like a cockroach
Studies have indicated that insects rely on their brains to respond to what they feel and see. But for the first time, researchers have shown a direct link between neurons at the center of an insect brain ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Alcohol in bloodstream associated with lower risk of death from head injury
Individuals with ethanol in their bloodstreams appear less likely to die following a moderate to severe head injury, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Surgery.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 21, 2009 |
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In the Middle of Brain Surgery, Patients Wake Up and Begin Talking
Kim Delvaux was undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor when doctors at Loyola University Hospital woke her up. Dr. Vikram Prabhu talked to her about her favorite topics -- NASCAR and her kids.
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Some brain tumors may be mediated by tiny filament on cells
UCSF scientists have discovered that a tiny filament extending from cells, until recently regarded as a remnant of evolution, may play a role in the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
Aug 23, 2009 |
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New brain imaging method shows promise for epilepsy
With 25 percent of his brain already gone, Clint Galster sat alone in a vaultlike room as doctors tried to figure out whether even more brain tissue could be taken out.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 21, 2009 |
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Weighing the Options after Life-Altering Stroke
(PhysOrg.com) -- Choosing to have aggressive brain surgery after suffering a severe stroke generally improves the patients' lives and allows them to live longer, according to research by neurologists at the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 12, 2009 |
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New tool to help surgeons remove more cancer tissue during brain surgery
Scientists are reporting development and successful initial testing of a new tool that tells whether brain tissue is normal or cancerous while an operation is underway, so that surgeons can remove more of ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Tagging tumors with gold: Scientists use gold nanorods to flag brain tumors
"It's not brain surgery" is a phrase often uttered to dismiss a job's difficulty, but when the task actually is removing a brain tumor, even the slightest mistake could have serious health consequences. To ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Virus might fight brain tumors better if armed with bacterial enzyme, study shows
New research shows that oncolytic viruses, which are engineered to destroy cancer cells, might be more effective in treating deadly brain tumors if equipped with an enzyme that helps them penetrate the tumor.
Jan 13, 2011 |
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UA surgeons remove brain tumors through nose
(PhysOrg.com) -- An innovative surgical technique now performed at University Medical Center involves removing skull base brain tumors entirely through the nose and sinuses without incisions to the face or ...
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Insight offers new angle of attack on variety of brain tumors
A newly published insight into the biology of many kinds of less-aggressive but still lethal brain tumors, or gliomas, opens up a wide array of possibilities for new therapies, according to scientists at Brown University ...
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous systems and spinal column diseases amenable to surgical intervention. In the United States there are only about 3,000 neurosurgeons.[citation needed]
Neurosurgery deals with the study and practice of surgery in diseases of central and peripheral nervous systems.
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