A high school senior on Indy's north side is raising awareness after suffering a rare brain condition that almost took his ...

The headaches first arrived sometime in 2016, Brandie Trostle said. For about two years, they never left. These weren't just minor headaches, either. They were so intense that she felt as if a ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A seemingly healthy 12-year-old girl was rushed into emergency brain surgery after she had sudden head pain. "Out of nowhere she just sat up really quick ...

Contrary to the results of a seminal study in the field, a recent analysis presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 20th Annual Meeting indicates that surgical approaches ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Ivanhoe Newswire) – An AVM is an abnormal tangle of blood vessels in the brain. They form in less than one percent of the adult population, but still, can be deadly. This is the ...

SAN DIEGO—Contrary to the results of a seminal study in the field, a recent analysis presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 20th Annual Meeting indicates that surgical ...

A brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is an abnormal tangle of unusually formed blood vessels in the brain (Figure 1). Over time, these vessels can weaken and bleed into the brain itself. Brain ...

When neurologists find an arteriovenous malformation in a patient's brain, they usually recommend surgery to remove it. The malformation is an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins that aren't ...

Melbourne boy Jack Ottens is one of the youngest people to have had Gamma Knife Surgery to treat his complex deep-brain arteriovenous malformation. Melbourne boy Jack Ottens, 11, was treated for a ...

Envision a snarled ball of red and blue yarn, packed too tightly in the center to pull apart. The bleeding in Sen. Tim Johnson’s brain resulted from a condition not too different — where arteries and ...

Unfortunately, the seizure suffered by Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Mike Patterson during Wednesday's practice has a more frightening cause than originally thought. When we first ran the story ...

While getting prepared for surgeries related to his Arlington Monster Energy Supercross crash, an MRI revealed a brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) for Austin Forkner. He underwent brain surgery ...