Neuroscience

Stereotactic radiosurgery enables non-invasive and bloodless approach in treating brain tumor. Dr. Ravi Suman Reddy, neurosurgeon, Yashoda Hospitals, explains stereotactic radiosurgery as an advancing technique in the treatment of benign brain tumors, vascular and nerve disorders of spine and brain.

Deep brain stimulation surgery is a recent innovation that is indicated for Parkinson’s symptoms responsive to medicines. DBS improves moderate disability in patients who are cognitively intact. Patients who experience “on-off medication” states or dyskinesias are good candidates for DBS surgery.

Today, as brain tumors are on the rise, it is essential to understand what they are and how they can affect the human body.
But there are other risk factors like a small number of cases have been documented in medical history where there are families that have several members with brain tumours. But this number is very less. What exactly causes a brain tumour in some patients and not in others is still being studied.

Autism is the developmental disability found in children. Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a condition in which the child's ability to communicate and interact is impaired. Spectrum in autism spectrum disorder refers...

Brain abscess (pus-filled swelling in the brain) is a rare and life threatening condition Brain abscess is caused due to bacterial infection in the brain. The infection in the brain may be due to infections in other parts of the...