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Reasons to Document Your Medical Crisis

Written by Maria Richmond on February 21, 2010 - 5:29am

When you have a medical crisis in your life, it can seem overwhelming. You don't feel well a lot, you may become depressed and you could be in significant pain.

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The Different Types of Neurofibromatosis

Written by Elizabeth Stann... on February 17, 2010 - 12:51pm

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) defines neurofibromatosis as a group of “genetic disorders of the nervous system that primarily affect the development and growth of neural (nerve) cell tissues.” Neurofibromatosis is an autosomal dominant disorder, meaning that a child has a 50 percent chance of developing the disorder if one parent has it. Besides inheriting the neurofibromatosis gene, a patient can also have a genetic mutation that results in the disorder, and then pass it down through her children. Two types of neurofibromatosis exist—neurofibromatosis type one (NF1) and neurofibromatosis type two (NF2)—which affect different genes.

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Vegetative Patients May Be Aware, Brain Scans Suggest

February 3, 2010 - 3:10pm

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Scientists Decode Brain Cancer Cell Line

January 29, 2010 - 7:22am

FRIDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The first complete genomic sequencing of a brain cancer cell line has been performed by U.S.

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Combo Therapy Shows Promise Against Brain Cancer

January 22, 2010 - 7:17am

FRIDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- A synthetic form of a naturally occurring hormone combined with chemotherapy inhibited tumor growth and achieved a 25 percent cure rate in mice with a deadly brain cancer called glioblastoma, a new study reports.

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Marijuana Compounds Could Beat Back Brain Cancer

January 11, 2010 - 12:21pm

MONDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Preliminary research suggests that a combination of compounds in marijuana could help fight off a particularly deadly form of brain cancer.

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Brain Cancer

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Experimental Drug May Help in Brain, Prostate Cancers

January 4, 2010 - 12:26pm

MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug called imetelstat shows promise in treating glioblastoma brain cancer and prostate cancer, according to the results of preclinical studies in which the drug was tested on human prostate cancer cells and in rodents with glioblastoma.

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Brain Cancer

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Cell Phones May Cause Cancer

Written by Joanna Karpasea... on December 29, 2009 - 5:19am

US state legislators are considering whether to put warning labels on cell phones after several studies have linked their usage with cancer. Cell phones use electromagnetic radiation and it is this that is thought to cause brain tumors.

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Two Genes Work in Tandem to Spur Deadliest Brain Cancer

December 23, 2009 - 12:44pm

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Two genes working in concert seem to spur the deadliest form of brain tumor, glioblastoma, the disease that took Sen. Ted Kennedy's life last August.

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Brain Cancer

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New Target May Be Eyed in Kids' Brain Cancer

December 7, 2009 - 12:18pm

MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified oncogenes that play a role in a particularly aggressive type of childhood brain tumor.

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Brain Tumors

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