Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New ultrasound helmet precisely targets deep brain regions without surgery, opening doors for research and treatment of brain ...

A routine brain scan can look clear but still leave surgeons guessing. Two benign tumors near the pituitary gland often appear nearly identical on MRI. Choose the wrong one, and the entire surgical ...

Tiny electronic chips that can be threaded into the brain through a needle instead of a scalpel are moving from speculative concept to early reality. Researchers are now testing injectable implants ...

For people living with Parkinson’s disease, deciding whether to have brain surgery can be one of the most difficult choices ...

London - The doctors prepared to carry out the brain surgery, their medical tools laid out. Their patient, wide awake on the operating table, was given an instrument of her own: her clarinet, which ...

A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been refining and combining several advanced technologies over the past six years to create a revolutionary platform to treat a ...

When Dr. Homoud Aldahash started the three-hour process of removing a tumor about the size of a walnut from a patient's brain, it was an experience unlike any other in his 25 years as a neurosurgeon.

A University of Toronto Engineering team has collaborated with researchers in the Wilfred and Joyce Posluns Centre for Image Guided Innovation and Therapeutic Intervention at The Hospital for Sick ...

When removing cancerous tissue in the brain, neurosurgeons often use "awake brain mapping" to minimize the risk of causing unintended disruptions to a patient's quality of life while removing as much ...