New research highlights the promise of a novel stem cell treatment strategy for leptomeningeal brain metastasis (LBM), a severe form of metastatic brain cancer that spreads to membranes surrounding ...

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Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for women's rights and other progressive causes and former President of Planned ...

Health experts have warned that back pain “that doesn’t go away with rest” could signal cancer. According to Cancer Research UK, it is one symptom of prostate cancer to look out for.

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The family of a 13-year-old filed a federal lawsuit against Mayo Clinic and two orthopedic surgeons, alleging they ...

Softball player no longer has feeling or movement below the waist following surgery to remove a tumor from her spine.

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Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is a promising strategy for reestablishing walking after spinal cord injury, recent studies show.

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What are germ cell and sex cord stromal cells? Germ cells and sex cord stromal cells form when a fetus (baby) is developing. A fetus is made from a sperm cell and an egg cell. Germ cell tumors (GCTs) ...