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UK's Youngest Dementia Patient Who Had The Brain Of A 70-Year-Old Dies At 24
Frontotemporal dementia is a rare form of dementia that usually affects people between 45 and 65, but in rare cases, it can affect much younger patients.
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US Boy's Life Saved After Mother's Google Search Uncovered Rare Brain Condition
A Texas mother's online search led to a life-saving diagnosis and surgery for her 6-year-old son, who was initially misdiagnosed with the flu but was later found to have a rare brain vascular condition.
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US Doctors Disconnect Half-Brain Of 6-Year-Old Girl To Cure Rare Disease
The surgery took 10 hours and the medical professionals anticipate that she will return to her pre-seizure self after undergoing various forms of physical therapy.
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Kerala Teenager Killed By Rare Brain Infection Caused By Free-Living Amoebae In Water
Doctors said that the main symptoms of the disease are fever, headache, vomiting, and seizures.
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Rare Brain Disease Caused By Free-Living Amoebae In Water Reported In Kerala
A case of a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoebae living in contaminated waters was reported in the coastal district of Alappuzha in Kerala, a government release said on Friday.
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In World's First, US Doctors Perform Brain Surgery On Baby Still In Womb
A baby in the womb with the rare vein of Galen malformation disease was saved in a first-of-its-kind brain surgery.
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India, Israel, US Aim To Develop Drug To Treat This Rare Disease: Report
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, Tel Aviv University and Columbia University are studying a rare genetic brain disease called "GNB1 Encephalopathy" and trying to develop a drug to treat it effectively.
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High Court Allows Delhi Woman To Abort 23-Week Foetus Over "Rare Brain Abnormality"
The Delhi High Court today allowed a woman to abort her 23-week pregnancy after an AIIMS medical board said the twin foetus she was carrying did suffer from abnormalities and once born would face long term developmental issues.
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"Arvind Kejriwal To The Rescue": 18-Month-Old To Get Free Treatment
An 18-month child from Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri suffering from a rare brain disease will get free treatment in a state-run hospital in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, adding that governance for his party meant "serving the people".
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A Disease With No Cure, A Family Trying To Find One
Here's the story of Grayson who contracted an extremely rare type of leukodystrophy that destroys white matter protecting nerve fibers in the brain.
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UK's Youngest Dementia Patient Who Had The Brain Of A 70-Year-Old Dies At 24
Frontotemporal dementia is a rare form of dementia that usually affects people between 45 and 65, but in rare cases, it can affect much younger patients.
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US Boy's Life Saved After Mother's Google Search Uncovered Rare Brain Condition
A Texas mother's online search led to a life-saving diagnosis and surgery for her 6-year-old son, who was initially misdiagnosed with the flu but was later found to have a rare brain vascular condition.
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US Doctors Disconnect Half-Brain Of 6-Year-Old Girl To Cure Rare Disease
The surgery took 10 hours and the medical professionals anticipate that she will return to her pre-seizure self after undergoing various forms of physical therapy.
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Kerala Teenager Killed By Rare Brain Infection Caused By Free-Living Amoebae In Water
Doctors said that the main symptoms of the disease are fever, headache, vomiting, and seizures.
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Rare Brain Disease Caused By Free-Living Amoebae In Water Reported In Kerala
A case of a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoebae living in contaminated waters was reported in the coastal district of Alappuzha in Kerala, a government release said on Friday.
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In World's First, US Doctors Perform Brain Surgery On Baby Still In Womb
A baby in the womb with the rare vein of Galen malformation disease was saved in a first-of-its-kind brain surgery.
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India, Israel, US Aim To Develop Drug To Treat This Rare Disease: Report
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, Tel Aviv University and Columbia University are studying a rare genetic brain disease called "GNB1 Encephalopathy" and trying to develop a drug to treat it effectively.
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High Court Allows Delhi Woman To Abort 23-Week Foetus Over "Rare Brain Abnormality"
The Delhi High Court today allowed a woman to abort her 23-week pregnancy after an AIIMS medical board said the twin foetus she was carrying did suffer from abnormalities and once born would face long term developmental issues.
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"Arvind Kejriwal To The Rescue": 18-Month-Old To Get Free Treatment
An 18-month child from Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri suffering from a rare brain disease will get free treatment in a state-run hospital in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, adding that governance for his party meant "serving the people".
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A Disease With No Cure, A Family Trying To Find One
Here's the story of Grayson who contracted an extremely rare type of leukodystrophy that destroys white matter protecting nerve fibers in the brain.
