Pituitary Tumors
The pituitary gland is a half-breed in many ways. It is not really a part of the brain, but rather hangs beneath it. Half of the gland, the posterior …
Author: Juliette Siegfried
Pineal Region Tumors
The pineal gland hangs on the brain behind its very center. French 18th-century scientist Rene Descartes thought that the pineal gland was the core of the soul, noting that …
What Are the Side Effects After Brain Surgery?
The brain is best described as the component of your body that holds the reins to all its other major and minor systems, even while you are asleep! When …
Spinal Endoscopy – A New Operation
The Foundation for Neurosurgical Research has developed a new technique that offers relief, is much less costly and is minimally invasive. The Spinal Endoscopy Operation It repairs almost any …
Acoustic Neuromas
Here is a possible scenario: you can't hear anything when you put the telephone to one of your ears. Your doctor delivers the bad news — that you have …
Stroke Symptoms
Identifying the beginning of a stroke before it happens is critical in the treatment. You can see some of the stroke symptoms in the image above. Preventable and costly …
Benign Brain Tumors – Non-Cancerous Tumor
A tumor is formed when a group of cells in the brain show unusual growth patterns and develop into an abnormal mass of cells. There are two kinds of …
The Facts – Dealing with Malignant Astrocytoma
Any rapid growth of cells in an aberrant pattern in the brain that results in the creation of atypical tissue is called neoplasm. One of the prominent types of …
Brain Tumor Symptoms
Tumors that originate in the brain are defined as a collection of functionally and morphologically abnormal cells that are growing at an uncontrollable rate. However, many everyday common illnesses …
Insensitive Pituitary Adenoma – Dealing with Radiation
About 15% of the tumors originating within the human skull arise in the pituitary gland. These are medically termed pituitary adenomas. They are largely classified on the basis of …