Spinal cord tumors are a type of cancer that can affect the central nervous system (CNS). An essential part of the CNS, spinal cord nerves control bodily movement. According to the Mayo Clinic, surgery is usually the first option in treating a...
Several types of neurological surgeries are used to treat medical conditions such as Parkinson's disease, mental health problems such as depression, and vascular problems such as blood clots and aneurysms. These surgeries use electrical...
Tubal ligation is meant to be a permanent form of preventing pregnancy. However, it's estimated about twenty percent of women change their mind. Tubal ligation reversal is a surgical procedure to reconnect the fallopian tubes. Not everyone is a...
Tubal ligation is intended to be a procedure that permanently prevents pregnancy. It is often referred to as having your tubes tied. While possible, the Mayo Clinic says reversing a tubal litigation or sterilization is not easy. According to the...
Don't try to lose inches of belly fat in a few days. It's dangerous to your health to shed pounds quickly; you shouldn't try it unless you're under the supervision of a medical professional. You can't target specific pockets of fat with natural...
An acoustic neuroma, or vestibular schwannoma, is a common, non-cancerous type of tumor that grows on a nerve that runs between the brain and inner ear. Typically slow-growing, these tumors sometimes remain small enough that the best treatment is...
Whole body vibration is a form of resistance training that can cause muscles to contract up to 3,000 times in one minute. But the debate about whether vibration machine exercises can aid weight loss continues. While Edward R. Laskowski, a physical...
A diagnosis of low sperm count can be a devastating. Many doctors may be quick to direct couples straight to expensive procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) before attempting less invasive methods at increasing sperm count. Cornell...
Glaucoma, or an increase in the intraocular pressure of the eye, can damage the optic nerve and result in permanent vision loss. According to the Merck Manual, acute angle-closure glaucoma, occurs in only 10 percent of glaucoma cases, in which...
An acoustic neuroma is a tumor of the nerve that runs between the ear and the brain. The tumor is not cancerous but it can cause permanent nerve damage, hearing loss, vertigo and other balance problems, ringing in the ear, pain and other symptoms....
A glioma is a brain tumor originating in the glial cells, the support cells of the brain. Many gliomas are highly aggressive and respond poorly to treatment or require multiple treatments to deal with recurrences or regrowth of the tumor....
Treatment for brain cancer depends on the type, the location of the tumor, size and stage of development. Patients can be afflicted with one of two types of brain cancer; primary brain cancer or secondary brain cancer, which is a metastasis of a...
Surgery requires the use of several different types of needles. Needles need to be strong enough to pass through tough tissue while causing minimal trauma to delicate tissues and reducing tissue reactions. Needles are made of steel, come in...
A herniated forearm muscle is a relatively rare condition in which your muscle protrudes through the fascia -- the fibrous tissues that connect the muscles -- into the fat beneath the surface of your skin. This condition is sometimes inherited and...
If your toddler has a ruptured eardrum, she has an opening in her eardrum (tympanic membrane). This membrane divides the outer ear and the middle ear as well as vibrates when sound waves connect with the ear. There are bones and nerve endings...
Penile cancer is cancer of the male reproductive organ, the penis. It is a rare cancer, affecting only about one in 100,000 men in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. Once penile cancer is diagnosed and staged, treatment...
Plastic surgery is not just for celebrities and the wealthy. In the United States, it has gone mainstream. Cosmetic procedures, both surgical and non-surgical, increased 147 percent from 1997 to 2009, reaching nearly 10 million, according to the...
People who suffer from back pain that can only be relieved by surgery now have more and improved options. Minimally invasive back surgery is an advanced form of microsurgery that's replacing conventional open-back surgery used to repair a wide...
Our teeth are held in place by roots attached to our jawbone. Some teeth, such as our front teeth, have only one root, while larger back teeth, such as molars, have two or more. Sometimes, these roots become so infected that an abscess forms. A...
Ear surgery is done for a variety of reason. Genetic factors such as deformities and improper tubal placement can be corrected with surgery if they cause hearing loss. Cosmetic surgery can correct a deformed ear or stretch the skin and pin the...
A bleeding stroke, is uncontrolled bleeding from a burst blood vessel within or around the brain, according to the Stanford School of Medicine. A bleeding stroke is also called a hemorrhagic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage or intracerebral...
The adrenal glands are small triangular glands that are responsible for producing hormones that control several bodily functions. The adrenals or suprarenal glands are located at the top of the kidneys. The adrenal glands are made up of two...
Cataracts occur when the eye's lens gradually becomes cloudy or yellow--causing blurriness. They affect all older adults. However, many doctors follow the disease's progression hoping to postpone surgery until the cataracts interfere with...
