O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

WESTPORT, Conn. — The daughters of singer Michael Bolton say the 72-year-old performer is doing well overall as he continues his battle with brain cancer. Bolton was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a ...

Gliomas are cancers that originate directly in the brain, instead of spreading to the brain from other parts of the body. These cancers cannot be cured with conventional cancer treatments, as they ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a major safety update to the label of Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control injection. Nearly 2,000 women have filed lawsuits against ...

New research is challenging one of medicine’s oldest assumptions: that cancer must be attacked to be cured. By treating glioblastoma patients with a simple combination of resveratrol and copper, the ...

Elizabeth Fleurisma tears up as she runs her fingers over the scars that map her scalp. The Long Island mom was stunned to discover at the age of 30 that she had a brain tumor the size of a lime. She ...

Nasal drops may offer a new non-invasive way to help the body fight aggressive and deadly brain cancers. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and Northwestern University have ...

In October, President Trump revealed that he recently underwent an MRI and said that the results were “perfect.” He was not specific about what type of MRI he received, though later in the ...

Jeannine Walston, who has contributed to CURE since 2015, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in March 1998. Jeannine Walston has a survivorship story of more than 25 years to share. Walston, who has ...

When Sam Taylor was 11, his eye doctor noticed his optic nerves were completely swollen, leading to a diagnosis that changed his life forever Sam Taylor When Sam Taylor was 11, he began having chronic ...

A new McGill-led study reveals that digital brain exercises can rejuvenate aging brain systems responsible for learning and memory. Older adults using BrainHQ for 10 weeks showed restored cholinergic ...