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Your brain under anesthesia behaves surprisingly like a worm's, scientists discover

(YakobchukOlena/iStockphoto/Getty Images) Every day, thousands of people are put under general anesthesia as a routine part ...
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First pediatric deep brain stimulation surgery in PH performed on a girl

MANILA, Philippines — A 14-year-old girl with a genetic movement disorder has become the first pediatric patient in the ...

Ask Mayo Clinic: Not every brain tumor requires open surgery - here's what to know about laser therapy

Answer: For some people with brain tumors, laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) may be an option. The treatment, also ...
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From ‘brain dead’ to walking & talking – the ‘poison paradox’ that helped Christa Pike beat executioner’s needle

CHRISTA Pike may have survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs because of a bizarre paradox that saw the drug fail to ...
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The lawyer who lost his words: A brain tumour and the surgery to save his voice

Awake brain surgery offered a profound and perilous solution for a lawyer whose brain tumour was stealing the words that defined his life and relationships ...
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Scientists Decode Inner Speech by Mapping the Brain’s Hidden Articulator Movements

High-density brain recordings in awake surgical patients reveal that imagined speech shares a supramodal planning network ...
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Brain Tumor Study Reveals How Much Surgery Matters in Oligodendroglioma

A 277-patient retrospective cohort study finds that gross total resection independently prolongs progression-free survival in ...

Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt Recall ‘Panic’ When Doctors Said He Might Be Paralyzed After Brain Tumor Surgery

“I was feeling super vulnerable and I was scared,” the ‘Bachelor’ alum said ...

Ask Mayo Clinic: Can some brain tumors now be treated with laser therapy instead of open surgery?

LITT is a minimally invasive surgical technique that uses heat from a laser to destroy, or ablate, a targeted area of tissue ...

Ask Mayo Clinic: A laser probe the size of a needle may be able to treat some brain tumors

LITT is a minimally invasive surgical technique that uses heat from a laser to destroy, or ablate, a targeted area of tissue ...

Ask Mayo Clinic: Laser therapy for is possible for brain tumors - who is a candidate and how does it work?

LITT is a minimally invasive surgical technique that uses heat from a laser to destroy, or ablate, a targeted area of tissue ...

Is a sleep-deprived brain the same as being drunk? ― What happens to the brain due to lack of sleep

Does the brain function properly after a night shift?I am a neurosurgeon, but in my career as a doctor, I have had periods ...