What if a technology that already helps patients could also help the United States achieve the “Cancer Moonshot” launched by former Vice President Joe Biden? Ronald Warnick, MD, a neurosurgeon with Mayfield
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Pillow basics from the Mayfield Physical Therapy team
How are you sleeping? That is one of the first questions Lisa Cleveland, PT, asks her patients at Mayfield Physical Therapy. “Inflammation in the body is greater at night,” Ms. Cleveland says.
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Mayfield’s advanced practice providers enhance patient care with extra pair of eyes, ears and hands
Spine patients who have an appointment at Mayfield Brain & Spine may or may not see a doctor on every visit. They may or may not see a Mayfield doctor every day
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New life for Celebrex (and arthritis sufferers) after clinical trial
By Donald Carruthers, MD The results of the PRECISION trial (Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Celecoxib Integrated Safety vs. Ibuprofen Or Naproxen) warrant a reevaluation of prescribing habits for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
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When to have DBS surgery? Not too soon, not too late
George Mandybur, MD, calls it the Goldilocks theory of deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. Patients who undergo the procedure for Parkinson’s disease don’t want to have a major surgical procedure too early
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More than just a meeting: Tri-State Brain Aneurysm Support Group dabbles in art
They painted a horse and a hummingbird, stars and the sun. They painted circles, squares and survivor ribbons. In a successful first-time event, 18 members of the Tri-State Brain Aneurysm Support Group
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Mayfield Lecturer James Rutka, MD, PhD: New hope for treating brainstem tumor DIPG
James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, the R.S. McLaughlin Professor & Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurosurgery, on Friday gave a
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Mayfield helps ThinkFirst celebrate 30 years of brain and spinal cord injury prevention
Bob Meister was a 21-year-old lineman for a utility company when he fell 40 feet from a pole and fractured his spine. The injury left him paralyzed from the waist down and
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Mindfulness is hard, but the health benefits it delivers are real
Geraldine Wu, MD, posed the question on her PowerPoint slide to a room packed with listeners eager for a calmer, less stressful life. Mind full? Or Mindful? It was an ah-ha! moment.
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Living well on the pain scale with spinal cord stimulators
Spinal cord stimulators are unlikely to eliminate pain completely, but they can bring most individuals back into the happy fold of daily activities. That was the message delivered by Mayfield Clinic specialists
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Mayfield Lecturer Dr. Kim Burchiel: Could genetics be origin of trigeminal neuralgia?
Kim Burchiel, MD, the John Raaf Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University, is challenging the long-held belief that trigeminal neuralgia is caused by
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Keller Lecturer Dr. Paolo Cappabianca charts a careful endoscopic route through the skull base
On a day that celebrated the collaboration between neurosurgeons and ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeons in the challenging arena of endoscopic skull base surgery, the Mayfield Education & Research Foundation and
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