New Braunfels girl who was having multiple seizures a week returns to swimming, hanging out with friends after robotic-assisted surgeries at Texas Children's Hospital in Austin.

The human brain has the remarkable ability to rewire itself. It's known as neuroplasticity; the synapses in the brain get stronger when they are faced with new behaviors or environmental factors. Now, ...

On Monday, Sept. 29, she became the 709th incisionless brain surgery patient. The medical center celebrated its 700th surgery in August. Novant has completed the most incisionless brain surgeries in ...

It’s being called a groundbreaking advance in medicine, with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), which offers incision-free brain surgery. Hartford ...

A research team in Japan has developed an innovative system that can accurately detect genetic mutations in brain tumors ...

Brain surgery is notoriously difficult, after all your brain is responsible for managing the function of every other part of your body. But now neuroscientists in Switzerland say, extremely invasive ...

MMI (Medical Microinstruments, Inc.), a robotics company dedicated to expanding treatment options and improving outcomes for patients with complex conditions, today announced completion of the first ...

After brain surgery, tremor-stricken banjo legend is picking again. Oct. 3, 2008 — -- Eddie Adcock's fast picking and unconventional style made him world famous as a bluegrass banjo innovator.

Star Bradbury said her late stepfather, William Hyde, was a “sweet, wonderful man.” But two decades ago, when he woke from colon cancer surgery, he turned shockingly violent. “He was convinced he was ...

A 57-year-old UK father of four recently made headlines when he revealed the bizarre clue that preceded his Stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosis — a “strange sweet caramel smell.” “We didn’t think much of ...