I was too shocked to cry when they told me I had a terminal brain tumour at 35. Now I just treasure every day with my little boy
Theo Burrell had recently returned to work after having her baby, Jonah, when the headaches and exhaustion began early last year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bizarre warning sign that my four-year-old girl had a brain tumour: Mother, 45, reveals her daughter kept falling off her bed
EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Provart, from Cheshire, first became concerned about her daughter Imogen after noticing that she was frequently falling out of bed in summer 2022. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Unleashing viruses aimed at killing cancer
During breaks from his doctoral research in London, Richard Vile, Ph.D., would visit a pediatric brain tumor clinic next to his lab for inspiration. Seeing children suffer changed the course of his career, igniting his passion for finding cancer treatments that would be easier for people to tolerate. "I became very, very motivated to try and appl y the science I learned to make cancer treatments gentler," says Dr. Vile. "My goal was to deliver an option that would… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 25, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Six little known brain tumour warning signs revealed after Annabel Giles died just four months after diagnosis
The actress was diagnosed in July with stage 4 glioblastoma, a type of fast-growing brain tumour. It affects around 2,500 people every year in the UK, while the figure is 12,000 in the US. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Assisted dying 'allowed me to mostly forget' fears, says Aussie man hit by brain tumour
EXCLUSIVE: Dan Colgan says being found eligible for voluntary assisted dying in Western Australia has allowed him to enjoy the rest of his days without fear. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
My three-day headache was actually down to a brain tumour
Natalie McKenna-Mounty, from Ramsgate in Kent, suffered from a three-day severe headache in April 2020, just after the UK was plunged into its first Covid lockdown. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic and Columbia University receive $10.6 million grant from NCI to advance glioblastoma research with mathematical oncology
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center and Columbia University received a five-year, $10.6 million U54 center grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to further study combining the molecular analysis of glioblastoma with MRI. Glioblastoma is a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumor that begins as a growth of cells in the brain or spinal cord. As it grows, it can invade and destroy healthy tissue. There is no cure, but treatments may slow the cancer's growth… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 15, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
‘Tiny Pretty Things’ Actor Barton Cowperthwaite Diagnosed With Stage 2 Glioma; Plans To Undergo Brain Surgery To Remove Tumor
Barton Cowperthwaite, star of Netflix’s Tiny Pretty Things, is opening up about his health and revealed he was diagnosed with Stage 2 brain cancer. The actor in the streaming series said that he plans to undergo surgery to remove the brain tumor. “So…. Yesterday I was diagnosed with at least a…#bartoncowperthwaite #netflix #tinyprettythings #2glioma #cowperthwaite #docs #orenlennox #michaelmaclennan #sonacharaipotra #dhonielleclayton (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mapping cell behaviors in high-grade glioma to improve treatment
The researchers profiled 313 tumor biopsies from 68 high-grade glioma (HGG) patients. This image is a representation of the 3-dimensional relationship of multiple tissue biopsies from a single patient ’s HGG tumor. The different colors depict different versions of genetic mutations relative to the epidermal growth factor receptor gene. High-grade gliomas are cancerous tumors that spread quickly in the brain or spinal cord. In a new study led by Mayo Clinic, researchers found invasive brain tumo r… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 10, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
They proudly served their adoptive nation – and found a path to medicine along the way
When Jose Chevalier, Isabelle Trinh Phan and Nam Yong Cho enlisted in the U.S. military, they were thinking of their families. Their families were, after all, the strongest support system these three Bruins had after immigrating to the U.S. from various parts of the globe, and joining up meant easing the pressure on their loved ones. But it was a good thing for a variety of reasons.While none of these student veterans could have predicted it, their military experiences would also point them toward academic and career trajectories in medicine, eventually leading two of them to theDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 9, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Brain tumour shattered my dreams of a baby... until I delivered twins!
Miracle mum Hannah Hill is a triple winner after beating a rare brain cancer, then confounding medics who feared she could not conceive by giving birth to twins! (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid-style tests 'could be used to detect brain tumours and warn patients given all-clear if mass has returned'
The test has been developed for glioblastoma - the type of aggressive brain tumour which affects around 2,200 people a year in the UK, and which comes back in about 75 per cent of cases. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Simple test similar to those used to find Covid could be used to detect brain tumours and warn people with aggressive recurring cancer if it has returned, researchers suggest
The test has been developed for glioblastoma - the type of aggressive brain tumour which affects around 2,200 people a year in the UK, and which comes back in about 75 per cent of cases. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Finger-prick test could help spot brain cancer recurrence sooner
Researchers designing lateral flow test that patients could use at home and avoid six-month wait for MRI scanScientists are developing the world ’s first finger-prick test to spot brain tumours. More than 300,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with brain cancer each year, and while treatments have improved over the last few decades, recurrence remains a risk.The unpredictable timing of tumours coming back makes them difficult to detect early. Researchers are designing a lateral flow test to pick up signs of recurrence that could be used by patients at home.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Cancer research Medical research Health Science Society UK news Source Type: news
Girl, 14, was ‘fainting and slurring’ prior to fatal brain tumour diagnosis
Beloved Ellie died just six months after receiving her diagnosis. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
