When removing cancerous tissue in the brain, neurosurgeons often use "awake brain mapping" to minimize the risk of causing unintended disruptions to a patient's quality of life while removing as much ...

London - The doctors prepared to carry out the brain surgery, their medical tools laid out. Their patient, wide awake on the operating table, was given an instrument of her own: her clarinet, which ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Epilepsy is when the brain has an electrical misfire that causes multiple seizures. And depending on where the misfire takes place, the seizure will have different effects, such as ...

A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been refining and combining several advanced technologies over the past six years to create a revolutionary platform to treat a ...

When Dr. Homoud Aldahash started the three-hour process of removing a tumor about the size of a walnut from a patient's brain, it was an experience unlike any other in his 25 years as a neurosurgeon.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DR. UDI BONSHTEIN practices hypnosis on a patient (photo credit: RONI ALBERT) At the end of the operation, the neurosurgeon ...

When Josh woke up one morning, his left arm jerking uncontrollably, he didn’t realize his life was about to change forever. “I just assumed it was a vitamin deficiency or a muscle cramp,” the ...

General Hospital star Kirsten Storms shared that she’s going to have brain surgery in two weeks for an aneurysm The actress, 41, explained that the aneurysm was discovered during a follow-up scan for ...

Popular basketball content creator Tristan Jass announced he’s preparing to undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor. “After 6 years of annual MRI’s of my brain, the doctors have finally decided it is ...