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Tumor Board: When a dozen heads are better than one

June 12, 2018 Cliff Peale Brain Tumors, skull base

Being diagnosed with a brain tumor is a frightful experience. A patient learns that something foreign and unwanted has begun to grow inside his or her head. Fortunately, many tumors that originate

What causes brain tumors?

May 7, 2018 Cliff Peale Brain Tumors, skull base

By Christopher McPherson, MD After a brain tumor has been diagnosed and the shock has been absorbed, one of the first questions my patients ask is, Why did this happen? What caused

6 Things to know about surgery for Parkinson’s disease

April 3, 2018 Cliff Peale Parkinson's Disease

By George Mandybur, MD If you or a loved one has Parkinson’s disease, you probably know that April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. You probably also know that Parkinson’s is a condition that

When it comes to brain injury, prevention rules

March 7, 2018 Cliff Peale Neurotrauma, TBI

March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month, an opportunity to pause and remember that traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is one of the leading causes of disability and death in the United

Final moments: understanding the neurobiology of dying

February 28, 2018 jacobs Brain Aneurysm, Mayfield Education & Research Foundation, Neurotrauma, Research

A new study furthers research on “brain tsunamis” and provides insight into the neurobiology of dying. This innovative research received partial funding from the Mayfield Education & Research Foundation, the United States government,

Mayfield neurosurgeons already meeting new guidelines for emergency stroke care

January 25, 2018 Cliff Peale Research, Stroke

New guidelines for emergency stroke treatment issued yesterday are already benefiting patients at the TriHealth Neuroscience Institute, where Andy Ringer, MD, a neurosurgeon with Mayfield Brain & Spine, is Chief of Neurosciences.

Making the most of your spine surgery

January 24, 2018 Cliff Peale Chronic Pain, Spine Care

By William Tobler, MD Most people who undergo elective spine surgery have seen it coming for weeks, months, or even years. They have been in pain or discomfort for an extended period,

Mayfield Foundation researcher is editor for groundbreaking issue on brain tsunamis

August 31, 2017 Cliff Peale Neurotrauma, Research, TBI

By Mary Kemper For the first time in its 75 years of research, the topic of spreading depolarization has received its own special issue in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &

In neurosurgery, the eye can be a window to the brain

July 21, 2017 Cliff Peale Brain Aneurysm, Brain Tumors, skull base

Norberto Andaluz, MD, a Mayfield neurosurgeon and skull base specialist, has been using the eye as a surgical corridor to the brain for nearly 15 years. Dr. Andaluz is an expert

Jenny’s story: A tumor, a dragon slayer, and the gift of time

July 3, 2017 Cliff Peale Brain Tumors

“It was a good story,” Jenny’s husband says. “There were a lot of good things.” There wasn’t a cure, of course. There is rarely a cure for glioblastoma multiforme, the most virulent

Managing our expectations about pain

June 22, 2017 Cliff Peale Chronic Pain

By Tann Nichols, MD For as long as there has been sentient life on earth, there has been pain. And for most of human history, it has been grim. Our ancestors endured

Mayfield Lecturer Dr. William Couldwell: Finding the balance

June 5, 2017 Cliff Peale Lectures, skull base

William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD, Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Utah, drew on the lessons of history and contemporary medicine as he spoke of finding balance in