In most cases, doctors can diagnose a glioma based on imaging alone. If doctors think they can perform a safe surgery, they may perform a biopsy of the tumor followed by a resection (surgery) on the ...

A tumor board is a team of medical experts from different specialties who review your case in detail. Their goal is to create the most effective and personalized treatment plan tailored to your ...

Surgery is often the first step when doctors suspect a patient has glioma. It can help with diagnosis, prognosis, and is often used as the initial treatment. Surgeons try to remove as much of the ...

New research is suggesting that the overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer in the U.S. may be linked to the usage of GLP-1 drugs, like the blockbuster weight-loss drugs Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro, ...

Popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic (generic name: semaglutide), which are intended for people with type 2 diabetes and also known as GLP-1 agonist drugs, may be beneficial for brain health, but ...

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with glioma, it may be difficult to see a bright side — but in many cases, there is one. “The most important thing for everyone to understand is that there’s ...

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) icon Sidney Euny passed away at age 63 on August 26, 2024, after battling stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. His death followed a private battle with the disease that ...

Kim Goulette is a breast cancer survivor whose first bout with the disease came in 1995 when she was 36 years old. This account was written 13 years later, when she had a recurrence. Today I put on my ...

A class of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), has become popular with people who do not have the disease as a tool for weight loss. Now, a new ...

For glioma, the location of the tumor plays a crucial role in determining the feasibility and safety of surgery. Some areas of the brain can recover or adapt after surgery while others cannot, making ...

Gliomas can develop from several different types of cells in the brain, including oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and ependymal cells. The treatment path may vary depending on what type of brain cell ...

Major League Baseball icon Wade Boggs has beat prostate cancer just five months after his diagnosis. The 66-year-old dad of two—who spent most of his time in the MLB with the Boston Red Sox, but also ...