The bottom part of the brain – the area from your ears and nose to the base of your skull – is a labyrinth of passageways, cranial nerves, and arteries. Few understand
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Radiotherapy: Today’s technology fueling the Cancer Moonshot of tomorrow
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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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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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 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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New generation of devices offers hope to patients who suffer large-vessel strokes
Doctors who treat life-threatening strokes by threading catheters and devices up from the groin into the brain have long believed they could save more lives if only they could safely grab hold
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Allergic to nickel? Be sure to let your doctor know!
Every year neurosurgeons treat nearly 17,000 brain aneurysms in the United States by placing a metal clip across the aneurysm’s neck. The metal clips, which are made of titanium or a metal
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Mayfield Lecturer Dr. Andres Lozano looks to DBS for new solutions to depression, Alzheimer’s and epilepsy
Andres Lozano, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto and the 2014 Mayfield Lecturer, inspired an audience of faculty and neurosurgery residents Friday by illuminating the promise
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A message to providers: teach, prescribe, and model the tenets of good health
John M. Tew, Jr., MD, a Mayfield Clinic neurosurgeon and Great Living Cincinnatian, issued a call to action to health care providers Thursday night in his keynote address at the Cincinnati Business
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Top Doctor Andrew Ringer is pioneer in research of stroke care outcomes
Andrew Ringer, MD, a neurosurgeon with the Mayfield Clinic and Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, is featured in Cincinnati Magazine’s Top Doctors issue this month
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Dr. Hartings: Running on happy for 100 miles through the woods
Jed Hartings, PhD, has traveled the world as a researcher for the Mayfield Clinic and the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery. In the last two years alone he has traveled to
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Department of Neurosurgery graduate explains hidden pathology of concussions
Physicians who diagnose a concussion are often seeing “only the tip of the iceberg,” says Chad Farley, MD, who graduates this spring from the six-year residency training program of the University of
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