Tag Archives: Brain

New Treatment for Recurrent Glioblastoma

November 8th, 2012 - 2:18 pm

Mayo Clinic in Arizona is the first and only clinical center in the Southwest to offer a new treatment that disrupts the growth of recurrent glioblastoma brain tumors. The new treatment features the NovoTTF-100A System, a portable, noninvasive medical device … Continue reading →

By susanashephard | Posted in Cancer, Neurology & Neurosurgery | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Study Identifies When Brain Aneurysms are Most Likely to Rupture

September 23rd, 2008 - 12:16 pm

A new international collaborative study led by Mayo Clinic found that the risk of a brain aneurysm rupturing over time depends on the location and size of the aneurysm. A brain aneurysm, also known as an intracranial or cerebral aneurysm, … Continue reading →

By Elizabeth Rice | Posted in Neurology & Neurosurgery, Research | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

New Mayo Clinic Computer Analysis Gives Alzheimer’s Disease Severity “Score”

July 15th, 2008 - 4:45 pm

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an algorithm that extracts information on brain deterioration from three-dimensional MRI scans and assigns a severity score by comparing the scan to a large library of scans from patients with Alzheimer’s disease and patients who … Continue reading →

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