The vagus nerve is so named because it “wanders” like a vagabond, sending out sensory fibers from your brainstem to your ...

Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

A teenage girl presented to the hospital emergency department with a three-week history of intermittent frontal headache, which was worse in the morning and associated with nausea, vomiting, lethargy, ...

Dan Horrocks, 33, was first diagnosed with a brain tumor back in August 2011 after receiving a free eye test at an opticians.

Seven of the study participants developed NAION, which Katz explained is a stroke of the optic nerve — the nerve that connects your eye to your brain — potentially causing irreversible vision loss in ...

A dad who has battled four brain tumors — discovering one after developing a craving for olives — is raising $50,000 for ...

Other than the seizures, Emma Rose Olmscheid of Hutchinson is a normal spunky 2-year-old, says her mother Amanda. The reason for the seizures is the brain tumor about the size of a softball ...

The findings have been published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research. A rare aggressive tumor arising in the nerves It may sound strange, but tumors may also arise in the nerves. This is the ...

It may sound strange, but tumors may arise in the nerves. This is the case of the malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST), an aggressive sarcoma with a high tendency to metastasize.

Guillain-Barré Syndrome is a rare nerve disorder. It is not a communicable disease. Why is it spreading like a viral outbreak? After a raft of viruses that sent waves of fear in the last few years, ...

Various diseases can be treated by stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear with electrical signals. However, this technique does not always work. A study has now shown: The electrical signals must ...