A 72-year-old white male with a family history of malignant melanoma in a first-degree relative presented for evaluation of a dark lesion on his right index finger. The patient stated that the ...

"They found an abnormality on his brain." Elias was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma in April last year, a rare brain tumour that mainly affects children. He died a year later.

Summer Clarke, from Denton, Manchester, was given a 10 per cent chance of survival after experiencing a spontaneous brain haemorrhage at 24. Her family was told to say their goodbyes as she was ...

Trials evaluating the use of hypertonic saline solutions for resuscitation after traumatic injury have not shown an overall mortality benefit compared with isotonic fluid administration. The ...

A lesser-known, yet more deadly, type of stroke comes in the form of a hemorrhagic stroke. A hemorrhagic stroke, which makes up only about 13% of stroke cases, occurs when a blood vessel ruptures and ...

A subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a type of stroke that happens when there is bleeding in the area surrounding the brain called the subarachnoid space. When this occurs, blood fills the space between ...

Student engineers in the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Design Team program have invented a new system to detect hemorrhagic shock early in traumatically injured children, who can lose a ...

There are many types of head injuries that can lead to long-term disability and mortality. Age, location and severity of injury, mechanism of injury and medical comorbidities will affect the type ...

The hospitality industry has defended surcharges on weekends and public holidays to help businesses cope with spiralling costs.