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 ...

Dagmar Turner wasn’t just showing off when she played the violin during her brain surgery at King’s College Hospital in London. Surgeons asked the 53-year-old to play her instrument to ensure that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dad plays guitar while having surgery to remove kiwi-sized brain tumor A dad-of-five had a tumor the size of a kiwi removed from ...

When persistent migraines and hearing loss led to a shocking brain tumor diagnosis, Mischelle Colby turned to University of ...

TUBRAE, Brazil -- Most people are put under during surgery. But a Brazilian man was not only was he awake during his recent operation, he actually played his guitar and sang as doctors removed a tumor ...

Technological breakthroughs now allow surgeons to remove entire brain tumors, according to a Free Press news report. Intraoperative MRI allows surgeons to know precisely whether they have cut out the ...

Australian researchers have uncovered a critical mechanism driving the growth and spread of glioblastoma—one of the most ...

On Saturday morning, the 20-year old college sophomore will be kicking off the first steps of her first road race — the Shamrock 8K at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.

University of Michigan researchers published a study in September, revealing that brain tumors rewire the use of glucose to fuel growth. By removing a specific amino acid from a patient’s diet, tumor ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (CNN) — Dagmar Turner wasn’t just ...