NHS Grampian surgeon Dr Giamouriadis with Doreen Adams – SWNS A 75-year-old woman has become the first person in the world to have a brain tumor removed through an incision in her eyebrow, according to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). The new procedure not only reduces the number of hours needed on the operating … Read more
Credit – George C for Unsplash+ An international team of neurosurgeons and organ transplant specialists recently discovered that a brain can be resuscitated 50 minutes after being removed from the body if it is connected to a liver. It was a bit of a gruesome experiment, but the results could be key to improving common … Read more
In December 2020, Steven Stefanidis, a 36-year-old Toronto firefighter, was responding to a medical call when he lost consciousness and had a seizure. After being examined by first responders, he was taken to hospital, where an MRI revealed a tumor. He was diagnosed as IDH grade 2 mutant glioma, an incurable form of brain cancer. … Read more