Woman diagnosed with a lemon-sized brain tumour after forgetting her own daughter
"Awful" headaches also caused the nurse to have to retire from work. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table
A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses, which can help surgeons decide how aggressively to operate. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller Tags: your-feed-science Brain Cancer Tumors Research Surgery and Surgeons Artificial Intelligence your-feed-healthcare Tests (Medical) Source Type: news
Attend the symposium virtually to hear the latest updates on adult diffuse IDH mutant gliomas. Attend the symposium virtually to hear the latest updates on adult diffuse IDH mutant gliomas.
Six expert faculty discuss various aspects of the evolving data for IDH mutation inhibition in patients with adult diffuse gliomas.Medscape Medical Affairs (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None Virtual Symposium Source Type: news
‘I was diagnosed with a brain tumour - this was the first clue something wasn't right'
Nicci Roscoe was on her regular appearance on a radio station when she noticed something strange with her speech. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Linda Luxon obituary
Pioneering physician who promoted and brought rigour to the new field of audiovestibular medicineWhen Linda Luxon, who has died aged 75 of a brain tumour, began her medical career, few had heard of “audiovestibular medicine”. First recognised as a medical specialty in 1975, it treats a wide range of disorders that affect hearing and balance. The vestibular system controls balance and spatial orientation through organs located in the vestibule, a bony cavity of the inner ear. These organs d etect head movement and send signals to the brain so that we stay upright and balanced. When the system malfunctions,dizziness, ver...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Penny Warren Tags: Medical research Science Source Type: news
Pediatric Brain Tumor: A Diagnosis You Don't Want to Miss Pediatric Brain Tumor: A Diagnosis You Don't Want to Miss
An expert shares tips with The Cribsiders on what to do if you suspect a brain tumor in a child, and what words to use (and not use) with families.The Cribsiders (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Commentary Source Type: news
Young dad died of brain tumour misdiagnosed as appendicitis - first symptoms
The 25-year-old died less than two weeks after finally getting the correct diagnosis. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Father, 25, dies from brain tumour after doctors misdiagnosed him with appendicitis and dismissed brain scan 'anomaly' as 'computer error'
Joshua Warner, from Crayford in south east London , went to hospital in June after two weeks of suffering from headaches and being sick. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctor shares three red flag signs of brain tumours - 'See a GP as soon as possible'
A doctor has shared warning signs that benign and cancerous brain tumours have in common. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctor shares 10 ‘subtle’ signs that could be red flags for a brain tumour
There is often a delay in the diagnosis of a brain tumour as the symptoms can be put down to other conditions. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Case of frontal glioma with a factitious disorder of self-inflicting dental injuries managed by coronally advanced flap with orthodontic buttons - Pattnaik A, Pattnaik N, Das M, Dash D.
Factitious disorders represent deliberately fabricated dissimulation of physical and psychological signs and symptoms seeking medical attention by the patient. Usually, they are ignorant of conventional treatment and consistently change their version of si... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Opinion: I thought I had it made. Then I accidentally discovered my brain tumor
A bout of food poisoning saved my life and taught me a lesson in stability — or lack thereof. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haig Chahinian Source Type: news
This 6-year-old is a pioneer in the quest to treat a deadly brain tumor
Callie Weatherford is the second child in the world to receive an innovative treatment for DIPG, a brain cancer that is almost uniformly fatal. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mark Johnson Source Type: news
Mum suffered tiredness and was ‘bumping into things’ prior to fatal brain tumour diagnosis
Despite undergoing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, Alina Hunter died at the age of just 55. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dabrafenib, Trametinib Active in Pediatric Glioma With BRAF V600
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- Dabrafenib plus trametinib results in significantly more responses and longer progression-free survival than standard chemotherapy for pediatric patients with low-grade glioma with BRAF V600 mutations, according to a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
