When Pamela Scott, a 56-year-old from Morro Bay, California, was diagnosed with a brain tumor, it was hoped that the removal would stop the unceasing headaches that left her in constant agony.
Researchers have identified a mutated gene that causes a type of brain tumor that can have devastating lifelong effects. Currently, the tumor can only be treated with challenging repeated surgeries and radiation.
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An 8-year-old girl died after doctors in southern Sweden failed to diagnose a brain tumor, believing her symptoms may have been attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), an investigation has found.
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The parents of a Florida teenager fighting for her life after being diagnosed with a brain tumor are battling to keep the young woman on life support.
Clean water, clean food, and clean air are not as easy to come by as they once were. When one or more of these items are taken away from the human body, health problems will occur. Doctors fail to acknowledge the natural cures that cost next to nothing.
A UK student suffering from a life-threatening brain tumor was repeatedly turned away by doctors who insisted her crippling headaches were due to just being 'homesick.'
He battled teams on the field. Now he is battling for his life off the field. Doctors treating baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter discovered “several new spots/tumors on my dad's brain,” his daughter Kimmy Bloemers wrote in the family's online journa
Jessica Joy Rees died on Thursday after a 10-month struggle with brain cancer. Her parents said on her Facebook page: "We have prayed and prayed and prayed for sweet Jessie to be healed here on earth but God's plan was to use heaven for healing."
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Empirical evidence connecting cellphone use and cancer has been the subject of a fierce debate in recent years between researchers and operators of the telecommunications industry, including federal regulators.
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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart, on behalf of Joseph Casias, the 30-year-old former 2008 Associate of the Year who was wrongfully fired by a Michigan Wal-Mart for his legal use of medical marijuana.
Some wish for a vacation in the tropics. But a young girl in Florida asked the Make-A-Wish Foundation for something a little more hard core. To meet the "Motor City Madman" himself, Ted Nugent.
After a series of brain tumors in Cameron Missouri, several tests were done on the soil. The tests have confirmed that there are levels of potential concern.
Long-time Washington columnist Robert Novak, author of the longest-running U.S. syndicated political column in US history, is calling it quits. The 77-year-old conservative pundit has been a part of the political fabric of America for the past 51 years.
This morning in Durham, North Carolina, Senator Edward Kennedy is scheduled to undergo what is being described as risky surgery on his malignant brain tumor.
Sen. Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in the left Parietal Lobe. Treatment will take place and doctors are considering surgery or chemotherapy.
