A five-year-old girl from Manchester, UK passed away within 12 hours after she was told her continuous vomiting, neck pain, and headaches were due to a tonsil infection. Later, tests determined Lila ...

A study found that 2.7% of women aged 70 had meningiomas, a tumor around the brain, compared to 1.8% of the overall cohort. These slow-growing tumors are often undetected and may require careful ...

Welsh actor Craig Russell said he nearly died due to a lime-sized brain tumour that remained undetected and grew in his skull for more than a decade, ultimately deforming it. Russell underwent a ...

In a tragic incident a five-year-old girl lost her life after being misdiagnosed with tonsillitis later confirmed to be ...

A Doncaster woman has organised a fundraising evening to bring home her partner after an eight month battle against ...

Pharmac says it's exploring ways to extend a free meningoccocal B vaccine programme, with an estimated 100,000 eligible pre-schoolers still not protected. Meningitis prevention advocates have ...

What is meningitis? Meningitis is an inflammation and swelling of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. These membranes are called meninges. Meningitis is most often caused by an ...

WHEN five-year-old Lila Marsland started complaining of neck pain, a headache and vomiting, mum Rachael Mincherton took her to hospital. After being diagnosed with tonsillitis, the ...

They include infections, inflammatory disorders, vascular diseases and disorders that affect the meninges or perimeningeal spaces that surround the spinal cord.

New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fast-progressing neurodegenerative disease with an average survival time of three years and no effective treatments. In ALS, motor neurons in the spinal cord, ...